[NCDXA] UB0Y in Zone 23

[Fred Matos]

Hello,
The Russian call signs for eastern Siberia in the areas of Vladivostok and Kamchatka have a zero and a "Z" at the beginning of the suffice, like UA0ZA in Zone 19.  But a callsign with a zero and a "Y" means that the location is in Zone 23, the area where Kyzl is the largest city.    Kyzl's population is around 100,000.
The following was sent to Bernie who may use it as he wishes. 
UB0Y, Sergey, lives in Kyzyl, Russia, the largest city in the small part of Russia that is in Zone 23.
I had a QSO with UB0Y last week on 20 meters FT8.   I checked his QRZ.com page that said that he QSL's via the bureau.   I e-mailed him about LoTW, and he said that he had difficulty in registering.   My wife, who is Russian, assisted me by composing messages in Russian and using her "mail.ru" address.  E-mail exchanges folIowed.  I contacted LoTW director Bart Jahnke who got into the e-mail communications loop.  Bart looked up the UB0Y account and found that Sergey had a certficate.  Bart provided advice about correcting the perceived problem that was an inability to select Asiatic Russia as the location.  More e-mail exchanges followed.   The good news is that I now see that my QSO with UB0Y is now confirmed on LoTW.    Great success !!  Now to get Sergey into DX contests. 
BTW,  last year I contacted the Russian DXpedition teams that go to African countries.  I  suggested that they go to Kyzl.   They didn't reject the idea.  It would help if the solar flux index was higher.  
73

FredW3ICM
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