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

Sat Apr 1 22:20:25 EDT 2017

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 at 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 <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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