The start date for 4W - East Timor (UNTAET) now Timor Leste was March 1, 2000. QSOs after that date with 4W all count as the same. They changed the name of the country after the UN turned the country back over to the Timor people. Ron is right there was a period of time when at least one 4W station was QRV for a short period of time and did not get the new license from the Timor authorities. I think those dates were May 20, 2002 until mid May 2003. Could have been May 16, 2003, but not sure. Their independence was October 27, 2002.
Bernie Bernie McClenny, W3UR Now more than ever - you need The Daily DX and The Weekly DX - to keep up with the DX news from around the globe! Editor of - The Daily DX <-- two free weeks http://www.dailydx.com/order.htm - The Weekly DX <-- free sample http://www.dailydx.com/weekly2.html - How's DX http://www.dailydx.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Notarius WN3VAW Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:31 To: Dan Zimmerman; dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Timor Leste Dan, I may be wrong (wouldn't be the first time!) and if so, I'm sure I'll get corrected (ditto!), but... Contacts made during the UN administration of East Timor/Timor Leste count the same, for DXCC purposes, as contacts made under the current administration, since they are the same entity. However, there is a small "gotcha." There was a short period of time when certain stations, who had been licensed under UN authority, continued to operate without benefit of a new ticket from the current government. (I worked 4W6MM in the IARU contest during this time period). There was a question at the time as to whether or not QSO's made during that interval would be counted, under the theory that the UN tickets automatically expired when the reigns of government were handed over. I do not know if this question was ever resolved, so if you worked someone during the, shall we say, transition, then you may want to verify with the DXCC desk the potential validity of the card prior to submission. GL! 73, ron wn3vaw From: Dan Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue May 30 11:06:05 CDT 2006 To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Timor Leste I have some contacts with 4W6 stations from a few years ago right after independence and they were still calling it East Timor. What's the status of those contacts? Have there been further political changes that make the Timor Leste stations on now different from those I worked before? Dan, N3OX Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
