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The two licensed amateurs in South Sudan both report that
they have taken their stations off the air and shipped their equipment out of
the country "in order to avoid misunderstandings" with either side in
the growing ethnic conflict that as of late December had claimed over a
thousand lives. According to a report on the ARRL website, Massimo Stella, Z81B
(also IZ0EGB), and Diya al Asadi, Z81D (YI1DZ), said they expect to be off the
air "for a while." Stella was in Europe while al Asadi remained in
South Sudan.
Both of them had been part of the Z81X operation from South Sudan
in November, along with
CQ DX Editor Wayne Mills, N7NG, who reports on
that expedition and associated activities in his column in the February issue of
CQ. (Please note that Wayne filed his column prior to the outbreak of violence in the
country).
