[OKDXA] Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC entities

[Roger Simpson]

------ Original Message ------
From: "Jerry Chouinard via OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
To: "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Jerry Chouinard" <k5yaa at yahoo.com>
Sent: 5/11/2017 1:46:17 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC entities

>Thanks Jeff. Now I can rest easy. Been hard enough making the first 
>100!
>
>Jerry - K5YAA
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>>  On May 11, 2017, at 1:37 PM, Jeff Martin <jeffmartin at valornet.com> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>  Don’t know... don’t have my June '58 QST handy... hi...
>>  Jeff - K5WE
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: OKDXA [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John 
>>Geiger
>>  Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:33 PM
>>  To: Oklahoma DX Association
>>  Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC 
>>entities
>>
>>  Thanks Jeff for the information. Why was the Cayman Islands 
>>originally
>>  deleted for?
>>
>>  73 John AF5CC
>>
>>  On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Jeff Martin 
>><jeffmartin at valornet.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>  Per Bill Kennemer:
>>>  Deleting an Entity and bringing it back to the DXCC List because a 
>>>more
>>>  stringent review showed the error is not new. It was done with the 
>>>Cayman
>>>  Islands deletion in 1960.  QST, June 1958, page 97 and QST, 
>>>September
>>>  1960, page 90.
>>>
>>>  Jeff - K5WE
>>>
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: OKDXA [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John
>>>  Geiger
>>>  Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 1:16 PM
>>>  To: Oklahoma DX Association
>>>  Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Midway and Kure Islands Reinstated as DXCC 
>>>entities
>>>
>>>  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
>>>>
>>>==============================
>>I just took at look at my DXCC standings in LOTW. The list already 
>>shows that KURE and MIDWAY are not longer delected. So the ARRL must 
>>have issued the press release stating the reinstatement just after 
>>they adjusted the DXCC standings database on LOTW.
>>
>73  Roger  K5RKS

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