ARRL should recognize the ISS as a country. That would
stir up the pot. If Scarborough reef is a country, then why can't the ISS be a country?
You mean s DXCC Entity not a country - DXCC Entities are artificial creations that have nothing to do with countries, that's why there are 200 more DXCC Entities than countries.
Yeah, DXCC entity, It would have to be done carefully in order to prevent DX-crazy hams from hounding the astronauts off the band. But if someone wanted to pay the Russians the X-million dollars to go up there to operate a DX-pedition, this would be keeping with the spirit of DXCC I believe. Seems to me the international nature of the space station gives it kind of 'DXCC entity-like' nature, however the specific rules are lawyered.