Tim,
I believe they've set a target date of or or about 13 July to declare
Montenegro independant.
I would expect that the ITU will, in due course, issue them a new prefix block,
unless as part of the negotiations with current government of Serbia &
Montenegro (which I anticipate will be the "surviving" entity of Serbia as
opposed to a "new" one), one of the blocks currently allocated to S&M is
transferred to them. We shall find out in due course, of course.
And I wouldn't expect a change on the official DXCC list until after the entity
actually comes into existance. I'm sure the gang in Newington is prepared to
make the change -- but first things first.
Interesting times, is it not?
73, ron wn3vaw
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:08:59 +0100
From: "Tim Makins" <tim.ei8ic@gmail.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country?
To: <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Since the successful vote for independence on May 21st, it would seem that
Montenegro is now a separate country from Serbia. Is this official yet? Does
anyone know what has to take place for Serbia and Montenegro to become two
independent countries on the 'World Stage' ?
>From a Ham Radio perspective, I assume that when this happens the DXCC list
>will increase by one. The current list
>http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/dxcclist.txt is still showing the entry:
YT-YU, YZ* Serbia and Montenegro EU 28 15
Will there be separate prefixes for each country?
73s Tim EI8IC, waiting to update his maps...
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