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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/9/2018 12:53 AM, Alfred Laun via
NCDXA wrote:<br>
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members of NCDXA:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The matter of
whether Kosovo should be added by the ARRL to the list of DXCC
entities has reportedly been passed on the to ARRL DX Advisory
Committee (DXAC) for consideration. I had been asked by my
good friend, well-known DXpeditioneer Martti Laine, OH2BH,
with whom I serve on the Board of Directors of the Yasme
Foundation, to send a letter, as President of NCDXA, to the
DXAC supporting this step. However, I did not feel
comfortable acting on behalf of NCDXA without first consulting
our membership.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">So I added
the matter to the agenda for our meeting on December 16, 2017
where the initiative was approved unanimously by those in
attendance. As can be seen in the minutes of that meeting
which have been sent to you earlier, I was tasked with
composing a letter to be mailed to the DXAC. I have now done
so, and I present it here for your information. In case
anyone has any suggestions for additions or corrections, I
will wait until Friday January 12 before mailing off the
letter by USPS post.</div>
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follows herewith:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">NATIONAL CAPITOL DX
ASSOCIATION<br>
<span> </span>
P. O. BOX 1149<br>
CLINTON, MD 20735-5149<br>
<br>
<br>
Rick Roderick, Esq., President, American Radio Relay
League<br>
Dr. Gary Jones, Chairman, ARRL DX Advisory Committee
(DXAC)<br>
Chris Shalvoy, Atlantic Division Representative, DXAC<br>
Gary Dixon, Roanoke Division Representative, DXAC <br>
<br>
Dear Sirs:<br>
<br>
The National Capitol DX Association (NCDXA) is an
ARRL-affiliated DX club, a
Virginia non-profit corporation and the administrator of
the ARRL Third Call
Area Incoming QSL Bureau. Members are located primarily
in the greater
Washington, D. C. area.<br>
<br>
It is our understanding that the DXAC is currently tasked
with the
responsibility of determining whether Kosovo should be
added to the list of
DXCC Entities. At its regular meeting on December 16,
2017 NCDXA members
in attendance voted unanimously to petition the DXAC to
add Kosovo to the list
of DXCC Entities. <span> </span>Prior to sending this
letter to you, the draft has been circulated to the entire
NCDXA membership via
the club reflector in an effort to make sure all members
agree with this
decision, and to provide the membership with a chance to
comment and make additions
or corrections to the proposal.<br>
<br>
While we realize that decision about this matter has been
delayed in the past
due to the desire not to offend powerful member societies
of the International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU) which opposed the addition of
Kosovo to the DXCC
Entities list, now that the IARU society members
themselves have added the<i> Shoqata e Radio Amatorëve të
Kosovës</i>
(SHRAK) to the list of IARU member societies, we believe
it is time to add
Kosovo to the list of DXCC Entities.<span> </span>It
should be noted that the web site </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_registration_prefixes%20"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_registration_prefixes
</span></a><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><span> </span>lists Z6 as
the aircraft registration prefix
for Kosovo (Kosovo listing right below Jordan on the
list). <br>
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Though we understand that most Serbians continue to oppose
status as an
independent nation for Kosovo, Serbian President<i>
Aleksandar Vučić</i> himself has indicated a willingness
to normalize
relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Indeed, Kosovo
already has all of
the trappings of an independent nation and in practice
functions as such.
Currently the United States and 110 other members of the
United Nations
recognize Kosovo as an independent nation.<span>
</span>A number of Radio Amateurs have been licensed by
the Kosovo authorities and have
been eager to join the fun on the bands.<span>
</span>Unfortunately the fact that Kosovo has not been
recognized as a DXCC
entity causes them to be subject to occasional
abuse on the packet clusters when their call signs are put
out there. <br>
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We believe that the addition of Kosovo as a DXCC Entity
could be facilitated by
reinstating the former consideration that being a member
society of the IARU
in itself qualifies the nation that society represents as
eligible for status
as a DXCC Entity.<br>
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Alternatively, the DXAC could specify that any nation
appearing on the
Department of State's "Independent States in the World"
list at </span><a
href="https://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">https://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm</span></a><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> qualifies that nation to
be a DXCC Entity.<br>
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It is our hope that you will give favorable consideration
to our request.
Our club has just been shocked by the untimely and tragic
death of our former
President David Collingham, K3LP, who was elected to two
terms as our leader,
and we would hope that you would keep in mind David’s very
active participation
in DXpeditions all over the world as you make your
decision. <span> </span><span> </span>Thank
you very much for your time and attention to this matter.<br>
<br>
73, <br>
<br>
Alfred A. "Fred" Laun, K3ZO<br>
President<br>
National Capitol DX Association </span></p>
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<p>Hi Fred:</p>
<p>The letter looks ok to me. Let it go out.</p>
<p>73, John, N4MM<br>
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