[ADXA] Article - AI5P - Neutral Zones

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Ah yes, the Neutral Zones!!!!!!

That brings back some memories......all good, bad and ugly!

Thanks for sharing. Always good to see those old cards from places that 
no longer exist.

Joel W5ZN

On 2021-09-07 17:33, Richard Harris wrote:

> Glenn - for your use as you need. Please let me know when you
> get OK.  73, Rick
> 
> From the QSL Shoebox - Rick AI5P
> 
> These two deleted entities are probably in some of our ADXA members'
> totals. They are remote and desolate and have interesting histories: 
> The Saudi
> Arabian/Kuwait/Iraqi Neutral Zones.
> 
> The Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone was an area of 2,230 square miles
> between the borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that was left undefined
> when the border was established by the 1922 Uqair Convention. There was
> little interest in a more definite settlement of the Neutral Zone 
> until, in 1938, the
> discovery of oil nearby. Oil concessions were granted by each 
> government
> to private companies and later to joint ventures. The rulers of Kuwait 
> and
> Saudi Arabia agreed in 1960 that the Neutral Zone should be divided.
> This agreement was signed in 1967 and finalized in December, 1969.
> Contacts with this entity on December 14, 1969, and before count
> for DXCC.
> 
> The Saudi-Iraqi Neutral Zone was an area of 2,720 square miles on
> the border between Saudi Arabia and the Iraqi Republic. This area
> was also left undefined by the 1922 border agreement.  Administrative
> division of the Neutral Zone was achieved in 1975 and a border
> treaty concluded in 1981.  Contacts with this entity on December 25,
> 1981, and before count for DXCC.
> 
> Here are examples of these entities:
> 
> HZ3TYQ/8Z5 in the Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone for a SSB contact
> with W3LOE on May 15, 1965. The operator was Vic Crawford, an
> employee of ARAMCO (the Arabian-American Oil Company - now the Saudi 
> Arabian Oil Company), operating from the "weather shack" in the
> desolate oil fields. His one-man DXpedition made 1,080 contacts with
> 55 countries. Note the KWM-2!
> 
> 8Z4A in the Saudi-Iraqi Neutral Zone for a CW contact with N0XA on
> November 15, 1979. This DXpedition was sponsored by the Jordanian
> Radio Amateur Society in celebration of King Hussain's 44th birthday. A 
> total of
> 40,800 contacts were made. Special thanks were given to HH Prince 
> Talal, HZ1TA.
> 
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