[OKDXA] EA9 - Ceuta & Melilla - Where are they?

[Jeff Martin]

No John, I did not work the EA9. Decoded him several times, but he 
didn't want to work me very bad... Gene worked him though... The 
callsign was EA9ABC... Did work D4K on Cape Verde for a new one on 6...

73,
Jeff - K5WE


------ Original Message ------
>From "John Geiger" <af5cc at fidmail.com>
To "Jeff Martin" <jeffk5we at gmail.com>; "Oklahoma DX Association" 
<okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Date 7/8/2022 8:58:40 PM
Subject RE: [OKDXA] EA9 - Ceuta & Melilla - Where are they?

>Spain does have a couple of islands in the Mediterranean sea just off 
>the coast of Africa by those EA9 cities, but I believe they are all 
>uninhibited.   Might count as separate IOTAs
>
>Did you get the EA9 on 6?
>
>73 John AF5CC
>
>
>
>Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
>-------- Original message --------
>From: Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com>
>Date: 7/8/22 8:38 PM (GMT-06:00)
>To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [OKDXA] EA9 - Ceuta & Melilla - Where are they?
>
>EA9 - Ceuta & Melilla
>
>Ham Radio - The Great Geography teacher
>
>    I was chasing an EA9 today on 6 meters. I always assumed Ceuta &
>Melilla were islands, probably in the Mediterranean Sea, somewhere near
>Spain. I was curious, so I looked them up. Would you believe they are
>both autonomous cities on the coast of Morocco in North Africa? Melilla
>has been under Spanish rule since 1497. Ceuta was a Portuguese 
>territory
>from 1415 and given to Spain under the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668. So,
>both have been a part of Spain for hundreds of years. Isn't it amazing
>the things you learn because of Ham Radio?
>
>73,
>Jeff - K5WE
>
>
>
>
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