At 14:42 -0700 06/26/2002, Jim Smith wrote:
>
>I don't see how one can conclude that Class D DX stations don't count.
>Item 1. says explicitly that DX in other regions may be contacted
>for credit. There is no qualification as to Class of DX station.
>Item 4. heading is Entry Categories
>
>Item 4.6 deals with the entry category for (Class D) Home stations.
>It says that home stations can count contacts with all other station
>classes except other home stations. It DOES NOT SAY that all other
>station classes can't count contacts with home stations.
>
>From the above it follows that Class D DX stations can be counted
>for credit by stations in classes A, B, C and E.
>
>From a practical point of view, if only non Class D DX stations were
>to count, how many of them do you think there would be?
>
>It never ceases to amaze me how difficult it is to write a set of
>rules which will mean the same to everybody.
>
>Hope this clears the water rather than muddying it further.
>
>73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
I think you are missing the point. We (or at least I) were talking
about operating as a class D station. In that situation, DX home
stations (class D) don't count.
Yes, for everybody else, they do count. We know that.
73,
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