Yup. That's exactly right. It took 9 years.
Why? Because the ARRL DXCC Desk requests documentation of some form or another to confirm that an amateur or a group are authorized to operate from entities like this that are normally difficult to near-impossible to operate from.
Why is that? One word: Romeo. Or, if you prefer, three words: Dr. Don Miller. Amongst many (fortunately, very relatively few) others who didn't operate from where they said they were. To say nothing of governments, usually after a change in administration, that claim that individuals who said they were operating legally weren't (remember the 9U fiasco a few years back?)
So why now? That's a good question. I asked that of Bill when he replied to a quip I'd made on another reflector (my trips to Dayton with K3AIR will never be the same, we no longer have 7O to argue over!), but he's out of the office at an event, so i don't know if or when I will hear from him.
If I had to guess -- and remember, this is a guess -- I know that in the past there has been a lack of documentation provided to the DXCC desk. Which is why the operation was in "pending" status for so long. I believe N7NG said at one point during his time at the League that they just needed SOMETHING to show that they had permission from the national government to operate -- and it wasn't a case that they didn't believe the team wasn't there, but (and this is my interpretation) because of past precedent, they had to ask.
Remember, though, that 7O1YGF was in "pending" status all these years. It wasn't a question of anyone's mind being changed -- they just needed that shred of evidence. Obviously, something occurred recently that was "enough" to satisfy the technicalities. Exactly what I don't know, but I'm sure sooner or later it will be revealed.
"After reviewing recently-received information regarding the 7O1YGF
operation, and after additional dialogue with a leader of the
DXpedition,
the DXCC desk has approved this operation."
Nine years later and this Yemen operation just now gets approval?
What's going on here?
Can any body report on what the 'recently-received information' was that
changed Bill's position on the 7O1YGF operation?
Doug
I'll run the race and I will never be the same again.
-----Original Message-----
From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert
AD1C
Sent: August 12, 2009 4:27 PM
To: dx-n...@njdxa.org
Cc: DX4WIN Reflector; YCCC; mhdxa; PPDXG Reflector; GMCC
Subject: [DX-NEWS] 7O1YGF Approved for DXCC Credit
The following news is from the ARRL DXCC Desk and is for real!
Bernie, W3UR
The following operation has been approved for DXCC:
7O1YGF Yemen
Operation from April 16, 2000 through April 26, 2000
After reviewing recently-received information regarding the 7O1YGF
operation, and after additional dialogue with a leader of the
DXpedition,
the DXCC desk has approved this operation.
Considering the length of time that has passed since this operation, we
ask
that DXCC participants who would like to claim credit for 7O1YGF follow
the
options below:
Send the 7O1YGF card ONLY to DXCC with a SASE, or return postage if
outside the US; DXCC will process the card and applicants will not be
charged a submission fee. 7O1YGF cards included with other cards will be
handled as part of a normal submission.
Bring the card to a DXCC Card Checker. The card checker will forward
the
confirmation to the DXCC desk for processing. Again, there will be no
submission fee if this is a single-card submission. You must fill out an
application form, however.
In all other cases applicants can include their QSL card with their next
submission, and it will be handled normally. We will work with the
7O1YGF
team to use Logbook of the World if possible.
Remember, the cutoff date for the 2009 DXCC Annual listing and Honor
Roll
list is December 31, 2009. We encourage applicants to handle this sooner
rather than wait until the last minute.
73 es DX!
Bill Moore NC1L
Awards Branch Manager
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