[Dxbase] FW: Montenegro prefix allocation

[Øystein Stokkeland]

-----Original Message-----
From: Gunnar J. Gakkestad [mailto:gunj.ga at online.no] 
Sent: 16. mai 2007 18:17
To: Øystein Stokkeland
Subject: Fw: Montenegro


> 
>>>
>>> Montenegro finally has a callsign prefix block.  Montenegro gained 
>>> independence in late June 2006 and had been using the following
>>> prefixes: 4O3, 4O6, YT3, YT6, YU3, YU6, YZ3 and YZ6.  The 
>>> International Telecommunications Union did not want to give the new 
>>> country a new prefix and required the states of Montenegro and 
>>> Serbia to agree upon one or two prefixes of the five (4N, 4O, YT, 
>>> YU, YZ) from the former Serbia/Montenegro country.  On May 11th an 
>>> agreement was made and the ITU now lists the 4O (Four Oscar) prefix 
>>> as belonging to Montenegro.  So Montenegro can use 4O0 (Four Oscar 
>>> Zero) through
>>> 4O9 (Four Oscar Nine).  Serbia will continue to use the YT and YU 
>>> prefixes.  This will include all call areas (0-9) for each.  However 
>>> the 4N and YZ prefixes have been taken away and given back to the 
>>> ITU for future use to another nation.  This was confirmed today by a 
>>> spokesman from the ITU's Radiocommunication Sector.  When asked 
>>> exactly when the two nations need to complete this change a response 
>>> of "as soon as possible" was given.  So there may be a short period 
>>> of time to complete the switch over.  DXers need to update their 
>>> logging software, carefully!
>>>
>>> Serbia: YT0, YT1, YT2, YT3, YT4, YT5, YT6, YT7, YT8, YT9, YU0, YU1, 
>>> YU2, YU3, YU4, YU5, YU6, YU7, YU8 and YU9
>>>
>>> Montenegro: 4O0, 4O1, 4O2, 4O3, 4O4, 4O5, 4O6, 4O7, 4O8, 4O9
>>>
>


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