If memory serves, guys...and this is from a far better memory than
mine...
didn't the Yemeni officials ask the most recent group to stop
transmitting
on the second or third day?
That hasn't happened in North Korea...there seems to be tacit permission
from their gum'mint.
Ray
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 15:27:45 +0000 K4SB <k4sb@mindspring.com> writes:
> AMeyer3565@aol.com wrote:
>
> > NOW THAT THE ARRL HAS OKAYED P5 FOR SSB ONLY, I THINK THE ARRL
> SHOULD TAKE A
> > OTHER LOOK AT THE YEMEN STATIONS THAT THEY HAVE REFUSED.
> > WHAT DO YOU THINK
> >
> > 73 ES DX...ALEX.... W6ZX
> ---------------------------------
>
> I belive Alex is on the ball here. But, also don't think it will
> ever
> happen. If you read the current ARRL announcement regarding its OK
> for
> SSB ( but not RTTY ) and then read the 7O version, you will find
> very
> marked differences in the wording. For example, in previous OKs,
> you'll always see "proof of license received", and similar remarks.
>
> There is absolutely no doubt that the 7O operation was "approved by
> local authorities and was done with their full knowledge". Why then
> is
> it different from the P5?
>
> This announcement takes me back to the mid 60s when Don Miller had
> several of his trips trashed because he was refusing to work the
> "old
> boys top of the honor roll" which existed at that time. Now if I
> could
> work him with a Heathkit running 100 watts to a TA-33 Jr., you can
> damn well believe he could hear those KW W1s calling.
>
> It is also interesting that the ARRL is sanctioning an operator
> who,
> according to them, is willfully violating the terms of his license
> by
> operating RTTY.
>
> The whole thing smells of politics and pressure. But again, it
> isn't
> the first time.
>
> 73
> Ed
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