I got curious and looked on the ARRL website and found the criteria for DXCC entities (http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#siii). I think it is definitely doable but I don't really know who to contact (maybe [email protected]?).
I wonder how one would get a card from the ISS? It appears that the ARRL is the US QSL Manager (http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL%27s) so it should be feasible to have all the contacts go into the LoTW without any problem as well as getting a hard card.
Do you want to try to petition the ARRL to make the ISS a DXCC entity? I'll be happy to co-support the idea.
73s, Eric KF4OTN
Cathryn Mataga wrote:
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. _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb