[CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country?

[Tim Makins]

Thanks, Ron, and everyone else who posted. I guess we will all have to wait
and see what happens after July 13th.

73s Tim EI8IC

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country?


> 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 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Montenegro - a new Ham country?
> To: <CQ-Contest at 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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