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- Original Message -
From: Bernie McClenny, W3UR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'William Hein, AA6TT' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:50 PM
Subject: RE: [DX-NEWS] ham DXpeditions also operating 11m?
Bill
I was unaware and sad to hear about the recent
William Hein, AA6TT wrote:
I am astonished by the number of ham DXpeditions who are also
operating on 11m 'freeband'.
For example, the recent ham DXpedition to The Gambia appears to
have also operated on 11m as 118AT/DX with freeband QSLs to
310AT102 (aka YL3CW). These callsigns apparently
Bill,
I sent an email to Bill Moore asking what the DXAC's position was
on the validity of DXpeditions that operate freeband in light of
DXCC rule 12c. I haven't received a response yet. My belief is that
their QSLs should be disqualified and the ham operators on the
operation should be banned
Bill
I was unaware and sad to hear about the recent Gambia DXpedition also
participating in this devastating activity. These Freeband operations
have some serious potential to hamper future legal Amateur Radio
DXpeditions! I know the ARRL is currently studying any input they
receive on this
I'm not surprised that these DXpeditions are operating on 11 meters, after
all, they include greenstamps with their QSL requests, too. I'm sure those
contacts help defray the costs of of operating as much as amateur contacts
do. This is not to say I agree that they should be operating.
One way
, ZL8RI, ZL9CI, VE3OE, Pilot ZL7C October, 2002
DX is!
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- Original Message -
From: Bernie McClenny, W3UR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'William Hein, AA6TT' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:50 PM
Subject: RE: [DX-NEWS] ham DXpeditions also operating 11m
