[Dxbase] From the ARRL website -- KH4 (Midway) and KH7K (Kure) are now DELETED entities

[Crownhaven]

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
>> wa6axe at verizon.net
>>
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