[LOGic] Re: SERBIA/MONTENEGRO PRIFIXES

Mon Jun 25 19:35:07 EDT 2007

DISREGARD REQUEST...JUST FOUND IT AT THE HOSENOSE SITE!
73
DAN
K0DAN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K0DAN" <k0dan at comcast.net>
To: <pdainc at hosenose.com>; <logic at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 6:16 PM
Subject: SERBIA/MONTENEGRO PRIFIXES
> Has anyone modified the prefix table to take into account the following 
> ITU changes, believed to be effective May 2007???
>>> ITU okays Montenegro, Serbia call sign prefix agreement (May 16, 2007) -- 
> Although it became a country -- and a DXCC entity -- in its own right last 
> June, Montenegro has not had an Amateur Radio call sign block to call its 
> own until this month. According to The Daily DX, the International 
> Telecommunications Union (ITU) did not want to give Montenegro an entirely 
> new prefix, so it required the states of Montenegro and Serbia to agree 
> upon one or two prefixes from the five (4N, 4O, YT, YU and YZ) assigned to 
> the former Serbia-Montenegro. An agreement was reached May 11, and the ITU 
> now lists 4O (that's "four Oscar") as Montenegro's. This means Montenegro 
> stations may use 4O0 through 4O9, while Serbia stations will continue to 
> use YT and YU prefixes for all call districts, 0 through 9. The ITU has 
> taken back the former 4N and YZ prefixes for future reassignment. The ITU 
> reportedly wants the two nations to complete the transition to new call 
> sign blocks as soon as possible. The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, 
> W3UR, recommends that DXers update their logging software carefully to 
> reflect the changes.
>