The DXCC desk selected the date of 14 December 2007 because that is the date that St. Bart was added to the US State Department list of recognized "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty."
THAT is the political change that was the final trigger to add the island as a separate entity on the list. Bill Kennamer K5NX (ex K5FUV), former ARRL Membership Services Manager and one of the key people behind 1998's rewrite/overhaul of the DXCC rules, aka "DXCC 2000", wrote a detailed explanation behind not only the reasoning behind the choice of date but behind the reasons for some of the changes that were made at the time in how a new entity can/will be recognized. Unfortunately, the only place I've seen that is in the 12/21 issue of the Daily DX, so I can't quote it here without Bernie's permission. If I find it elsewhere I will relay it; or if Bernie will either post it himself or give me permission to post it, I will. And let's all be honest... I don't know how much activity has taken place from FJ between the time it became a Department and 14 December; trying to backdate it could be more aggravation that it was worth. The important thing is that it's an entity now, so go work it and have fun! 73, ron w3wn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mome Z32ZM Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: DX Chat Subject: [DX-CHAT] FJ - 21.Feb.2007 HI to ALL , SEASON GREETINGS & MERRY X-MASS to most of You! The Independent day of St.Barthelemy is 21.Feb.2007 & thats the real date from when "FJ" have to be count as separate DXCC. I really dont see any available reason for 14.12.2007 BECAUSE: "On 21 February 2007, the French Parliament passed a bill granting COM status to both Saint-Barthelemy and Saint-Martin. The new status took effect on 22 February, when the law was published in the Official Journal". ONLY Bill-N4UF @ CQ DX Awards have the right date: "FJ & CQ DX AWARDS ---> CQ DX Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF has announced that the island of Saint-Barthelemy (FJ) has been added to the CQ DX Awards entity list, effective immediately, for confirmed contacts with the island made on or after 21 February 2007." "The ARRL DXCC Desk is pleased to announce the addition of St Barthelemy (FJ) to the DXCC List, making the island entity number 338 with an effective date of 14 December, 2007. Cards with contacts dated December 14, 2007 or after will be accepted for DXCC credit. The "event date" that caused St. Barthelemy to be added to the DXCC list was December 14, 2007, the date the US State Department Fact sheet was updated by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research....." So far, I know that independency dates are more important than some other dates. 14.12.2007- is realy funny date!!! Stay Tuned & GL on SIX !!! 73 GL&DX!!! de: Mome - Z32ZM http://www.qsl.net/z32zm Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
