Last thing I heard, OH2YY was waiting for one last bit of documentation from
Yemen before sending the whole lot off to the ARRL. Since many recent 7O
operations have been rejected for DXCC my guess is that he wants to dot all
the i's and cross all the t's before committing himself. In view of th
I would agree. LOTW is a complete pain the the backside and involves
jumping through a phethora of hurdles. All this for a hobby? What a
waste of effort. Frankly if I wish to do a DXCC update, it's easier
(and more pleasure) to meet a field checker such as G4BWP for a beer or
two in a nice Engl
Last thing I heard, there was going to be some sort of legal challenge
to the FWS who always refuse permission to go to the islands, citing
some sort of eco-twaddle about damage to habitat etc. I heard that the
challenge was going to be based on the facts that (a) FWS staff
regularly hike all over
Pedro was on Malpelo Island at that time - I worked him as well. He's
been there several times over the last few years, though I don't recall
him going to San Andres.
Hope this helps.
Dave G0OIL
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Of Jim Rei
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
Well said!
NK not a nice regime. You can guarantee that any country calling itself
"The Peoples Democratic Rebublic" of whatever is NOT run by the people,
it's NOT democratic and it's NOT a republic - it's a totalitarian
dictatorship. The fact that Ed got the rulers of such a state to give
him p
I agree with you, Ron. I've not been to Dayton for a few years, but when I
last went, the forums were held in a building about two minutes away by
shuttle bus.
Actually it was quicker to walkunless you'd just bought a large plate
transformer as I had :-) The rooms were very good, though - an
