[OKDXA] Mt. Athos

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I don't think that the SMOM has an official prefix block.  Mount Athos  was added under some old rules, and has been grandfathered onto the current list.73 John AF5CC Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Roger Simpson <rksimpson1 at cox.net> Date: 5/6/19  10:02 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: OKDXA at mailman.qth.net Subject: [OKDXA] Mt. Athos I have been following the OKDXA thread regarding Monk Apollo's death. There is a writeup regarding Monk Apollo on today's Daily DX. It was written by Kostas SV1DPI. According to that writeup the Monastery of Docheiariou is going to have another monk obtain an amateur radio license.I only worked Monk Apollo once. It was on 17m on RTTY. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time and heard him in a QSO and called him after that QSO and he came right back.  This was in May of 2011.I don't know why Mount Athos is considered a DXCC country. It is obviously NOT a "separate political administration" because people there have licenses issued by Greece. Also, it is not a separate physical place such as an island, like Hawaii, which is part of another country but separated from it geographically by at least a certain distance. I am not an expert on the DXCC rules but it seems to me like Mount Athos is more like Oklahoma which is part of the United States.  I think for DXCC purposes among the requirements for an "entity" is that the "entity" is listed by the US Dept of State as a Country and/or the country has a recognized Amateur Radio society.I think the situation with the Vatican and well as SMOM, for example, don't apply to Mt. Athos because the Vatican and SMOM have call sign blocks assigned by the ITU.73  Roger  K5RKS______________________________________________________________OKDXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/okdxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:OKDXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html