I think it is more likely they are shutting down ANY source of
international communications that the military can't directly control. We
are in a war you know.
Dan/W4NTI
> [Original Message]
> From: David Thompson <thompson@mindspring.com>
> To: K4SB <k4sb@bellsouth.net>; SECC <secc@contesting.com>
> Date: 9/30/04 12:14:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [SECC] HZ1AB
>
> Seems for various reasons stations set up for mostly military or
commercial
> use are threatened all over the world. The station on Diego Garcia (VQ9)
> was closed by the military but saved by the merchant marine. V73 was also
> told they would close down. Seems the military say they are no longer
> needed for traffic purposes and they cannot afford the expense for
> recreational purposes.
> Even W3ADO at the US Naval Academy has been threatened with closing down.
>
> Guess ham radio is in disfavor with the military funding.
>
> 73 Dave K4JRB
> > FYI
> >
> > DX News
> >
> > Yesterday we received sad news from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. HZ1AB (Hot
> > Ziggity One American Boy), originally the United States Military
> > Training Mission station and more recently known as the Dhahran
> > Amateur Radio Club has gone QRT. The club station was first QRV in
> > early 1947. Over the years more than 160 different Amateur Radio
> > operators operated from the station. SM0CXU/AB0CQ, Thomas Carlsson,
> > the secretary of the club station, reports "the new licensing
> > authority has by mid 2004 re-issued the call and new station license
> > requirements make it necessary to terminate all activity on the
> > bands." QSL manager K8PYD, Leo, has the logs and can confirm QSOs.
> > For more information about the HZ1AB club station check out their Web
> > page at http://www.qsl.net/hz1ab/.
> > --------------------------
> > The above is a quote from the "Daily DX" of September 30. Reprinted by
> > permission.
> >
> > 73
> > Ed
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