RE: [sarex] ISS Call sign RZ3DZR

[Bruce Bostwick <lihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:26 AM 3/22/00 -0600, Fernando Aviles wrote:
>4U1 as far as I know is only for UN facilities.  ISS is not going to be a UN
>facility.  Maybe it is time to think of a new DXCC recognized prefix just
>for international space usage.

Well, I know the ITU in Geneva (4U1ITU) uses the same prefix, so is the ITU
a UN organization?

Another tangential thought:  When we have enough people living or working
on the moon to have lunar-based ham operations, what should the moon's DXCC
prefix be?  I was thinking about that the other day and came up with either
ZZ9 or Z99 ..


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