[OKDXA] Had an Error in my DXCC Credits!

[Kim Elmore]

Well, it turns out that my credit for Minami Torishima should be 
withdrawn. The error lies in my original DXCC application: the original 
application (1989, so on paper) listed 7J1ADX/JD1 as Minami Torishima, 
but is in reality Ogasawara. Minami Trishima is on the line directly 
above Ogasawara and noth use the JD1 prefix, so an easy error to make. 
When I looked at my DXCC credits I saw Minami Torishima, but there was 
no band associated with it. Hmmm... I started combing through my log 
and, sure enough, I couldn't find it. Then I went through every QSL card 
I had and... Nope! Apparently, the DXCC records had a partial entry for 
that card as Minami Torishima, but whoever was doing that saw the error 
and correctly entered Ogasawara, but left the partial entry.

I contacted the DXCC desk, explained the issue, provided the evidence, 
and said that my Minami Torishima credit should be with drawn. I'll 
simply have to get Minami Torishima the Olde Fasioned Waye: I'll have to 
work 'em!

Strangely, this affects only my total count and *not* my band counts, 
since it had no band associated with it. So, I'm back to 281 CW/282 Mixed.

73 & CU in the Pileups,

Kim N5OP

-- 
Kim Elmore, Ph

Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, UAS, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

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