Hi Urb,
Perhaps the following info will be of some help:
I had a QSO with VS9AAA on 13 April 1963. The card says R.A.F. Steamer
Point, Aden. VS9A, P, & S, were used until the end of 1967. Thereafter the
prefix was 7O. I later referred to it at 7O "old" in my rewords. May 21,
1990 is DXCC's last date for counting the old 7O. On May 22, 1990 a new 7O
was and still is being accepted. My first contact with a "New" 7O was on 28
May 1990 with 701AA.
I've re-read your E-mail and I think I'm just confirming what you already
knew. I've Googled Aden and copied some information that might give you some
additional Information, as follows:
History of South Yemen
Before 1959, the British interests in South Arabia consisted of :
a.. the Colony of Aden
b.. the Protectorat of Aden
On 11 February 1959 was created the Federation of South Arabian Emirates.
On 4 April 1962 the Federation was enlarged and renamed "Federation of South
Arabia".
There remained a Protectorate of South Arabia.
The colony of Aden entered the Federation (as State of Aden) on 18 January
1963.
Independence was scheduled for 1968, but the NLF and FLOSY, urban guerrilla
movements based in Aden, objected to the city's being placed under the rule
of absolute monarchs, forced an early British withdrawal in November 1967,
and established the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (commonly known as
South Yemen). (The exact date is November 30 1967.)
Vincent Morley, 3 February 1997
The full URL is http://www.fotw.us/flags/ye-south.html
73,
Leon, (K2EWB)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Urb LeJeune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <dx-chat@njdxa.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:05 AM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] VS9 & 7O Question for old timers
The following is posted at the request of CQ magazine editor Rich Moseson,
W2VU, who apologizes for its length:
We are currently working with author Ed Richmond, W4YO, on an article
about the stories behind various deleted DXCC entities (some of you may
have noted that Ed has done several of these in the past). One of the
locations discussed in this article is Aden (VS9A/P/S). The British left
Aden in 1967 and it was absorbed into the newly-formed Republic of South
Yemen, which later became the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen with
the prefix 7O. (The Feb. 1970 CQ DX column carried the announcement of the
adoption of the 7O prefix for the Republic of South Yemen). Around the
same time, the Yemen Arab Republic was also formed, with the prefix of 4W.
The two merged in 1990 to form a new Republic of Yemen, which continued
using only the 7O prefix. There are a few things that don't add up, and as
helpful as Bill Moore at ARRL has been, it appears the currently available
records are not detailed enough to answer our questions. We are hoping
that some of you will have good memories and be able to help...
I have had access to back issues of CQ, but not QST (from these dates),
and have come up with the following info:
... in 1961 and 62, the All Asian DX Contest rules (as published in CQ's
DX column, then written by W2DEC) list both Aden and Yemen as countries in
Asia.
... the ARRL DXCC list's deleted entities chart shows "VS9A/P/S People's
Democratic Republic of Yemen" with an end-date of May 22, 1990 (the date
the two Yemens merged), even though, as far as I can determine, the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen never used the VS9 prefix, but
rather 7O.
... there is no mention on the DXCC list of Aden, which appears to have
been listed as the country name for VS9A (at least in CQ) throughout the
60s and well into the 70s.
... there is a listing there for 4W / Yemen Arab Republic, with the same
end-date of 5/22/90; yet there is no listing for pre-1990 7O contacts with
South Yemen (the active 7O listing allows only contacts on or after
5/22/90).
... the CQ WAZ list for Zone 21, as late as 1976, listed "VS9 (except
Maldives and Socotra)" and 4W, but no 7O.
... a 1971 description in CQ of countries eligible for the "Arabian
Knights Certificate" included 4W and VS9, but no 7O.
... the latest QSL cards W4YO could locate for Aden/VS9 are from 1967, the
year in which the British left and it became part of the Republic of S.
Yemen.
The questions we'd like to try to answer include...
... When did the country name for VS9A, etc. change from Aden to the
Republic of South Yemen &/or People's Democratic Republic of Yemen?
... When did the 7O prefix actually come into use, since it was announced
in early 1970 but VS9 listings continued at least until mid-decade and the
DXCC deleted entity list doesn't even acknowledge it prior to 1990? And
along the same lines, when did the VS9 prefix stop being used?
... Why didn't the DXCC list reflect the change of status of Aden in 1967?
Can any of you help us shed some light on any of this, preferably with
first-hand recollections? Many thanks in advance for anything you may be
able to remember.
Vy 73 & tnx to W2DEC for forwarding this,
Rich Moseson, W2VU
Editor, CQ
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