[OKDXA] Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC entities

[John Geiger]

Is this the first time the ARRL has ever reversed a deletion?

73 John AF5CC

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com>
wrote:

> Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC Entities -
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/midway-and-kure-islands-
> reinstated-as-dxcc-entities
>
>
>
> 05/11/2017
> On March 31, 2017, the DXCC desk announced the deletion of Midway Island
> and
> Kure Island from the DXCC entities list. The stated reason for this action
> was because of changes in the administration resulting from changes in
> Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, formerly known as the
> Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, of which the Midway
> Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and the Battle of Midway National Memorial,
> the Hawaii State Seabird Sanctuary at Kure Atoll, and the Northwestern
> Hawaiian Islands State Marine Refuge, of which they are all included.
> After further review it has been found that the deletion of these two
> entities is not supported by the changes that were made to the relevant
> administrations. Therefore, the deletions from the DXCC list should not
> have
> occurred and the two entities, Midway Island KH4 and Kure Island KH7K, will
> return to the DXCC list as separate entities.
>
>
>
> Jeff - K5WE
>
>
>
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