No 791 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== >>> NEW DXCC ENTITY: THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO <<< According to DXCC Rules, any entity that is a United Nations Member State is considered a Political Entity under DXCC Section II, Part 1. At 15.12 UTC on 28 June the United Nations admitted the Republic of Montenegro as its 192nd member, and this action automatically makes Montenegro the 336th current DXCC Entity. Effective 28 June 2006 (UTC), ARRL has added the Republic of Montenegro to the DXCC List. QSOs made on or after this date will count for DXCC credit. Claims for DXCC credit will be accepted immediately. Montengrin amateur radio operators may use their current callsigns until the International Telecommunication Union designates a new prefix block for the new country. ARRL will accept any prefix deemed legal by the appropriate Montenegrin authorities; please note that Montenegro is not a participating member of CEPT, so portable operations by operators from other countries (e.g. YU6/homecall) are not automatically authorized. Current Montenegrin prefixes are 4O3, 4O6, YT3, YT6, YU3, YU6, YZ3 and YZ6. more: http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/dxcclist.txt