Unless Bill has reviewed and pre-approved the documentation for this
operation, his only reasonable response is "I don't know; you decide."
If he says "I doubt it will count", and you go on vacation, and G4HCL later
sends documentation that Bill approves, then his face is on your dartboard.
If he says "It might count", and you cancel your vacation, and you spend
hours in your shack to work G4HCL/7O, and G4HCL later sends documentation
that Bill rejects, then his face is on your dartboard.
7O is the last one I need. There's no question about where I'll be come
Monday UTC...
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bill (ARRL DXCC) Moore
Cc: DX Chat
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:48 PM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] 7O
Bill:
I am writing this as an open email to you in hopes that you will respond
to my questions for my benefit, and also for others that partake in DXCC.
The following article appeared in the DXis website:
Chris Lorek, G4HCL, has authorized me to inform everyone that he plans to
be active from Sana, Yemen, once again as 7O/G4HCL from Monday 13 August
until early on Wednesday 15 August. Chris has written permission and
official authority to operate on all HF amateur bands under supervised
conditions, but warns that it may or may not be possible to obtain the
specific documentation that satisfies DXCC requirements. WFWL!
This is NOT A DXpedition but a business trip, and operation will therefore
only be when possible and is only likely to be for short periods at a time.
Chris will be using 1kW to a professional biconical monopole communications
antenna. Activity will be SSB only, and probably only on 20m (look between
14170 and 14260kHz). QSL information for this operation is direct only to
G4HCL,PO Box 400, Eastleigh SO53 4ZF, UK.
This begs the obvious questions given the recent 7O operations (7O1YGF AND
7O1A) that have happened and not approved by DXCC:
1. Have you had any contact with Chris regarding who the proper authority
is and what paperwork is necessary for it to get DXCC approval? Would you
let us know who the recognized authority is there and what paperwork is
required from them. I ask this question because it keeps coming up in
discussions about past and future operation from 7O. If he hasn't contacted
you, are you going to try and contact him to advise him on what is required
to get approval of his op from DXCC.
2. Do you feel there is a possibility of this becoming a DXCC approved
operation? Is it worth canceling my current vacation plans to try and make a
contact and get a card confirming it?
3. Since it is not a Dxpedition and since he will only be operating during
his available time, it means extensive time commitment on our parts to try
and be there when he activates. That pretty much ties up 3 days to do that.
When he is on, there will be huge pileups with the slimmer chances of
getting through .Is it worth going through all of that if it is unlikely to
ever get DXCC approval? Sharing you opinion on this will hopefully gives us
a better feel for whether it is worth the effort and sacrifices to get in
the log. I don't need any more wallpaper of worthless QSL cards from 7O.
Sincerely
John Owens - N7TK
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