[CW] OT - Germany and the D Call Signs

[Fabian Kurz]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 09:28:10AM -0500, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> But let's just go with the German call sign changes - can anyone give me any
> leads on this or does anyone remember the dates?

I found a table of DL/DM/Y2 callsign dates in DM3ML's "LOTW Cookbook".
It's important because there have not only been changes in callsigns,
but also in DXCCs due to the political changes.

You can find it in this PDF on page 2:
http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dm3ml/Artikel/LoTW_Kochbuch_erweitert_PDF.pdf

In a forum post about this topic Uli, DF4KV writes:

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| from 1959: Allocation DAA-DTZ for Germany, used by both FRG and GDR
| from 1973: provisoric reservation of Y2A..Y2Z for DDR
| WARC 1979: DDR applies for the Y2 block, declares to abandon D-calls
|            FRG only wants to use DAA-DRZ in the future
| Jan. 1980: DDR changes to Y2
| Jan. 1982: New RR, official transfer of DSA..DTZ to South Korea
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