[South Florida DX Association] Fw: ARLD052 New DXCC entity

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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: ARLD052 New DXCC entity


> SB DX @ ARL $ARLD052
> ARLD052 New DXCC entity
> 
> ZCZC AE52
> QST de W1AW  
> DX Bulletin 52  ARLD052
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  December 19, 2007
> To all radio amateurs   
> 
> SB DX ARL ARLD052
> ARLD052 New DXCC entity
> 
> The ARRL DXCC Desk is pleased to announce the addition of St
> Barthelemy (FJ) to the DXCC List, making the island entity number
> 338 with an effective date of 14 December, 2007. Cards with contacts
> dated December 14, 2007 or after will be accepted for DXCC credit.
> New card submissions for St Barthelemy will not be accepted until
> January 1, 2008 in order to allow time for administrative
> adjustments.
> 
> The "event date" that caused St. Barthelemy to be added to the DXCC
> list was December 14, 2007, the date the US State Department Fact
> sheet was updated by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. This
> update added St Barthelemy to the List of Dependencies and Areas of
> Special Sovereignty with its Administrative Center in Gustavia,
> qualifying it under DXCC rules in Section II -- 1 Political Entities
> (c).
> 
> French St Martin (FS), while also added to the List of Dependencies
> and Areas of Special Sovereignty, will remain on the DXCC List, but
> it is now considered a Point 1 Political Entity under the same
> classification as that of St Barthelemy.
> 
> Please direct any questions you may have about St Barthelemy, St
> Martin or the DXCC program to the ARRL DXCC Desk at, dxcc at arrl.org.
> NNNN
> /EX
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