[LOGic] SERBIA/MONTENEGRO PRIFIXES

Mon Jun 25 19:16:32 EDT 2007

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.