[RTTY] DXCC Honor Roll

[EA2RY]

Scarborough Reef will be removed when covered with water hi,hi,hi ;-)

73 de Roberto EA2RY
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> El 29 mar 2016, a las 14:07, Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> escribió:
> 
> "deleted countries are no longer confirmable"
> 
> I know what you meant Bill but deleted countries are still confirmable. They
> are just not workable where they will count! HI
> 
> In January 2014, when I first started using ClubLog, I uploaded my entire
> log and it sent back a report showing one of my contacts was logged with the
> wrong entity. The contact was with VQ9HCS for a 15 meter SSB contact in
> 1974. ClubLog said the entity should be Aldabra. So I started investigating
> it and Aldabra had become a deleted country after I made the contact. The
> operator was SK but the QSL manager was not. I was able to obtain a card!
> 
> I sent email to Bill Moore, NC1L, with the ARRL Awards Branch, and replied
> that it would count as Aldabra. Even though I haven't had the card checked
> yet, it should be good for Aldabra according to Bill.
> 
> My only question about deleting KH5K, is why can't they delete Scarborough
> Reef. That being a DXCC entity is a bunch of !@#$%^.
> 
> 73, Don AA5AU
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 12:10 AM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] DXCC Honor Roll
> 
> This is an old story, but perhaps it should be retold from time to time. I
> originally saw it in QST some years ago. 
> 
> There is only one person in the history of DXCC who has worked and confirmed
> every DXCC country, including deleted ones, up until the time of his death:
> W1GKK.  No one can ever accomplish it again because deleted countries are no
> longer confirmable. And the amazing thing is he did it all on one band: 20
> meters. In the roll of DXers, W1GKK stands alone. 
> 
> He summed up his philosophy quite simply:  Be there when they're there. 
> 
> History lesson for today.
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT
> 
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