Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Montenegro

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro

The Republic of Montenegro (Serbian/Montenegrin: Црна Гора / Crna Gora, pronounced /'tsr̩naː 'ɡɔra/) is a country located in southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south, and borders Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the southeast. Its capital is Podgorica.
Independent from the late Middle Ages until 1918, the country was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia and the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Based on the results of a referendum held on May 21, 2006, Montenegro declared independence on June 3, 2006. Montenegro was recognised as an independent nation by Serbia on June 15 and on June 28, it became the 192nd member state[1] of the United Nations.

With the vote for independance, Montenegro, effective June 28, becomes a new DXCC entity for amateur radio operators to contact. The latest country to join the UN was Timor-Leste, which became the 191st UN Member State on 27th September 2002.

To celebrate the new DXCC entity a dxpedition was planned:

Operations will commence July 20 and will run until August 13, 2006. The callsign will be 4O3T. The following operator roster is released: 9A6AA, A61M, DJ7EO, DJ9ZB, DL3DXX, DL6LAU, DL7FER, DL8OBQ, DL7AJA, DF3TJ, G3TXF, I0SNY, I8NHJ, IK8HBA, I1JQJ, IK1ADH, IK1PMR, K1ZZ, KA1ZD, K2LEO, K2WR, N6OX, W6OSP, WW5L, LZ1JY, LZ1UQ, LZ2UU, OH2BH, OH2RF, OH2TA, OK3AA, ON4IA, ON4ATW, ON5TN, PA0R, PB2T, S50R, SP5XVY, T95A, UA3AB, UA4HBW, UA4HOX, YU1EW, YU3YQ, YT3T, YT6A, YT6T, YT6Y and Z35G plus several others.

The 4O3T operation will launch Yaesu's new FT2000 transceiver and will Also employ several SteppIR beams, courtesy of the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) and SteppIR. 4O3T QSL via YT6A. CW - 1826.5, 3522, 7022, 10106, 14022, 18072, 21022, 24892 and 28022 kHz SSB - 3795, 7055, 14190, 18145, 21290, 24945 and 28490 kHz RTTY - 7035, 10135, 14085, 18105, 21085 and 28085 kHz 6 Meters - 50106 kHz CW/SSB

I have worked 4O3T on 40 cw and have heard them on 20 cw and 40 SSB.

Right now this is a fairly easy new one to add to your country count.

QSL via YT6A.

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