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CQ CLASSIC: Return to Kosovo
When OH2BH sent us his story about UT5UY and his family (“A Boy and His Radio: A 21st Century War Story”), he noted that he and Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA, were about to head to Kosovo for a 6-meter DXpedition. That got us thinking about Martti’s first operation from Kosovo, in 2012, putting the country on the air for the first time as an independent nation.
Martti has been a key player in bringing many countries either back on the ham bands after extended absences (such as Albania 30 years ago) or for the first time with a brand new country prefix, such as Kosovo. Here’s Martti’s article about activating Kosovo from the July 2013 issue of CQ, with a very ironic opening line. – W2VU
