[UK-CONTEST] Fwd: Cyprus Amateur Callsigns

[Don Field]

Sorry, posted this to the CDXC reflector, whereas of course the thread has
been running on UK Contest. My mistake.

Don G3XTT

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When the ITU ran out of letters-only prefixes, they started with A(number) -
A2, A3, A4, etc. and are now well into the Es (E5, E7, etc.). There are
plenty of Ds - D2 (Angola), D4 (Cape Verde), D6 (Comoros), etc. and these
have all been around for quite some time! Most date back to when the
countries concerned gained independence and needed a nice shiny prefix of
their own. They should, of course, be followed by a second number, as has
been pointed out, when used in amateur service (D68C, D44BC, etc) but not
all administrations are familiar with the usage (having dealt with licensing
folk in various overseas countries, for example in West Africa, many
wouldn't have a clue what we are talking about - amateur radio is generally
quite alien to them, and they do what they understand on a daily basis,
which is licensing commercial transmitters)

Don G3XTT


On 31 May 2011 20:02, Dave Sergeant <dave at davesergeant.com> wrote:

> Wikipedia is clearly wrong about D9K - D7A-D9Z is allocated by ITU to
> S. Korea so it cannot possibly be allocated to Germany. Since Germany
> is DAA-DRZ all callsigns there MUST have a two letter prefix. I have
> edited the article and removed the line - wonder how long it will be
> before someone reverts it... (I have been through all sorts of edit
> wars on WP so know what is involved...).
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
> On 31 May 2011 at 12:55, Bob Henderson wrote:
>
> > Assuming Wikipedia faithfully reflects the ITU position, I find it
> > rather odd.
> >
> > As D9 is allocated to South Korea, I would think it logical it be
> > excluded from Germany's DAA - DRZ block allocation.  According to
> > Wikipedia the ITU doesn't, having left it open to Germany to issue D9+
> > letter(s).
> >
>
>
> http://www.davesergeant.com
>
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