RE: [DX-CHAT] P5, 7O and stuff....

2005-03-06 Thread mausoptik ltd
Perhaps Ed realised that people wading in with hob-nailed boots may have upset the very delicate situation? Remember that he spent several years carefully persuading the NK military and had spent a lot of time building up relationships. Sometimes when someone without the requisite diplomatic skil

[DX-CHAT] undocumented operations

2005-03-06 Thread Charles Harpole
Let us speculate about an alternative situation to today's: Anyone enters any country and operates ham radio without any permission. They make up a call sign. They depart without being observed by the authorities of the country. They can prove they were in-country. Is this what we want for ham

Re: [DX-CHAT] P5, 7O and stuff....

2005-03-06 Thread Georg Einfalt
Dave G0OIL wrote: As Ron correctly says "Hey folks, it's just DX" - why are ARRL so anal about all this permission stuff. Weren't 7O1YGF THERE? Wasn't VU4/VU2JPS THERE? Weren't 7O1A THERE? What bloody difference does a scrap of paper from some little power crazed jerk in a peaked cap make? I re

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Replies

2005-03-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 02:34:51PM -, Steve-KF2TI wrote: > Reply all sends a copy of your message not only to the original > poster, but to the reflector and anyone else who may have repsonded > > Reply sends only to the original poster and not the reflector. IOW > direct bypassing all other

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] P5

2005-03-06 Thread G4IRN
1. Many of the existing entities are historical. A complete restructure of the DXCC list would be confusing and bring discredit to the whole set up. 2. Adding new entities to DXCC will make it like IOTA - you will never have anything to aim for because the list is ever growing. 3. If you've worke

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] P5

2005-03-06 Thread Mome Z32ZM
If approve truth that P5/4L4FN operation was ILEGAL & without papers, It will be MY PLEASURE to return this QSL card to the Manager (KK5DO) & I'm sure that ALL real HAM's from all over the world will do the same. I do have the P5RS7 QSL card in my collection, so this P5/4L4FN is not n

Re: [DX-CHAT] undocumented operations

2005-03-06 Thread Tom Wylie
I cant for the life of me imagine anybody importing fradio equipment into either Yemen or North Korea, and operating without the knowledge or consent of somebody in authority. Otherwise, they still be languishing in jail.. Tom - Original Message - From: "Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTE