I have 356 with deleted on mix. Now 339 for top HR.
I am one of the first guys to sit down in the DXCC countdown at Dayton!
Joe K0BX
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On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:38 PM, charlesjr@afgimail.com <
charlesjr@afgimail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Lotw updated and I dropped down one, now 329 with 333
> worked/cfmed. If a country is deleted and you make
> honor roll before deletion
> does the ARRL take HR away from you when you lose one
> that drops you below 329? So I still need one more.
> Odd rule. I not worrying about working the next new
> one on several bands just when it will come is the
> question.
>
> I was rag chewing with Thomas dk3cu who has 354 and
> only needs Scarborough for 355. I guess 355 was the
> highest number ever.
>
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> From : Don Hill AA5AU[ mailto:aa5au@bellsouth.net ]
> Sent : 3/29/2016 8:07:27 AM
> To : rtty@contesting.com
> Cc :
> Subject : RE: Re: [RTTY] DXCC Honor Roll
>
> "deleted countries are no longer confirmable"
>
> I know what you meant Bill but deleted countries are
> still confirmable. They
> are just not workable where they will count! HI
>
> In January 2014, when I first started using ClubLog,
> I uploaded my entire
> log and it sent back a report showing one of my
> contacts was logged with the
> wrong entity. The contact was with VQ9HCS for a 15
> meter SSB contact in
> 1974. ClubLog said the entity should be Aldabra. So I
> started investigating
> it and Aldabra had become a deleted country after I
> made the contact. The
> operator was SK but the QSL manager was not. I was
> able to obtain a card!
>
> I sent email to Bill Moore, NC1L, with the ARRL
> Awards Branch, and replied
> that it would count as Aldabra. Even though I haven't
> had the card checked
> yet, it should be good for Aldabra according to Bill.
>
> My only question about deleting KH5K, is why can't
> they delete Scarborough
> Reef. That being a DXCC entity is a bunch of !@#$%^.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> This is an old story, but perhaps it should be retold
> from time to time. I
> originally saw it in QST some years ago.
>
> There is only one person in the history of DXCC who
> has worked and confirmed
> every DXCC country, including deleted ones, up until
> the time of his death:
> W1GKK. No one can ever accomplish it again because
> deleted countries are no
> longer confirmable. And the amazing thing is he did
> it all on one band: 20
> meters. In the roll of DXers, W1GKK stands alone.
>
> He summed up his philosophy quite simply: Be there
> when they're there.
>
> History lesson for today.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
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