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June 6th 04, 10:11 PM

In article ,
(Brian Kelly) writes:

(N2EY) wrote in message
...
In article , Dave Heil

writes:

Yeah, sort of like T5/N0IMD. Just put it on a card.

I did. But you're not in that log book so you don't get one. Sorry.

We don't know that the logbook exists.

I think it does.

We don't know that T5/N0IMD existed.

I think it did.

No one seems to have worked it. It doesn't show up in packet
cluster records. It doesn't show up in DXCC applications. You must
have cancelled everything through Google.

Maybe.

Or consider this:

Suppose you and I found ourselves in a place with no functioning
government.

Suppose we had radio sets capable of operation on amateur frequencies. Say
on 2
meters, or 440, or 6 meters, or whatever.

Suppose whatever authority existed there at the time said it was OK for us
to
use the radio sets.

This ain't Don Miller time,

Maybe it is. Ol' Don *was* on the air using various exotic callsigns.

Sometimes he actually was where he said he was, too.

the topic is the imaginary T5/N0mind.
There are no "suppositions" about his case.

Sure there are.

There *was* a radio
licensing authority in Somalia throughout that operation and there
*was* a long-standing clearly prescribed procedure other members of
the U.S. military followed in order to obtain perission to operate a
ham station in Somalia when he was there. The procedure is a matter of
long-standing gummint policy which existed long before Brainiac landed
in Somalia and all the legit YIs who are popping up today are
following the same policy requirements.

I'm not saying the above supposes would result in a legitimate operation. I'm
just saying that it could be done, and if the operation were confined to a
couple of local VHF/UHF QSOs the people involved might not get in any trouble.

Quite some time ago I posted a copy here of a detailed e-mail written
by another member of the U.S. military who was also in Somalia during
that military expedition, followed the procedure and got official
hard-copy permission to go on the air. He went on to work scads of
stations, kept his logs and passed out piles of ARRL-acceptable cards
for a new one.

IOW, the person you quoted did a legit operation.

Brainiac did none of the preceding = **bogus**.

Brainiac's excuse at the time was something like "well, he was later
than I was".

Yeah, right . .

Could we not work each other and use our stateside callsigns?

Could we not keep logbooks and exchange QSL cards?

I'm simply saying what *could* be done. I'm not saying it would be legit, or
that anyone other than those directly involved would know anyhting about it.

73 de Jim, N2EY