Gee, it must still be April 1: I deleted the call signs, but it supposedly is an actual message. What is the DX desk's ruling on this? Subject: Istanbul - New Country? Here is a pearl forwarded to me by my friend from Turkey. Hope you will get a kick out of it. --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: Kb1 Date: Sun, Subject: (no subject) To: ta2 hi you are my first contact in Istanbul.. is Istanbul part of Turkey , or is it a new country? Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je@arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is!