[Dx-qsl] Entities

[John Geiger]

Why are VR-Hong Kong, and XX9 Macao still on the list?
 As I understand it, they are now both part of China,
and should be using a B prefix, instead of the United
Kingdom and Portugese prefixes, respectively.

73s John NE0P


--- Ron Notarius WN3VAW <wn3vaw@fyi.net> wrote:
> The confusion is understandable.  There are
> basically two entities with the
> name Palestine.  British Palestine ZC6 effectively
> ceased to exist after the
> 1948 hostilities, although it stayed on the list
> until June 1968 (if I
> remember correctly, the 1948 cease-fire line(s) and
> related areas were all
> that was left, and after the 1967 hostilities, even
> those were gone).  I
> don't recall ever hearing of anyone operating from
> ZC6 Palestine after '48,
> though I'm sure if there was activity, someone will
> mention it!
> 
> The current Palestine E4 entity consists of only a
> portion of the original
> entity (the Gaza strip & the West Bank).  So between
> the political and the
> geographical changes, it's understandable why E4 is
> considered for DXCC
> purposes to be a separate entity than ZC6.
> 
> If you think this one's bad, just try figuring out
> the 4 Germany entitie's
> one day!  (It does make sense, but it also makes
> your head spin!)
> 
> The one I don't "get" is why they made (UN
> Administered) East Timor 4W a
> brand-new one instead of "reactivating" the old
> Portugese Timor CR8.  The
> situation seemed analogous to the reactivation of
> Western Sahara S0.  When I
> asked about it, I was told that Western Sahara was
> the exact same geographic
> entity as Spanish Sahara EA9 (Rio de Oro), but UNAET
> wasn't the exact same
> geographic entity (and that may well be, but it's
> not as obvious when you
> look at the map as Palestine is).   I think a lot of
> that also has to do
> with who made the decision when... but that's
> another story.
> 
> 73, ron wn3vaw
> 
> When asked "If you had been in President Clinton's
> place, would you have
> resigned?",
> Republican Member of the House of Representatives
> Dick Armey replied:
> 
> "If I were in the President's place, I would not
> have gotten a chance to
> resign.  I would be laying in a pool of my own
> blood, hearing Mrs. Armey
> standing over me saying, "How do I reload this damn
> thing?"
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <N7DC@cs.com>
> To: <wn3vaw@fyi.net>; <dx-qsl@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] (no subject)
> 
> 
> OK thanks to all.  I thought I had the country
> confirmed ok, but then this
> popped up as a new country and confused the heck out
> of me.  I do have
> several E4 contacts confirmed , and this one popped
> up as a deleted
> country -
> thats what im gonna do, delete it.
> thanks again
> Danny
> 
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