SB DX @ ARL $ARLD033 ARLD033 ITU Assigns New Prefix for Niue: E6A-E6Z ZCZC AE33 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 33 ARLD033 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 14, 2012 To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD033 ARLD033 ITU Assigns New Prefix for Niue: E6A-E6Z On August 3, the ITU updated its Table of International Call Sign Series to reflect a call sign change for Niue. The island will now have the entire E6 prefix block. Niue -- an island approximately 1500 miles northeast of New Zealand -- is a self-governing island nation that has been in free association with New Zealand since 1974. Prior to the change, the island used ZK2. According to the CIA World Factbook, Niue is about 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC, and has a population of almost 1300 people. NNNN /EX ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
