[Dx-qsl] Re: 4K5ZI, Snake Island (Which entity?)
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Fri Oct 31 00:19:01 2003
John's got it right. "O. Zmeinij" is Ostrov Zmeinyj, literally Serpentine
Island ("Zmeinyj", adjective, from the noun "Zmeya" snake or serpent). That's
the "ZI" in (4K5 ZI=Zmeinyj Island.
At that time, there was still a USSR. They had just started using 4K
prefixes for areas offshore of the USSR. 4K1 was being used for Antarctica, 4K2
for Franz Josef Land, 4K3 for islands in the European Russian part of the
Arctic, and 4K4 for islands in the Asiatic Russian part of the Arctic. They
logically extended 4K5 to islands of the Black Sea.
For DXCC, the island counts as Ukraine, as John mentioned. Also good for
IOTA.
73, Will WC6DX
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