[Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK

Sat Jul 6 00:51:03 EDT 2019

Back in my day many small Pacific Islds had LORAN stations operated by
the US Coast Guard. We would fly supplies in via USCG C-130 acft based
in Hawaii. For the far Pacific (Iwo Jima and Marcus) we would get
supplies at Yokota AB in Japan. For Palau, Yap, Ulithi, etc, we would
go to the Philippines. Every USCG LORAN station was equipped with a
KWM-2A, 30L1 Amp, and Mosely TA-33 yagi for use on the MARS bands.
Some guys got a ham license, or were pirates, and put the stations on
the air. I operated from most of them on layovers and once from the
Air Force station on Johnston Isld. As small as Johnston was the Coast
Guard was on a smaller island a couple of miles away. The Coasties
went to Johnston for R&R. But the other LORAN stations were only
Coasties and some JA pers running a WX stations.
These were US Territories and US ham licenses were legal. As far as
having permission to land that was never an issue. So it seems if a
person was able to land on Wake, either as a member of the military or
a contract worker, he/she should be legal to operate from the island.
Wake used to be a major refueling stop for Air Force acft. At times
there would be maint issues or other problems requiring them to RON.
So if there was a ham on one of those flites and he was to make
friends with either the Coast Guard or air Force trustee of their ham
stations it seems he/she should be legal to get on the air.
My 2 cents worth as a Pacific Island hopper.
Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Delta Rocket Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired
Aviation Chief Warrant Officer,  U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
http://www.qrz.com/db/K7ACZ
http://gocoastguard.com
http://www.uscgradio.net
http://www.comm-one.club
http://oldbluejacket.com/USCG_CoastiesRule.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Allan W Schlaugat
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 04:47 PM
To: AL_N6TA <six2go at comcast.net>
Cc: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK
Lets really muddy these waters up. My only contact with them, on 30M,
was confirmed on LOTW *and* I submitted it as a band entity counter
for DXCC and it was accepted for credit in late December 2018.
It still counts as of today. Though I bet if the ARRL does a audit and
cleans this up, I will lose that credit for 30m. That happened to a 9Q
station several years ago and I lost a 10m contact with them after I
submitted its LOTW confirmation.
See ya Al N9ISN
On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 19:10:24 -0700, "AL_N6TA" <six2go at comcast.net>
wrote:
>LoTW confirms my QSO. I realize that does not make it a valid entity
for awards. Glad I do not need it. Have you asked the op for his
story?
>He was quite inexperienced as an op but may know just what he needed
for DXCC. He should be asked if someone needs to know the situation.
>Al
>N6TA
>>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net>

>On Behalf Of wa6poz at comcast.net
>Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2019 2:31 PM
>To: 'Ken Boasi' <n2zn at rochester.rr.com>; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK
>>Ken,
>>Assumption is he had permission. Who gave it? Since he is using his
call portable the FCC did not get involved. 
>>The league requires documentation. Did N7NVK get permission from
some other governmental organization, i.e., Fish and Wildlife. If so,
he must have paper to prove it.
>He needs to send a copy or the original of the permission to the
league.
>>Many, many years ago I was the QSL manager for a friend who traveled
the world for a major news organization. He was a regular visitor to
Lebanon went to the Communications Office and obtained a license but
the league refused to accept it. The license was on official
stationary correctly filled out but unsigned. 
>Unsigned because the official feared for life if the license got into
the wrong hands. I was his QSL manager for Jordan but he held license
for a dozen other countries, all valid. 
>>Same is true if you obtain a license to another country. The league
wants to see the paper.
>> Gerry WA6POZ
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net>

>On Behalf Of Ken Boasi
>Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 4:00 PM
>To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK
>>Hi guys,
>>I recently submitted a card for KH9/N7NVK for DXCC and it was
rejected for “no documentation received”. 
>>Has anyone else had this happen? Also, any idea what documentation
the League would be looking for? Presumably, if he’s on Wake Island to
begin with, he has permission to be there. Having a US license means
he’s properly licensed for Wake. I guess he needs permission to
operate radio on the island from some authority?
>>73, Ken N2ZN
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Amateur Radio: N9ISN Home Page: www.n9isn.com
American Philatelic Society #186089 
I believe in sharing the road with other drivers. They can have the
part behind me.
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