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

Sat Apr 1 23:03:14 EDT 2017

Released 3-31     so must be March fools


> Its a shame it was released during April fools day however!
>
>
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
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> 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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