Ah... The difference between DXCC "entities" and "countries"
Wikipedia gives 203 "countries" E.g. ZS8 _ Prince Edward & Marion Islands is a DXCC entity, but not a country. or 8Z5 (Neutral zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia), which is a "deleted entity" I don't know if it would ever have been considered a country. As a kid, we drove across it in a matter of minutes (less, even, than Liechtenstein, which unlike the Neutral Zone, is in the UN). I'd be amazed if someone had a contact, but someone probably does. On 2/15/09 11:18 AM, "Burt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 320 countries, impressive however did you know Your Guide considers there to > be 195 countries in the world, which is probably the best current answer to > the question, "How many countries are in the world?" > > So how did you contact 320? > And of those who could speak sufficent English how many lasted longer than 5 > minutes? > I use my Flex 5000A to talk to people and learn about them. > In event you must be very talented to contact so many regions of the world. > Burt > --- On Sun, 2/15/09, FireBrick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: FireBrick <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Flexradio] I miscounted >> To: "FlexRadio List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 10:23 AM >> duh.... >> I really have 320 worked/confirmed on rtty and 1 more >> entitiy worked/confirmed on digital that I was unable to >> convince to try for rtty for a total of 321/321. >> >> Which is why I chose the Flex, as I needed that improved >> sensitivity and panadaptor if I'm going to have a chance >> for those left. >> >> >> Thanks for those who offered suggestions to get around the >> vfo being out of band problem. >> I may have to edit my band edges. >> >> 30 meters is the only band that is an issue. It's not >> common for a DX station to operate that high with a reverse >> split. >> Much of Europe is restristed to 10140.001 to 10149.999 in >> digital mode. >> Consequently most rare DX stations try to operate lower and >> leave the 140-150 open for them. >> >> Only 1 more needed band for Desroches (any mode), and that >> one is tough...160. >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
