Hi Jim, What are you saying? American's can not get a license to operate there? Don't we still have some military stationed there? What is the complete story of taking away the license? Bill W4WX
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 6:34 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] Saudi Arabia's HZ1AB is history > *************** > The ARRL Letter > Vol. 23, No. 39 > October 1, 2004 > *************** > > * Saudi Arabia's HZ1AB is history: The HZ1AB club station in Saudi Arabia > now is history. Originally the United States Military Training Mission > station and more recently known as the Dhahran Amateur Radio Club, HZ1AB > was a well-known DX call sign for almost six decades. Club Secretary > Thomas Carlsson, SM0CXU/AB5CQ, said this week that new station license > requirements in Saudi Arabia made it necessary to shut down the station, > and the call sign has been reissued to a Saudi national. QSL manager Leo > Fry, K8PYD, has the HZ1AB logs to handle any late QSL requests. Earlier > this year, Saudi Arabia licensed 18 new Amateur Radio operators. Details > about licensing there are available on the Saudi Arabia Communications and > Information Technology Commission Web site > <http://www.citc.gov.sa/CITC/EN/SpectrumManagement/generalservices/?sm=9 >. > --The Daily DX <http://www.dailydx.com > and Thomas Carlsson, SM0CXU/AB0CQ > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post a message the subject must begin with [:dx-news:] > (all lower case) and sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------- To post a message the subject must begin with [:dx-news:] (all lower case) and sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------
