You are missing out on all the fun !!!!
On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:41:47 -0800 (PST) Bob Kupps <n6bk@yahoo.com>
writes:
> Yeah DXCC stopped being interesting for me back when the the UN HQ
> building in NYC was declared to be a "country"; maybe it isn't even
> on the list anymore I haven't checked for decades...
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:02 AM, Herb Schoenbohm
> <herbs@vitelcom.net> 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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