[Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996

Mon Apr 11 14:22:17 EDT 2011

I agree but go tell that to the contest cheaters, its a hobby and there's 
more cheaters that DXCC entities!
There are cheaters everywhere! Like if I contact a rare island I would like 
for that station to be actually ON the island instead of on the boat NEXT to 
the island. Or if I contact a station, I'd really like for that station to 
be legal not some bogus callsign pirated by somebody...
73 de HK3CW Rob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" <joeyw5tfw at gmail.com>
To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996
> IMHO,
>> this is a HOBBY, why does it have to be such a LEGAL nightmare !
>>>> Joey
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> To: <nt5c at texas.net>
> Cc: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996
>>>> John,
>>>> IIRC, the central ministry denied that the license issued by the branch
>> office was proper or legal. So that's one big difference.
>>>> I have had many long conversations with a former US Air Force officer too
>> and from Dayton over the years, and one of our favorite topics was 
>> hashing
>> out the 7O1 situatiions. He told me that when he was active duty and
>> working in that part of the world, it was not uncommon for things to be
>> done on a handshake... and if something became public knowledge that 
>> could
>> be embarressing, or worse, could cost someone to have their head 
>> separated
>> from the rest of their body, it was thus very easy for any public 
>> official
>> to deny everything.
>>>> In other words, and I'm speculating here, if someone involved with
>> national security took afront to the 7O1A operation, it is easier for the
>> people in San'aa to deny all (and shift the blame) rather than stick 
>> their
>> necks out (almost literally) over the license issued in Aden. And IF 
>> that
>> is the case -- remember, I'm speculating here, I am not saying that this
>> is fact -- who do you believe, when it comes to determing if the 
>> operators
>> had a valid license to operate?
>>>> And IIRC there have been other situations over the years where a
>> government has retroactively cancelled or otherwise invalidated existing
>> licenses (the 9U situation a few years back comes to mind), so this is 
>> not
>> unprecedented. I'm not saying it's right or it's fair, but it happens.
>>>> 73
>>>>>> Apr 11, 2011 01:26:17 PM, nt5c at texas.net wrote:
>>>> On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Ron W3WN wrote:
>>>>> I have been told by a reliable source that, in essence, the hold up
>>> on 7O1YGF was the lack of documentation -- ANY documentation -- that
>>> showed that they were in the country legally, and/or that they had
>>> permission to import the equipment they operated with, either of
>>> which would imply that they had permission to operate.
>>>> That's why I found the rejection of 7O1A odd. I've not heard anyone
>> question that Franz and Zorro were legally in Yemen (Aden), or that
>> they had permission to operate from the Ministry of Communication
>> office there (perhaps it wasn't written?). It's really not our
>> problem if, after the fact, the Sana'a central Ministry office
>> resented what their Aden branch had done.
>>>> Ah well - thanks for confirming that I'm not missing one guys!
>>>> John, NT5C.
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