[Dxbase] Fwd: ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef

[Joseph Glockner]

 ALL:

I am sure that MANY of you will have already rcvd this -- but, just in case,
I am fwding it to all..



 

Joseph Glockner
wa6axe at verizon.net

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe WA6AXE <wa6axe at hotmail.com>
To: Joe Glockner <wa6axe at verizon.net>
Sent: Mon, Mar 28, 2016 2:43 pm
Subject: FW: ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef






> Subject: ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
> From: memberlist at www.arrl.org
> To: wa6axe at hotmail.com
> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:25:01 -0400
> 
> SB DX @ ARL $ARLD013
> ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
> 
> ZCZC AE13
> QST de W1AW  
> DX Bulletin 13  ARLD013
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  March 28, 2016
> To all radio amateurs   
> 
> SB DX ARL ARLD013
> ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
>  
> The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5K)
> from the DXCC List, effective 29 March, 2016.  Kingman Reef will be
> added to the Deleted Entities List on 29 March, 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 U.S. Navy has been removed), and the
> reef does not meet any current criteria to remain on the list.  The
> U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 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.
> NNNN
> /EX