[Dx4win] Adding Montenegro

[Art - W6KY]

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Been #336 since 6/28...   Art  W6KY  ARRL DX Bulletin
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SB DX ARL ARLD026
ARLD026 Montenegro is newest ARRL DXCC entity

A new ARRL DXCC entity has come into being! As
expected, the United
Nations admitted the Republic of Montenegro as its
192nd member June
28, and that action automatically makes the tiny
Balkan nation the
336th current DXCC entity.

"According to the ARRL DXCC List criteria, entities on
the UN list
of member-states qualify as political entities," said
ARRL
Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG.
"Therefore, effective
June 28, 2006 (UTC), ARRL has added The Republic of
Montenegro to
the DXCC List. Claims for DXCC credit will be accepted
immediately."

Current Montenegrin radio amateurs reportedly may
continue using
their YU/YT/YZ/4O/4N-prefix call signs until the
International
Telecommunication Union designates a new call sign
block for the new
country.

In anticipation of Montenegro's new nation status, the
International
DX Festival Montenegro, with information on the web
at,
http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/international-dx-festival.html,
has been set
for July 20 until August 12. That's when several
international
operators will join forces with Montenegrin Amateur
Radio operators
from at least three different stations using a common
call sign in
an effort to meet the DX community's need to work the
newest DXCC
Entity.  Festival organizers have set the ambitious
goal of 200,000
contacts for the event, which will use all HF bands.

Montenegro declared its independence on June 3
following a national
referendum May 21.

--- Chris Sauvageot <force12 at web.de> wrote:

> Radiocommunication Bureau of ITU inform 18.07.06 :
> 
> I wish to inform you that the matter is now under
> discussion.
> All necessary changes in ITU records and databases
> due to the separation of Serbia and Montenegro into
> two different countries will be announced by the ITU
> as soon as agreed by both administrations.
> 
> 
> "Table of International Call Sign Series" of ITU
>
(http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/glad/cga_callsign.sh),
> they changed the entry for 4N, 4O, YT, YU and YZ - 
> 2 times. In moment: "Ex. Serbia and Montenegro" (on
> 03.07.06 was "Serbia (Republic of)")
> 
> So stay and way for the final result and wait for
> the final prefixes ! There after you can change your
> software.
> 
> Why all so in hurry ?
> 
> 73 Chris
> DL5NAM
>
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