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

Sat Apr 1 18:47:04 EDT 2017

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 <nealk3nc at 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 <crownhaven at 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
> >>> wa6axe at verizon.net
> >>>
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