[Dx-qsl] YT800FG

[DANNY DOUGLAS]

I have in hand, a QSL card from Y5800FG, on which is printed
"Federal Republic of Yugoslavia    In occasion on the 800 years of Hilander, 
the Serbs monastery on peninsula of Mount Athos in Greece."

At first, I wondered if this card was actually from the Monastery, but with 
the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" I figured this is from someplace in 
Yugoslavia, and just celebrating the monastery's 800th birthday.  But this 
brings to question as to the fact there are other countries involved at 
Mount Athos, I wondered if there are any political ties, or it just happens 
that the monastery is manned (no pun intended - there are NO women ever 
allowed on Athos) by Serbs, representing their religious order.  In other 
words, does this, or does this not equate to something like an embassy, 
whose members must obey the law of the land, as individuals outside the 
embassy walls, but set their own rules and regulations inside?  If the 
latter, I wonder also if there is an opportunity for one of them "every" who 
might show up on the ham bands.  Under international rules, a ham station on 
embassy property, is allowed only if the host country issues them a license, 
and call sign, and that call must indicate the prefix of the host, not the 
embassies home country.    This is all probably a mute point, this being a 
religious compound, with a "committee" of leaders of each monastery, and 
they have appointed ONE member of one monastery to represent them on the ham 
bands.  But this is all food for thought.

Danny Douglas
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