This may help also. This posted on the dxcc field checkers mail reflector
this morning.
To the DXCC card checking community:
The published information about Midway and Kure Islands is true and correct.
The DXCC country count will be reduced by 2 entities. The DXCC entities list
and LoTW will be updated and DXCC scores will be tabulated to reflect the
changes.
I apologize for any confusion.
Regards,
Norm Fusaro, W3IZ
Radiosport Department Manager
Awards Committee Chairperson
-----Original Message-----
From: Crownhaven
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 9:03 PM
To: dxbase@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] From the ARRL website -- KH4 (Midway) and KH7K (Kure)
are now DELETED entities
This might convince any doubters. It was posted on the ARRL web page on
3/31/17.
http://www.arrl.org/news/midway-and-kure-islands-are-now-deleted-dxcc-entities
On 4/1/2017 5:47 PM, Richard Solomon wrote:
It's interesting to note that LoTW
has not been updated, at least as
of an hour ago.
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk...@gmail.com> wrote:
Its a shame it was released during April fools day however!
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Crownhaven <crownha...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
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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