[Dx-qsl] A Solution for lack of activity VU4-VU7

Sun Apr 7 22:21:04 2002

Lets not forgot to take KP1, KP5 and KH7K off the
list. As I understand it, operation on these US
possessions is no longer permitted, thanks to
government policies which were hijacked by the
environmentalist movement. Glad I have already worked
all three entities.
When I was licensed in 1980, the following entities
were not active due to government policies, or
whatever: 5A, C9, BY, ZA, 3W, TZ, A6, 5U-which I have
all since worked, as well as XZ, XU, and 70, which I
still need. all of these entities are either
currently on the air, or have been in the near future.
 If we remove all counties which are currently not on
the air, then anyone should be able to earn #1 honor
roll position, and thus it becomes meaningless. I am
content to not be on the honor roll at this time, but
am willing to have that goal for the future.
I think they should take the south sandwich islands,
pratas island, and Syria off the list because I did
not work the recent DXpeditions that were there.
73s John NE0P
--- [email protected] wrote:
> The following was just received from lthe ARRL , as
> part of the weekly 
> bulletin.
>> "VU4 AND VU7 UPDATE (Why The Blanket Ban). Last
> week, some of our readers
> wanted to know why there is a "blanket ban on
> operations" from Andaman,
> Nicobar and Lakshdeep Islands. Sahruddin, VU2SDN,
> President of the Amateur
> Radio Society of India, provided OPDX with the
> following answer:
> "The Government feels that from the point of view of
> Defence, it is a
> very sensitive area and they do not want anyone to
> operate any kind of
> wireless system. The presumption is apparently based
> on intelligence
> reports from people who do not understand what
> amateur radio is. ( or
> perhaps, do not want to understand ) Even for
> Indians, going there is
> permitted but not to operate from there. Not only
> this, at present, no
> licences are being issued to radio amateurs from
> Jammu and Kashmir and
> all the North-Eastern States. Whether we agree with
> this understanding
> or not, we cannot do anything about it."
>> In this case, there is certainly something the
> ARRL can do about it: They 
> can remove VU4 and VU7 from the active lists. There
> is no reason to list 
> something that is not likely to be activated due to
> political reasons, 
> particularlly from a country that is part of the
> IARU and whose own amateurs 
> are not allowed to operate from there. Other
> entities have been removed so 
> this would not be something new. For those that
> have them worked, well and 
> good, and they still count as countries for those
> dates they were active and 
> cards checked by the ARRL. Im not sure what it
> means in the DXCC List 
> booklet "Entities deleted after 23:59 UTC March 31,
> 1998 will not be included 
> in the deleted list." Where do they go then??? 
> They just never existed? 
> That doesnt sound right.
> What this means is that anyone who hasn't worked
> those two entities will 
> NEVER be able to qualify for "Number One". So we
> might as well all just stop 
> now, and never try any more?
> If in the future the "intelligence" people change
> their minds, then simply 
> add the countries back to the list. 
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