Z60K - Launch of Amateur Radio in Pristina, Kosovo. IARU Project.
Z60K
now listed on Club Log with the following message:
Provisionally The
Republic of Kosovo - pending news from ARRL. This DXCC is temporarily marked
as a current DXCC entity in Club Log in order to allow the expedition log
search features to function correctly. Approval for this operation will come
from ARRL alone.
On September 17, shortly after 17z, international and
local ops started operating as Z60K from near Pristina, Kosovo on both 20 and
17m SSB. Operators included Emil 9A9A, Bob MD0CCE, Martti OH2BH and Pekka
OH2TA. Local TV recorded the moment live on air. QSL via G3TXF.
An
Amateur Radio working group headed by IARU Region 1 President Hans Blondeel
Timmerman, PB2T and including IARU Region 1 Executive Committee Member Nikola
Percin, 9A5W and Mission Goodwill Kosovo Coordinator Martti Laine, OH2BH
together with their associates are in the final stages of assisting Kosovo’s
Telecom Authorities in drafting regulations governing Amateur Radio in
Kosovo, to bring the original Kosovar operators and their re-vitalized
Amateur Radio Association back to the international community.
Full
details at: http://www.iaru-r1.org/
73
and Good DX!
Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ
Home of ICPO: http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/
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