My point David was that precisely the same rule applied to Water Island
as to KP5 but without whatever "political" clout was used to get
Desecheo in only a few here did not have the intensity of your efforts
as an ARRL insider as SCM for Puerto Rico ringing the bells at Newington.
He is another oblique example: When the FCC (a ham decided this) to
convert KV4 to KP2 it was strange that all those in KP4 got to keep
their calls. Imagine if Johnny Johson (W3BNS) had changed Puerto Rico
to KV3 instead. You see the political pressure under such a move would
have been awesome. We in the VI got intercoursed, while you in KP4 were
specially favored. These things do not happen in a vacuum.
Herb, KV4FZ
On 11/20/2013 12:39 AM, Dave Novoa W4DN wrote:
Herb, who ever told you that *lied*. No one in P.R. intended that. I
was the ARRL Section Manager and I would have known. Desecheo made it
to the DXCC list under the separate administration clause of the DXCC
rules (later deleted), the same rule used to include Kingman Reef,
Kure Island, Sable and Saint Paul Islands. All jurisdiction over
Desecheo was transferred to the U.S. Navy (and in1976 to Interior)
during the WWII, and used as a bombing range. The government of
Puerto Rico has no authority over Desecheo. Any crime committed in
Desecheo is a federal matter, tried in U.S. Federal Courts. Mona
Island is part of the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. There was no
way it could qualify for DXCC status. If Water Island was considered
by the DXAC and not included in the List, was because it failed to
pass the test of the rules. Do you think that the DXAC, the HQ's DX
Awards Committee and the General Manger (K1ZZ) would accept been
blackmailed by me or anyone else in P.R.? Anyone who has any doubt of
what I am saying may contact Bob, W9KNI, who was the chairman of the
DXAC at the time of Desecheo's inclusion in the DXCC list.
Dave
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