[SADXA] ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity

[Eric Gustafson]

So, what is the Prefix?

Eric

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>From: Jerry <jdwothe at cox.net>
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>Subject: [SADXA] ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
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>ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
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>QST de W1AW  
>DX Bulletin 28  ARLD028
>>From ARRL Headquarters  
>Newington CT  July 14, 2011
>To all radio amateurs   
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>SB DX ARL ARLD028
>ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
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>At 10:18 AM (EDT) on Thursday, July 14, the UN General Assembly met
>to vote on whether or not to admit the Republic of South Sudan as
>its 193rd member state. The Republic of South Sudan was unanimously
>admitted and is now a member of the United Nations; a two-thirds
>majority is needed to become a member of the UN.
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>Immediately following the General Assembly meeting, the flag of the
>Republic of South Sudan flew for the first time in front of the UN,
>ceremoniously marking its membership in the UN.
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>Now that the Republic of South Sudan is a member of the United
>Nations, the new country is now a DXCC entity by way of Section II,
>1(a) of the DXCC rules. The DXCC Desk will begin immediately
>accepting QSOs for this new entity, with a start date of July 14,
>2011.
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>According to DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, the Honor Roll numbers
>move from 340 to 341 for the Top of the Honor Roll, and for Honor
>Roll it becomes 332. "The deadline for the Honor Roll and annual
>listings is December 31, so you must submit the new entity to DXCC
>by then in order to retain your Honor Roll status," Moore explained.
>
>"For Logbook of The World (LoTW), you may submit all your QSOs with
>the Republic of South Sudan stations anytime. There is no need to
>hold them out of your log or do anything differently from what you
>already have been doing. You do not need to assign country names or
>identifiers. After we issue certificates to the Republic of South
>Sudan license holders, LoTW will make matches and assign the correct
>entities automatically."
>
>As of July 14, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has
>not announced a prefix block for the Republic of South Sudan.
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