Archive for February, 2008

Kosovo is part of Kosovo and Metohia, Serbien Province.License with call YU8/.. is valid only if coming from RATEL, Serbien Republic Telecommunication Agency. In teritory of Serbia is not valid CEPT reciprocity.

In KOSMET existing Amateur Union of Kosovo and Metohia, President is Dr. Dragan Radovanovic, YU8RD with more than 100 members with valid license.

International team, operating now from KOSMET is without license, demonstrating power and using confusion in this Serbien Province.

This team must work with valid license and not with wishes to be FIRST.

SRS Savez radioamatera Srbije
Amateur radio union of Serbia
IARU liaison: dr Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD

Disappointment with the operation DJ6SI, DK2WV and DJ9ZB from Rwanda.

Team members of the multinational dxpedition to Rwanda,
9X0R, express their disagreement and disappointment to the three
German operators who are operating from Rwanda now, because the only
important thing for those three hams, it seems, is to be the first
regardless of anything else.

As everyone knows, it was almost impossible to get a
license in Rwanda. After 6 months of hard work, I reached
an in-person interview with the Head of RURA, the department
of Rwanda??s Government that deals with affairs of radio, and, risking
my previous work and the full cost of this trip, I went to talk to
the head of the RURA .

Before my trip to Kigali everything related with amateur radio
(licensing included) was frozen . RURA Officials were fearful of amateur
radio activities and they had not much interest in this matter. They
didn??t know how to make a license, or conditions or standards to apply or
protocols to follow, problems which were solved thanks to the work
done by Peter Stabusch and myself in those frenetic days of the
beginning of this year. So they start to establish the Rules to follow
for obtaining the amateur license and at the same time they
prepared my 9X0R license.

I am a member of the German DX Foundation and since my appointment
with the head of RURA was confirmed past December, I sent an email to
GDXF Secretary informing him about my plans and told him that I would
like to have another GDXF member in my team. I was communicating this
way to my friends in the GDXF, including its President,DJ9ZB, telling
them about my plans without hiding anything because I was thinking that
all GDXF members we are gentlemen.

Today, thanks to the work others have done, DJ6SI, DK2WV and DJ9ZB
have been able to get their 9X0 licenses so quickly, at the same time
counting us for nothing, although simple domestic education means, at
least, informing us about their intentions?? I suppose that their
only aim was to go there and get on the air before us regardless of
anything else.

This is something I would never have done because of my moral principles,
my ethical principles and my education.

9X0R members want to express our revulsion towards this kind of practice.

We will continue with our plans of doing the Dxpedition as it was planned
and helping to establish amateur radio in Rwanda as well as Rwanda Amateur
Radio Union in the Republic of Rwanda and donating materials for the future
Kihali’s radio club station so that young people of Rwanda could get
acquainted with the world of Amateur Radio and would be able to learn
about international friendship through our hobby.

Therefore, I ask everyone of you that, if you spend your time on
calling 9X0X-DJ6SI, 9X0W-DK2WV or 9X0Z-DJ9ZB pile-ups , just think and
remember which kind of hams you are trying to contact.

We, 9X0R members, still believe in the gentlemen hams and we are
against those who believe that anything is valid looking to be first.

The 9X0R will return to the German DX Foundation the funds donated by
it because we believe that the actions of its President, DJ9ZB,
are not the proper ones to promote amateur radio, DX and dxpeditions.

Antonio Gonzalez EA5RM – 9X0R

Thanks to K4UJ for the alert:

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Kosovo Press Release # 1 February 16, 2008

A multi-national group of Amateur Radio operators is now in Kosovo in an effort to support and help revitalize Amateur Radio locally. The initial team members will begin activity today. Activity will be on all bands on CW and SSB. Look for YU8/G3TXF, YU8/N7NG, YU8/OH2BH, YU8/OH2PM, YU8/ON8NC and YU8/W3UR. More details will be released when available. QSL via the operator??s home callsign.

Some good video’s appearing on You Tube of VP6DX working the world. None more so than the near 10 min clip produced by VK3FGRC. Lots of EU in there – are you?

Should be declared independent tomorrow (Feb 17).

We await to see who comes on air from there!

Hello,

I just got the news flash that VP6DX will try 40m SSB transmitting above 7100 kHz. If it works OK, they will do it again for the 2nd night of the contest.

Vy 73s de Chris DL1MGB
Webmaster VP6DX

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