Hi Larry,
We gave XX9 to China after we handle back Macau to the Chinese.
It was too late for CR8 as the Indonesians took Timor from us by the
Force of Arms, with Henry Kissinger help ofcourse, killing half a Million
people in the
process.
So, you see that after this Portugal was not willing to give CR8 to the
Indonesians.
You must keep in mind that from 1975 to 1999 the East-Timor Prefix was YB9 /
YC9
and not CR8 and there were Indonesian HAMs as I found many HAM antennas and
a Club station when I arrived there in 1999.
By the way I had CR8A as callsign some years ago and I had 4W6EB from the
UNTAET Timor. The CR8 Prefix now belongs to the Portuguese Civil Protection
Service, not for HAM common usage.
73 Jose CT1EEB
http://cfiem.hopto.org/ct1eeb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry, K4WLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: [DX-NEWS] Tokelau et al
Robert, N2JTX, posted:
"The major difference is that there was no change in government for the
Cook Islands. Tokelau will become a new country (not the DXCC term),
seperate from New Zealand, with a new government. Any prefix change
would only go along with the change in administration though I suppose
the ITU could reallocate ZK3 to the new country of Tokelau just like
VR-VS was reallocated from Great Britain to China when Hong Kong was
returned.
I suspect DXCC may handle wind up handling it like East Timor (4W) where
it went from UNSAET to Timor - Leste and, despite a challenge, was
upheld to be the same entity."
73, Robert N2JTX
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Yep, it is still Timor, and it used to be Portuguese Timor with a CR8
prefix. Too bad the "Colonists" and the ITU can't just give a wave
of blessing and "grandfather" prefixes like CR8, ZK1, ZK3. At least
these "new" entities would know from whence they came, the old
QSL card file box would stay in better shape, and most of all these
prefixes would live on in our heart and mind rather then wind up in
the "Deleted........."
The New Hebrides still sounds better for YJ to me............and
Guam could surely still be KG6 ??
But, alas, if all this did come to pass, somebody would come up
with a call like K5K for a Kingman Reef DX'pedition. :-) :-)
DX-Chat anyone ?? 73, Larry K4WLS/OFE
Osten B Magnusson wrote:
As I see it, there will only be another prefix - nothing will change
regarding DXCC. The same as with the
Cook Islands.
73/DX de Osten SM5DQC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert G. Schaffrath"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 7:11 PM
Subject: [DX-NEWS] Tokelau
I saw this article on Tokelau posted over on rec.collecting.coins.
Granted it is already a seperate DXCC entity but I wonder if this
will wind up causing a delete/add situation if it is no longer part
of New Zealand. I also wonder what will happen to the ZK3 prefix
(maybe E6 will be allocated?). The Cooks, formerly ZK1, have already
become E5A-E5Z. The article is available at:
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=10465
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