[LOGic] [DX-NEWS] ARLX008 New Prefix for Bosnia-Herzegovina Officially Announced

[Jack - K4WSB]

>QST de W1AW
>Special Bulletin 8  ARLX008
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  December 27, 2007
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB SPCL ARL ARLX008
>ARLX008 New Prefix for Bosnia-Herzegovina Officially Announced
>
>In response to a request from the Ministry of Communications and
>Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina in August, the International
>Telecommunication Union (ITU) withdrew the call sign prefix
>allocation T9A-T9Z for Bosnia and Herzegovina and made a new
>allocation, E7A-E7Z.  The change was made initially on a provisional
>basis under authority of the ITU Secretary-General and was confirmed
>by the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference to be effective
>November 17, 2007.
>
>According to International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Secretary
>David Sumner, K1ZZ, the Ministry of Communications and Transport
>(BiH) held a press conference in Sarajevo on December 18 to formally
>announce the change.  Minister Dr Bozo Ljubic explained the
>desirability of changing a prefix that initially was allocated
>during wartime and how it was now being replaced with one that has
>no connection to that troubled time; similar steps have been taken
>with regard to passports, drivers' licenses and automobile
>registrations, he said.  Ljubic also observed that the costs
>associated with the change were minimal compared to the benefits.
>
>Amateur Radio station licenses bearing E7 prefixes will be issued
>beginning in January 2008, and the use of other prefixes will be
>phased out.
>
>Sumner and IARU Region 1 President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, of Norway,
>were invited to speak at the press conference.  Accompanying them
>was IARU Region 1 Executive Committee member Nikola Percin, 9A5W, of
>Croatia.  They expressed congratulations and support for the change,
>eliminating an issue that has complicated relations among the radio
>amateurs of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
>
>Also invited to speak was Miroslav Nikse, President of the Union of
>Radioamateur Associations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (URAS), a
>recently formed umbrella organization of amateur radio associations
>based in different parts of the country.  He thanked those involved
>in promoting the change.  In his remarks, Dr Ljubic pledged support
>from the Ministry of Communications and Transport to the umbrella
>organization for the development of Amateur Radio repeater and
>digital networks that would cover the whole of the country,
>enhancing emergency communications capabilities.
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Jack Hartley
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