Charlie,
I am sure that if he could he sure would!!!
73,
Ted K2QMF
On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:22:55 -0500 "Charlie Cunningham"
<charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com> writes:
> Well, maybe so, Ted. But I'd be really impressed if Martti would
> mount a
> major expedition to North Korea!
>
> 73,,
> Charlie, K4OTV
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> k2qmf@juno.com
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 5:05 PM
> To: charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com
> Cc: lists@subich.com; topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: DXCC Desk?
>
> Hi Charlie,
>
> There are a lot of "entities" that we, as hams, count as countries
> for DXCC
> credit!
>
> It makes going for the award all that much more fun!!
>
> 73,
> Ted K2QMF
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:57:03 -0500 "Charlie Cunningham"
> <charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com> writes:
> > Well, I will be pleased and my faith in DXCC will be restored when
>
> > they delete the farce of "Scaffold Reef" - "B.S.- seven- hotel"!.
> As
> > far as I'm concerned, I f you can't sleep on it and prepare meals
> on
> > it - it ain't a "country"! I by any stretch of the imagination! (
> I
> > did work BS7H and have it confirmed, but it's not a "country"!)
> >
> > 73,
> > Charlie, K4OTV
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Joe
> > Subich, W4TV
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 3:56 PM
> > To: topband@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: Topband: DXCC Desk?
> >
> >
> > Herb,
> >
> > Get your "facts" straight ... the issues you raise happened in the
>
> > main more than 20 years ago. The latest DXCC rules revision "DXCC
>
> > 2000"
> > has
> > greatly simplified (and removed the subjectivity) from the
> entities
> > criteria (although there are those who can't read a map properly
> and
> > screw up the separation between Saba and Bonaire).
> >
> > The current criteria are quite simple and transparent - leaving
> very
> > little "interpretation" as to what qualifies as a "political
> entity",
> > or "Geographic Separation Entity". There is simply no opportunity
> for
> > the backroom politics under the current rules. In that regard the
>
> > issues about which you are kvetching have been resolved for 15
> years.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > ... Joe, W4TV
> >
> >
> > On 11/18/2013 3:33 PM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
> > > Gents... Amateur radio is supposed to be devoid of politics as
> > much as
> > > possible. but the more you dig the worse it gets. I once
> attended
> > an
> > > IARU Region II meeting in Jamaica and was amazed by all the
> > wheeling and
> > > dealing going on with DXCC accreditation at the core. That was
> > nearly 50
> > > years ago and it seems not much has changed. I had even heard
> > that the
> > > ops at 706T where banned from working any 4X4's but the sharp
> ops
> > with a
> > > wink and a nod just logged VX4*** rather than mentioning
> anything
> > on the
> > > air. Would the ARRL "DXCC Desk" discredit a single 4X4 in need
> of
> > this
> > > one? I sort of doubt it. At times there are bona fide reasons
> to
> > make
> > > exception. Also the creation of private DX preserves by the
> ARRL
> > for
> > > certain Radio Societies is legend. In fact KP5 (Desecheo)
> should
> > never
> > > have been granted DXCC status when Mona Island which permits
> > visitors
> > > was refused. Additionally Water Island, which KP2A fought for
> > for
> > > years, was clearly not part of the USVI and until recently
> > administered
> > > solely by the U.S. Department of interior. But so the story
> goes
> > that
> > > hams in Puerto Rico had decided to join the IARU as a distinct
> > and
> > > unique entity apart from the U.S. and the creation of a private
> > DXCC
> > > location was the price the ARRL paid to halt those plans. The
> > DXCC
> > > rules have been anything but consistant and have been bent and
> > twisted
> > > like a heavily gerrymander congressional district to purposely
> > include
> > > or exclude voters of certain just to satisfy some.
> > >
> > >
> > > Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/18/2013 3:47 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Len,
> > >>
> > >>> Why, you might ask after all this suffering, is that this
> > nation
> > >>> still is not recognazid as a separate entity to this very
> small
> > >>> world of the global assembly that Ham radio really is?
> > >>
> > >> Ask the Serbs and Russians why they blocked Kosovar membership
> in
> > the
> > >> UN and prevented ITU from assigning a callsign block, dialing
> > prefix
> > >> and internet TLD? If the Serbs and Russians recognize the
> > Palestine
> > >> they could certainly allow Kosovo similar international
> > privileges.
> > >>
> > >> Kosovo is recognized by the US as an "independent state" (see:
> > >> http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm) and like the EU the US
>
> > >> maintains diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Unfortunately, the
>
> > >> DXCC Rules (see:
> > http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCC%20Rules.pdf)
> > >> do not include the US DOS "Independent States in the World"
> > listing as
> > >> a qualifying option for a "Political (Rule 1) Entity".
> > >>
> > >> 73,
> > >>
> > >> ... Joe, W4TV
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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