Nope, it is a fact. They have been deleted.
Steve, N4JQQ
On 4/1/2017 3:25 AM, Fred Handscombe wrote:
Joe
I would relax for a week and see what comes out when ARRL goes back to
work on Monday
Many think this smells of fish - Poisson d'Avril
73 Fred
On 01/04/2017 02:33, Joseph Glockner wrote:
Since the following words came straight from the ARRL website - I am
going to
call this a real thing and not an April Fools Day prank...
I will be updating my MDB CHECKER program and will send out another
email
when I am done -- but, since these TWO DELETIONS are really very
straight-forward
in what the DXbase2007 user has to do ..
On the Refdata.mdb file -Go to DXbase2007 Main Menu / Tools/ Database
Access.../ Primary tab /
and scrolldown to KH4 and make a CHECKMARK under the DELETED column.
Then scrolldown a bit further and find KH7K and make a CHECKMARK under
the DELETED column. Click-on another entity to SAVE the modification..
THAT IS IT!!! Nothing you have to do with your Logbook mdb
file... You are
now done with the updates..
---------------- HERE are the words from the ARRL
website--------------------
Midway and Kure Islands are Now Deleted DXCC Entities
03/31/2017
Midway and Kure Islands have been placed on the list of DXCC deleted
entities, effective August 26, 2016. This came about as an unintended
consequence of action last summer by then-President Barack Obama that
expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument to include
the northwestern Hawaiian Islands west of Ni’ihau Island, making it
the largest contiguous protected conservation area under the US flag.
Midway (KH4) had qualified for DXCC status by virtue of its being
governed by a separate administration. Because it is now under the
administration of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument,
however, it becomes a deleted entity. Approximately 50 people live on
Midway, including US Fish and Wildlife Service staffers and
contractors. The Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Allied
World War II Pacific Campaign, took place in June 1942.
Now uninhabited, Kure Island (KH7K), a part of Hawaii, is separated
from the rest of the state by Midway; because of that, it qualified
for DXCC status under Section II, 2 (b) (iii) of the DXCC Rules —
separation from its “parent” Hawaii. Midway Island’s change in DXCC
status in turn made Kure Island no longer eligible for DXCC status,
since Kure no longer is separated from the rest of Hawaii by
intervening land or islands that are part of another DXCC entity.
Kure Island once was home to a US Coast Guard LORAN station, remnants
of which are still evident. It has been a state wildlife sanctuary
since 1981.
The relevant parts of Section II of the DXCC Rules follow:
A Geographic Separation Entity may result when a single Political
Entity is physically separated into two or more parts. The part of
such a Political Entity that contains the capital city is considered
the Parent for tests under these criteria. One or more of the
remaining parts resulting from the separation may then qualify for
separate status as a DXCC Entity if they satisfy paragraph a) or b)
of the Geographic Separation Criteria, as follows.
b) Island Areas (Separation by Water):
A new entity results in the case of an island under any of the
following conditions:
iii) The island is separated from its Parent by intervening land or
islands that are part of another DXCC entity, such that a line drawn
along a great circle in any direction, from any part of the island,
does not touch the Parent before touching the intervening DXCC
entity. There is no minimum separation distance for the first island
entity created under this rule. Additional island entities may be
created under this rule, provided that they are similarly separated
from the Parent by a different DXCC entity and separated from any
other islands associated with the Parent by at least 800 km.
Neither Midway nor Kure was able to be activated without prior
permission and only for a planned DXpedition. Only contacts made on
August 25, 2016, or earlier will count for these two entities.
---------------------
JUST FYI to all DXbase users.
73, Joe WA6AXE
Joseph Glockner
wa6...@verizon.net
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