Heh, Suomi voisi solmia diplomaattisuhteet Hutt Riverin kanssa, ehkä muut maat seuraisivat perässä :-) Ja MLT tuotapikaa hyväksymään uusi maa. No, leikki leikkinä. JSA
------- Mike Terry via dxld: [dxld] Hutt River Radio - shortwave station planned New DXCC Entity Status Sought: from Amateur Radio Victoria (WIA Victoria) Website: http://amateurradio.com.au July 14, 2005 The Hutt River Province Principality, a self-proclaimed independent territory on Australia's mainland has announced plans to begin shortwave broadcasts and also seek amateur radio DXCC entity status. Located just north of Geraldton, Western Australia it claimed self-government 35 years ago and survives on a tourist based economy. The Australian Government does not recognise its claim of independence. The Hutt River Province Director-General, Ministry of Electronic Communications, Eddie DeYoung has announced plans to set up a shortwave broadcast station possibly to be called Hutt River Radio. He says its programs will be primarily replays of old radio drama shows, music from yesteryear, readings from the world's newspapers for print handicapped listeners, and provide time-slots to non-government humanitarian aid organisations. Eddie Deyoung says that Hutt River Province is trying to gain United Nations recognition which would in turn enable the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to issue it with a block of radio callsigns. He says a written application has been sent this week to the ITU seeking the H5 callbook block to be issued. Eddie Deyoung says "A body to represent the interests of amateur radio has been formed - the Radio Amateur Radio Society (RARS) which is seeking membership of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). "We have just applied for membership in the IARU Region 3 and DXCC status. According to the ARRL DXCC rules, we appear to qualify for separate country status - we meet the rule for sovereignty. "Once we have 'New Country' status, it is anticipated that a large number of DXers and Contesters will be eager to operate from here." Applications are now open for non-resident founding charter members of the local radio clubs, the Royal Amateur Radio Society, with membership privileges to include a single-letter suffix callsign. And Broadband over Powerlines (BPL) has been banned by the Hutt River Province and will definitely not be radiating harmful radio interference from within its borders. For information about the Hutt River Province Principality visit www.hutt-river-province.com - Amateur Radio Victoria www.amateurradio.com.au http://www.eham.net/articles/11452 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Tsekkaa HCDX:n uusi www sivu: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- DX mailing list [email protected] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/dx _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
