[Dx-qsl] Deleted Country

[Murray Green (K3BEQ)]

    Malyj Vysotskij Island Added to DXCC Deleted Entities List

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02/23/2012

According to the Finnish Ministry of Transportation and Communication, 
the Saimaa Canal Treaty between Finland and Russia has been finalized by 
relevant Finnish and Russian authorities through ratification.

The Treaty has entered into effect with a date of February 17, 2012.

Malyj Vysotskij Island (MVI), R1M, is no longer included in the Treaty. 
Thus, MVI will be deleted from the DXCC list as of February 17, 2012, 
and added to the Deleted Entities List.

Administratively at HQ, we will not make the necessary changes to the 
DXCC system until after the final data processing for 2011 is complete 
-- this includes the tables shown in Logbook of The World.

DXCC members will see their current entity totals drop by one on their 
Mixed awards, and on the bands and modes where MVI credit is given. They 
will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately.

(Source: Arrl Web_\)

73, Murray K3BEQ