About 35 years ago N0AX activated what he hoped would become a new DXCC
entity, the Payallup Tribe of Puget Sound (
https://www.puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/). He had some roaring good pile-ups
going during this effort and went through all the efforts of filing to
become a new entity but in the end the DXCC told him, "No way!"
N6NT
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> From: David Jaffe <davidajaffe@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Changes to Canadian Sections may have
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> The real elephant in the contest multiplier room is DXCC! If every tiny
> politically-independent ?entity? can be a separate DXCC (Mt Athos, Vatican,
> Sovereign Military Order of Malta, etc.), then the hundreds of Native
> American sovereign and independent tribes should be separate entities. How
> many are there, you ask??. 573!!
>
> Thus spake Google?
>
> ?Tribal nations possess inherent sovereignty, meaning they have the right
> to govern themselves and their members, manage their affairs, and develop
> their own laws and governance structures. This inherent authority predates
> the United States and is distinct from state or local governments.?
>
> Whether they?ll require a special radio license is a question?perhaps a
> CW test in which the text to be copied describes the genocidal history of
> American policy toward them?
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> To paraphrase the old adage, ?Go west, young ham.?
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> 73,
> Dave WD6T
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> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 12:49:45 -0700
> From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Changes to Canadian Sections may have
> consequences for Four ARRL contests
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> Thanks for injecting sanity, Ed.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
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> On 7/5/2025 3:25 PM, ve4ear@gmail.com wrote:
> > As the RAC Midwest director, I can assure you that the situation that
> necessitated the creation of the YUK section has absolutely nothing to do
> with contesting. A developing program required the separation of YUK from
> TER. It is not my place to divulge specific details at this time,
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> > These are ARRL contests, ARRL makes the rules and they can decide if
> they want to recognize the new section or not.
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> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:35:57 +0000
> From: John Geiger <wr6885@proton.me>
> To: David Jaffe <davidajaffe@gmail.com>
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> I am sure that these Native American areas did something like try to
> legalize murder they would find out that they aren't as sovereign as they
> thought they were.
>
> The Vatican is truly a sovereign nation, Mt. Athos and SMOM really aren't.
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> On Monday, July 7th, 2025 at 1:29 AM, David Jaffe <davidajaffe@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > The real elephant in the contest multiplier room is DXCC! If every tiny
> politically-independent ?entity? can be a separate DXCC (Mt Athos, Vatican,
> Sovereign Military Order of Malta, etc.), then the hundreds of Native
> American sovereign and independent tribes should be separate entities. How
> many are there, you ask??. 573!!
> >
> > Thus spake Google?
> >
> > ?Tribal nations possess inherent sovereignty, meaning they have the
> right to govern themselves and their members, manage their affairs, and
> develop their own laws and governance structures. This inherent authority
> predates the United States and is distinct from state or local governments.?
> >
> > Whether they?ll require a special radio license is a question?perhaps a
> CW test in which the text to be copied describes the genocidal history of
> American policy toward them?
> >
> > To paraphrase the old adage, ?Go west, young ham.?
> >
> > 73,
> > Dave WD6T
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