I am going to try and be as tactful as I can with my statement. Another week has passed and still NOTHING in the mailbox.....and at the risk of sounding like a whiner, I have officially gone from being perplexed to being something else starting with the letter P (and it ain't puzzled either)......at this point, I would like to hear from anyone else in the same boat......that being, those of you who have used the ZL9HR OQRS just after the new year, and have still not received your qsl card.......quite frankly, I am getting sick and tired of waiting.......

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So essentially, this station that has currently been on the air is a Pirate.  Glad I worked Turkmenistan back in the old USSR days, when N8OO was living there....UH8EA was the call. Turkmenistan was one country that I failed to get a qsl card from right after working Victor, until I found him on the internet and sent him a card in my quest to catch up on confirming DXCC entities....Thank God he moved to the USA.....Thanks Victor for being there!

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Wow!...some of you guys who are over the 300 threashold really need to wait a while.....that's too much.....Well, guess you'll just have to suffer with garden variety until the neededs come along....LOL.....anyway, Johnathan, not bragging at all....hope you reach your goal too....with that Little Tokyo Hy Power amp, I think you will do just fine....and, as is commonly said on this board, CONGRATS to all who are eeking them out under these conditions...

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I worked Amsterdam and St. Paul.....Netherlands and Minnesota, that is!..... .....

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We are better than a third of the way thru the year....I realize the expedition scene has been slim pickens at this point, but what have you worked for an ATNO so far for 2013?.....I finally got Bahrain, not once but twice in the same night on SSB and CW on 20..but that's it...What say you?...(man, can't wait for those expeditions later this year, and that big announcement from The Intrepids this weekend!).....

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Great set up Jon!....Those EUs were coming in loud for ya that day too....I like the way you handled things....giving your name, qth and the sig report with a nice rhythm....Not just "59-c-ya!"......You talk about being exhausted....I could never understand this contest mentality of working pileups and worrying about "qso rates" and that sort of thing.....and doing it like it's a race for the roses .....some guys are way too into that and need to back off on the caffeine and amphetamines!...I guess expeditions do that to get as many in the book as possible, but man...some guys out there need to chill a bit too....By the by, it's always great to work you on the bands!.....

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Hmmmm..pretty cool, but it doesn't really get into the Ham Radio angle of the trip....I like the part where the news guy goes "Clipperton....ever hear of it???".....Sadly, only we hams, and probably a core of oceanographers/marine biologists, and geography geeks are the only ones on the planet who have!....

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This sunspot cycle SUCKS too!...... .......

Waiting SUCKS!!!!!!!!..... .........

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Hi Glenn: 

Definately not a busted call....I cleared that up back in December when I found my qso wasn't in the online log, but later was, and verifying it here on E-ham with the operator (Gene) who worked me....Like I said, I will give it until the end of April....if nothing by then, I will be moving forward with an e-mail to find out what the deal is.....Chris...I am under the impression that the majority on here got theirs already, and in a timely fashion too...Which is why I am so puzzled by this delay....I don't have the cash to throw around on a big $$$ donation to these operations....and if I did, I probably would not exceed a certain amount....I stated before that my mail delivery sucks around here too, so that sure doesn't help....and again, as for that flap over the finances, that is none of my business.....I just want to qso and verify it, and leave the in-fighting and power struggles to those who bring it on themselves......I just hope that that issue is not the reason for this painfully long wait fot this card....

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I can only speak for myself by saying I have not heard any rumblings about any entities being added or deleted from the DXCC list....Anyone out there hear otherwise???...even if it's a rumor....if for nothing else it makes for good conversation....Last I heard there was some speculation about booting Kingman off the list (enviro-nonsense?), and of course the debate surrounding adding Kosovo is still out there, but that's it on this end....What say you???...anyone got any tid bits from the rumor mill?

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Operating from the Vatican station or from SMOM would be the sh*t!....Oh yeah, that would be awesome....by day, operating the DX from the rare/semi-rare entities, and then by night, ROME!....ah, the sites, the food, the music, the culture, the history!......that would be an awesome DXpedition....and you wouldn't have to worry about freezing to death, finding a toilet, contracting maleria, or fighting revolutionaries either.

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Who was the station requesting this?.....maybe you should e-mail them (a note that is) and get clarification?...

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OQRS on New Years Day, with a confirmation to prove it and still nothing.....I am highly perplexed...I even threw in a couple extra bucks as a donation...(not mega money like some of you big donors do as this is not for finding a cure for cancer, but a donation none the less).....I am giving it to the end of April, and if there is nothing in the mail box by then, I will be making an inquirey via e-mail.....And Chris, as for the issue with the organization, I am fully aware of what had transpired, but made no comment on it whatsoever in any way shape or form......

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