Who "sanctions" 4U1ITU and 4U1UN for examples. 4U1ITU has been in many contests, not sure of in CW WW contests, but I'm >99.44% sure that it is one of the "HQ" stations for the IARU World Champions
Hank, 4U1UN and 4U1ITU are both considered, for most amateur radio purposes including most contests, as separate countries/entities from their surrounding host nations, since they land areas that the
4UA to 4UZ is a prefix block issued to the UN by the ITU which is part of the UN. It is not like SMOM which just asssigns 1A to itself. 4U1WB has paperwork from the UN documenting the license. 73 Ria
Hi Ron, Remember that DXCC is an ARRL program. The country list for DXCC for CQ awards and contests closely mirrors DXCC, however there are a few differences such as African Italy, Kosova, and the UN
Yes Ria, I am well aware of the DXCC status of 4U1WB and many of the other entities or areas of the world that I mentioned in example. My point was and is that the rule, as currently written, was ult
DXCC has nothing to do with this. WPX is a **CQ** COntest and it goes by their list. Their list does deviate from DXCC in that they recognize a few others that DXCC doesn't. No, because Z6 is recogni
Technically all of the Z6 calls would be illegal since Kosovo has not been issued that ITU block of prefixes. Even if CQ does recognize them as a separate country, following the rules brought up by 4