[Dxbase] yu to e6

Wed May 30 16:00:21 EDT 2007

Well,thanks for replies. methinks I will take a nerve pill before I get into 
a Task like that.
 73s Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Cassel" <paul at ve3sy.com>
To: "'jim'" <n4zy at charter.net>; "'DXBase Reflector'" 
<dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "'Paul VE3SY'" <Paul at ve3sy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Dxbase] yu to e6
> That prefix has already been superseded with the following change.
>>>>> Montenegro finally has a callsign prefix block. Montenegro gained
>>>> independence in late June 2006 and had been using the following
>>>> prefixes: 4O3, 4O6, YT3, YT6, YU3, YU6, YZ3 and YZ6. The
>>>> International Telecommunications Union did not want to give the new
>>>> country a new prefix and required the states of Montenegro and
>>>> Serbia to agree upon one or two prefixes of the five (4N, 4O, YT,
>>>> YU, YZ) from the former Serbia/Montenegro country. On May 11th an
>>>> agreement was made and the ITU now lists the 4O (Four Oscar) prefix
>>>> as belonging to Montenegro. So Montenegro can use 4O0 (Four Oscar
>>>> Zero) through
>>>> 4O9 (Four Oscar Nine). Serbia will continue to use the YT and YU
>>>> prefixes. This will include all call areas (0-9) for each. However
>>>> the 4N and YZ prefixes have been taken away and given back to the
>>>> ITU for future use to another nation. This was confirmed today by a
>>>> spokesman from the ITU's Radiocommunication Sector. When asked
>>>> exactly when the two nations need to complete this change a response
>>>> of "as soon as possible" was given. So there may be a short period
>>>> of time to complete the switch over. DXers need to update their
>>>> logging software, carefully!
>>>>>>>> Serbia: YT0, YT1, YT2, YT3, YT4, YT5, YT6, YT7, YT8, YT9, YU0, YU1,
>>>> YU2, YU3, YU4, YU5, YU6, YU7, YU8 and YU9
>>>>>>>> Montenegro: 4O0, 4O1, 4O2, 4O3, 4O4, 4O5, 4O6, 4O7, 4O8, 4O9
>> You know see why Bill said "carefully" in response to your question. :-)
> Search the archives for "4O - Montenegro" that thread may help you - but
> it's not for the faint of heart.
>> 73
> Paul VE3Sy
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-
>> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jim
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:16 PM
>> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Dxbase] yu to e6
>>>> How does one change the prefix yu to E6 Montenegro in DXBASE 2003 ?
>> Jim N4ZY
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