just saw this on the arrl website when looking at my lotw scores, found
i had lost a dxcc entity. this is why.
73...bruce
03/28/2016
The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5) from
the DXCC List, effective March 29, 2016. Kingman Reef will be added to
the Deleted Entities List on March 29, 2016. The total number of
entities on the List will drop from 340 to 339. The deletion process is
described in DXCC Rules Section II DXCC List Criteria, Part 5(a)
Deletion Criteria.
“An entity may be deleted from the List if it no longer satisfies the
criteria under which it was added. However, if the entity continues to
meet one or more currently existing rules, it will remain on the List.”
With respect to the previous paragraph’s text, Kingman Reef’s original
addition by virtue of separate administration has changed (separate
administration by the US Navy has been removed), and the reef does not
meet any current criteria to remain on the list. The US Fish and
Wildlife Service (F&WS) administers Kingman Reef and Palmyra Island. The
reef is too close to Palmyra Island to count as a separate entity. The
reef is now considered part of the Palmyra/Jarvis DXCC entity.
DXCC members who have affirmed credit with Kingman Reef will see their
current entity totals drop by one on their DXCC awards — including on
the bands and modes where Kingman Reef credit is given. They will also
see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately. Honor Roll status
will now be attainable after confirming 330 entities on the DXCC List.
Prior to its deletion, Kingman Reef was the seventh most-wanted DXCC
entity, according to ClubLog. It was last activated as K5K in 2000, when
15 operators handed out the rare entity over the course of 10 days.
Other DXpeditions have taken place over the years, however. The 1974
KP6KR Kingman Reef operation included a 2-day search to find the island,
5535 contacts in just under 30 hours of operation, and a white-knuckle
departure during gale-force winds.
--
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
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