[Dx-qsl] 4U1UN

Fri Jul 24 12:03:57 EDT 2015

> However according to the NCDXF Beacon site the 4U1UN beacon is currently
> operational.
>> http://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/beaconschedule.html

Correct, the beacon has been back on the air for months.
> Half (if not more) of the problem is that it is in one of the most secured
> buildings in the world. Ask those who were permitted, back in the day, to
> operate.
>
> I was told by the station trustee at the time that if you were to drill a
> hole through the floor of the hamshack you'd be looking down at the desk of
> the Secretary General. So yeah, security was and is a huge concern.

They should set up the station for remote control and operate it from a 
less sensitive part of the UN property.
73,
John, K9MM