[Dx-qsl] Y2-Y9 callsigns

2002年1月06日 17:11:52 -0200

Dear Friends, Happy New Year!
Some questions about old QSOs, made when East Germany had prefixes like Y2, 
Y3, Y4, Y5, etc.
1 - What happens if somebody NOW sends QSL cards to these stations through 
the DL bureau? Is the DL bureau able to identify the owner of that old 
Y2-Y9 callsign and deliver the card (of course I am not asking about 
non-members)?
2 - If the cards reach the correct destination, will these cards be good 
for credit for DXCC and/or WPX, etc? The reason for this question is: if 
somebody moves from the DXCC country where he lives, his DXCC totals and 
all of his QSL cards will not be good for the new DXCC country he went to. 
I know that this isn't what happened with East Germany (of course they did 
not "move", hi) but East Germany now is deleted and those stations now are 
in another DXCC entity (DL).
- How did ARRL managed this situation for the Y2-Y9 stations?
- Did they keep all their previous credits (i.e., were these old credits 
transfered to their new DL callsign)?
- Can they, nowadays, ask for credit using cards that confirm QSOs with 
their old Y2-Y9 callsigns?
73,
Roger - PY1OL