15 Feb
2016
15 Feb
'16
5:02 p.m.
Subject:
[44net] Obtaining a /16 network for a specific DXCC country (TK) ?
From:
Toussaint OTTAVI <t.ottavi(a)bc-109.com>
Date:
02/15/2016 10:31 AM
To:
<44net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu>
Hi,
I'm TK1BI, and I'm living in Corsica. It's a small island in the
Mediterranean sea. It's a French "department". But it's a specific DXCC
country : TK.
With my friend TK5EP, we are managing the TK5KP radio-club, which has been very active
for years. We are now designing a hamnet network for our island. I'm wondering if it
would be possible to obtain a /16 subnet for our "country". If so, what
would be the requirements ?
How many radio amateurs are there in Corsica, and how many of them are likely to be active
on the digital network?
There are 134 callsigns in the QRZ.COM list for TK*. Maybe only those that voluntarily
listed themselves are there?
I think other countries of similar population size got a /20 assigned...
Not that we have a shortage of address space, and not that I want to withhold you a /16,
but it seems a bit large.
Rob