[BCVHFA] Fwd: ARLD033 ITU Assigns New Prefix for Niue: E6A-E6Z

[Carl Morgan]

>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
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>SB DX @ ARL $ARLD033
>ARLD033 ITU Assigns New Prefix for Niue: E6A-E6Z
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>ZCZC AE33
>QST de W1AW
>DX Bulletin 33  ARLD033
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  August 14, 2012
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB DX ARL ARLD033
>ARLD033 ITU Assigns New Prefix for Niue: E6A-E6Z
>
>On August 3, the ITU updated its Table of International Call Sign
>Series to reflect a call sign change for Niue. The island will now
>have the entire E6 prefix block. Niue -- an island approximately
>1500 miles northeast of New Zealand -- is a self-governing island
>nation that has been in free association with New Zealand since
>1974. Prior to the change, the island used ZK2. According to the CIA
>World Factbook, Niue is about 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC,
>and has a population of almost 1300 people.
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