[KCDXC] Fwd: Timor Leste

[Mike ZooLoo]

A petition was filed with the Chief Executive Officer
of ARRL today seeking removal of UNTAET (United
Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor)
from the DXCC entities list  and for the addition of
Timor Leste as an entity.

The DXCC2000 rule under which 4W was added  reads:

                "b.  The entity has been assigned a
call sign prefix bloc by the ITU.  A provisional
prefix bloc assignment may be made by the Secretary
General of ITU.  Should such provisional assignments
not be ratified later by the full ITU, the Entity will
be removed from the DXCC List"

The assignment was not ratified and UNTAET returned it
to ITU which has reissued the block 4WA-4WZ to Timor
Leste.  It is the position of JA1BK and 
myself that the addition of 4W to the DXCC entities
list was premature and that a mistake was made.  This
mistake has been acknowledged by one of the gentlemen
who made it.

ARRL is comprised of people and has, in the past,
acknowledged mistakes when countries were deleted
under the former DXCC rules.  Islands which proved not
to have existed are an example and the island of 
Okinotorishima was deleted because it simply was
mistakenly added to the list.

We expect that after due and hopefully prompt
consideration ARRL will understand the fact that a
mistake has been made and that Timor Leste will be
added to the entities list.

There was a five day operation a few weeks ago in
Timor Leste and there is a continuing operation there
at the present time.  The bulletins will have the
information

                                             WA2MOE


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