[SADXA] Fwd: ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef

[Wes]

I didn't respond to your message.  This was my initial post.  Try to keep up :-)

My logging computer runs on UTC.  This computer is set to UTC-7.


On 3/28/2016 2:50 PM, Jim W wrote:
> Wes, double check the time on your computer's clock.  According to the time 
> stamp on your email, you responded to my Kingman Reef message 58 minutes 
> before I sent it.
>
> Depending on how your computer is set up, that one hour difference might 
> affect your logging program.  If the time is off by more than a few minutes 
> plus or minus, as you know LotW won't match the credits for your QSO records.
>
> Or perhaps my email program (or yours) is faking me out.  :-)
>
> 73,  Jim  W9FI
>
> On 3/28/2016 1:08 PM, Wes wrote:
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>> Sob.
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>> Subject:     ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
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>> SB DX @ ARL $ARLD013
>> ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
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>> ZCZC AE13
>> QST de W1AW
>> DX Bulletin 13  ARLD013
>>> From ARRL Headquarters
>> Newington CT  March 28, 2016
>> To all radio amateurs
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>> SB DX ARL ARLD013
>> ARLD013 DXCC Deletion of Kingman Reef
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>> The ARRL Awards Committee has voted to delete Kingman Reef (KH5K)
>> from the DXCC List, effective 29 March, 2016.  Kingman Reef will be
>> added to the Deleted Entities List on 29 March, 2016.  The total
>> number of entities on the List will drop from 340 to 339.
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>> The deletion process is described in DXCC Rules Section II DXCC List
>> Criteria, Part 5(a) Deletion Criteria: "An entity may be deleted
>> from the List if it no longer satisfies the criteria under which it
>> was added.  However, if the entity continues to meet one or more
>> currently existing rules, it will remain on the List."
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>> With respect to the previous paragraph's text, Kingman Reef's
>> original addition by virtue of separate administration has changed
>> (separate administration by the U.S. Navy has been removed), and the
>> reef does not meet any current criteria to remain on the list. The
>> U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers Kingman Reef and Palmyra
>> Island.  The reef is too close to Palmyra Island to count as a
>> separate entity.  The reef is now considered part of the
>> Palmyra/Jarvis DXCC entity.
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>> DXCC members who have affirmed credit with Kingman Reef will see
>> their current entity totals drop by one on their DXCC awards --
>> including on the bands and modes where Kingman Reef credit is given.
>> They will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately.
>> Honor Roll status will now be attainable after confirming 330
>> entities on the DXCC List.
>> NNNN
>> /EX
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