JATKO:[CQ-Contest] X5 Prefix

[Giorgio Fanelli]

Hi guys

At 08.48 25/06/97 +0200, you wrote:
>wbosler at bellatlantic.net:
>>I keep working stations with X5 prefixes. Is this a legitimate prefix
>>and for what country?? I worked a station in Banja Luka over the
>>weekend. What country is it in these days? (It should be Bosnia) I think
>>the call was X5BYZ. ( I don't have my logbook in front of me.)
>>
>>I checked every prefix database I could find.
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks & 73   Bill Bosler - WF3M
>>
>>
>
>X5's are pirates, because it is an unlegal prefix (like 1B).

In Italy problem are solved by law because is forbidden to contact clearly
pirate station then QSO violate the rules about respect local amateur radio
laws. For contest, station pirate are permitted? Let me know. George I0YQV
(ex officier of Italian FCC)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Giorgio Fanelli				X25: I0YQV at IW0FGK.ILAZ.ITA.EU
Roma - Italy				PCL: I0YQV > I0JBL-6
E-MAIL: G.Force at flashnet.it		Ham: I0YQV
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9382
---------------------------------------------------------------------				


--
CQ-Contest on WWW:        http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/
Administrative requests:  cq-contest-REQUEST at contesting.com