03/23/2016
Z60A in Kosovo, the headquarters station of SHRAK[1], the newest International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU[2]) member society, will be on the air leading up to
and during the CQ World Wide WPX[3] SSB Contest the weekend of March 26-27.
SHRAK President Vjollca Caka, Z61VB, has announced that other Kosovo prefixes,
such as Z61DX, Z62FB, Z63ESC, Z64EEF, and Z68BH, will be active in addition to
Z60A.
The on-the-air activity will serve as part of a training process for new
Kosovar hams as they prepare for the forthcoming IARU Youngsters On The Air
(YOTA[4]) gathering in Austria along with other young people from throughout
Europe.
SHRAK is proud to have a new Yaesu/Acom station with Force 12 beams high up in
the hills at the Technical University of Pristina, where Z60A is located. SHRAK
has expressed its gratitude to the ARRL Fund[5] for International Relations and
Goodwill, the International DX Association (INDEXA[6]), Force 12[7], the
OH-DX-Foundation (OHDXF[8]) and to Chiltern DX Club (CDXC[9]) - the UK DX
Foundation, for their valuable support.
Helping to mentor the operation and handle on-the-air duties will be Martti
Laine, OH2BH. Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF, will be in Kosovo in late May to assist
SHRAK and to activate Z60A in the WPX CW event. - Thanks to thanks to Vjollca
Caka, Z61VB, and Martti Laine, OH2BH
[1] http://www.shrak.org/en/
[2] http://www.iaru.org/
[3] http://www.cqwpx.com/
[4] http://www.ham-yota.com/
[5] http://www.arrl.org/endowment-funds
[6] http://www.indexa.org/
[7] http://www.force12inc.com/
[8] http://www.ohdxf.fi/
[9] http://www.cdxc.org.uk/
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