7o, yemen (interesting item of the week [don't get excited]!). it seems
well known dxers hrane/yt1ad, and dmitry/ra9usu are currently travelling
through sana’a, yemen. no details were provided on why, but you can
track their toyota land cruiser using the established citypoint system.
on the map it shows 7o/ra9usu traveling throughout yemen. to view their
travels, visit the web page:
http://cplite.citypoint.ru login as: yemen
password is: yemen
presently, no details on whether any activity will take place or if a
license was issued.
** last minute update: the dxcoffee web page is reporting the following
from hrane, yt1ad (not edited):"... we was 7 days in yemen. after
conversation in ministry for telecommunication, with director for
freq and regulations, person, ex student in russia, speak russian
and understand amateur radio, final answer is: not license for 7o.
in last 20 years not any valid license is issued by yemen government
and ministry for telecommunication. king husein from jordan visited
yemen, but answer for he king husein was : not. main reason is
security!"
** editor's comments: opdx has heard the above statement once before
about amateur radio not being allow for 20 years in yemen. most
recently in 2005 by vladimir, ua4whx. however, this can not be totally
true because there have been operations that have taken place and
have been accepted for dxcc. two major operations stand out:
7o1aa - by 9k2dr and 9k2ec in late may and early june of 1990
7o8aa - by f2vx and f6exv in late july and early august 1990
also active and accepted was activity by the german group as 7o1ygf
in mid-april of 2000 and oh2yy as 7o/oh2yy in early may of 2002. it
is obvious that the above operations talked to/received the approval
by the right individual in the yemen government with the proper
authorization to issue a license and allow these operators to operate
in "7o". otherwise, the dxcc desk would not have accepted these "7o"
operations.
感谢上帝 7o/oh2yy出现的时候正是我抓字头瘾头最大的时候，那是在2002年。
