finally someone with common sence... hooray José de Sá wrote:
> Aleluia for your explanation Ron. > > > I really don't understand why a few people are making such a fuss about > this > > all of a sudden. Have we abandoned all semblance of common sense? > ---> Because they don't know the facts, I mean the real facts, not what you > can hear in the media. > > Will WC6DX, a probable scenario is that the 4W prefix will transit from the > UN > to the Republica Popular de Timor-Leste, like we did with the XX9 prefix, we > actually give it to China when we passed the sovereignity of the Territory > to them. > But then again, everything can happen. > > In the Timor issue, I, like many others, was there and happy to play a role > in the > Independence process, we had begin that fight in the late 80's in Portugal, > but the > real heroes are the people of East-Timor and a handfull of corageous > Politicians, > including an American. > > So, instead of worrying about whats going to happen now with the DXCC issues > or whatever, we should think of whats going to be of the future of HAM Radio > in > East-Timor, you see, this issues or DX'peditioning just for the sake of DX > are nice > but do not help to establish the bases of a HAM Radio Service in the > Country, > there are NO East-Timorese HAMs, just foregneirs that are now leaving with > the UN. > (Nothing has been done until now, believe me I know what I'm talking about). > > So, lets discuss something constructive and find ways to motivate > East-Timorese > for HAM Radio, I have already started to work in that ! > > 73 > > Jose CT1EEB > (4W6EB former UN-WFP TC Officer in East-Timor) > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc > DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news > DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net/
