[OKDXA] New DXCC Country #337 - Swains Island

[John Geiger]

It seems like the starting date is wrong.  What
happened on July 22, 2006 in Samoa that changed the
classification of American Samoa? Nothing!  Its
political situation and status hasn't changed
recently, from what I know, and Swain's Island hasn't
drifted further away all of a sudden, leading to it
finally passing the separation point in terms of
distance on July 22.  It just seems that the DXCC
board made the decision on that date, but the
activation date should be retroactive to when the DXCC
rules were changed (since American Samoa and Swains
Island) met probably met the rules on that date, or on
the date that they did meet the rules.  The activation
date should not be based on when the ARRL reached that
decision.

I worked YU6 last night for #310, and then saw this
message, once again putting me further away from Honor
Roll.  Sometimes you can't catch up, no matter how
hard you try HI HI.  This does seem like a fairly
"contrived" country, though.  I hope we don't see a
lot more of this in the future.

73s John W5TD

--- Bill Clark <w5vw at myway.com> wrote:

> 
> John, it was KH8SI. In March of 2005
> BILL-W5VW
> 
> 
> Editors at leftist newspapers never seem to "set the
> record straight"with the same zeal they exhibit in
> breaking a phony story.
> 
> --- On Sun 07/23, W5JMW John < w5jmw at cableone.net >
> wrote:
> 
> From: W5JMW John [mailto: w5jmw at cableone.net]
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:41:17 -0500
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] New DXCC Country #337 - Swains
> Island
> 
> What was the operation from Swains,seems like last
> year or so ?? 73 all john
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bert Aaron" 
> To: "'Discussion of OKDXA'" 
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:44 PM
> Subject: [OKDXA] New DXCC Country #337 - Swains
> Island
> 
> 
> > The following was posted on the ARRL blog
> > http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog
> >
> > Swains Island Added to the DXCC List
> >
> > Jul 22, 2006 23:06 ET
> > Wayne Mills, N7NG/1
> >
> > Newington, Connecticut - July 22, 2006
> >
> >
> > For Immediate Release
> >
> >
> > With the addition of Section II, Criteria Rule 1c)
> to the Political Entity
> > criteria, certain former separation entities may
> now qualify as Political
> > Entities. One such entity has been determined to
> be American Samoa. 
> > American
> > Samoa is now a Political Entity for DXCC purposes.
> >
> >
> > As a result of the reclassification of American
> Samoa, and upon the filing
> > of a request and substantiating evidence, and with
> the concurrence of the
> > DXAC and the Awards Committee, Swains Island has
> been added to the DXCC
> > List.
> >
> >
> > Swains Island, current entity number 337,
> qualifies as the first 
> > separation
> > entity from American Samoa, now a Political
> Entity. The distance between
> > American Samoa and Swains Island has been
> determined to be in excess of 
> > 350
> > km as required by DXCC Rules Section II, Paragraph
> 2, Section b). QSOs 
> > made
> > with Swains Island on or after 0001Z, July 22,
> 2006 will count for DXCC
> > credit.
> >
> >
> > For additional information, including the DXCC
> Reference Number for Swains
> > Island, contact Bill Moore at the DXCC Desk,
> dxcc at arrl.org.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Bert K2BA
> >
> >
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