[Dxbase] From the ARRL website -- KH4 (Midway) and KH7K (Kure) are now DELETED entities

Sat Apr 1 18:36:37 EDT 2017

Its a shame it was released during April fools day however!
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Nope, it is a fact. They have been deleted.
>> Steve, N4JQQ
>>>> On 4/1/2017 3:25 AM, Fred Handscombe wrote:
>>> Joe
>>>> I would relax for a week and see what comes out when ARRL goes back to
>> work on Monday
>>>> Many think this smells of fish - Poisson d'Avril
>>>> 73 Fred
>>>> On 01/04/2017 02:33, Joseph Glockner wrote:
>>>>> Since the following words came straight from the ARRL website - I am
>>> going to
>>> call this a real thing and not an April Fools Day prank...
>>>>>> I will be updating my MDB CHECKER program and will send out another
>>> email
>>> when I am done -- but, since these TWO DELETIONS are really very
>>> straight-forward
>>> in what the DXbase2007 user has to do ..
>>>>>> On the Refdata.mdb file -Go to DXbase2007 Main Menu / Tools/ Database
>>> Access.../ Primary tab /
>>> and scrolldown to KH4 and make a CHECKMARK under the DELETED column.
>>> Then scrolldown a bit further and find KH7K and make a CHECKMARK under
>>>>>> the DELETED column. Click-on another entity to SAVE the modification..
>>>>>>>>> THAT IS IT!!! Nothing you have to do with your Logbook mdb file...
>>> You are
>>> now done with the updates..
>>>>>>>>> ---------------- HERE are the words from the ARRL
>>> website--------------------
>>>>>> Midway and Kure Islands are Now Deleted DXCC Entities
>>> 03/31/2017
>>>>>> Midway and Kure Islands have been placed on the list of DXCC deleted
>>> entities, effective August 26, 2016. This came about as an unintended
>>> consequence of action last summer by then-President Barack Obama that
>>> expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument to include the
>>> northwestern Hawaiian Islands west of Ni’ihau Island, making it the largest
>>> contiguous protected conservation area under the US flag.
>>>>>> Midway (KH4) had qualified for DXCC status by virtue of its being
>>> governed by a separate administration. Because it is now under the
>>> administration of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, however, it
>>> becomes a deleted entity. Approximately 50 people live on Midway, including
>>> US Fish and Wildlife Service staffers and contractors. The Battle of
>>> Midway, a turning point in the Allied World War II Pacific Campaign, took
>>> place in June 1942.
>>>>>> Now uninhabited, Kure Island (KH7K), a part of Hawaii, is separated from
>>> the rest of the state by Midway; because of that, it qualified for DXCC
>>> status under Section II, 2 (b) (iii) of the DXCC Rules — separation from
>>> its “parent” Hawaii. Midway Island’s change in DXCC status in turn made
>>> Kure Island no longer eligible for DXCC status, since Kure no longer is
>>> separated from the rest of Hawaii by intervening land or islands that are
>>> part of another DXCC entity.
>>>>>> Kure Island once was home to a US Coast Guard LORAN station, remnants of
>>> which are still evident. It has been a state wildlife sanctuary since 1981.
>>>>>> The relevant parts of Section II of the DXCC Rules follow:
>>>>>> A Geographic Separation Entity may result when a single Political Entity
>>> is physically separated into two or more parts. The part of such a
>>> Political Entity that contains the capital city is considered the Parent
>>> for tests under these criteria. One or more of the remaining parts
>>> resulting from the separation may then qualify for separate status as a
>>> DXCC Entity if they satisfy paragraph a) or b) of the Geographic Separation
>>> Criteria, as follows.
>>>>>> b) Island Areas (Separation by Water):
>>>>>> A new entity results in the case of an island under any of the following
>>> conditions:
>>>>>> iii) The island is separated from its Parent by intervening land or
>>> islands that are part of another DXCC entity, such that a line drawn along
>>> a great circle in any direction, from any part of the island, does not
>>> touch the Parent before touching the intervening DXCC entity. There is no
>>> minimum separation distance for the first island entity created under this
>>> rule. Additional island entities may be created under this rule, provided
>>> that they are similarly separated from the Parent by a different DXCC
>>> entity and separated from any other islands associated with the Parent by
>>> at least 800 km.
>>>>>> Neither Midway nor Kure was able to be activated without prior
>>> permission and only for a planned DXpedition. Only contacts made on August
>>> 25, 2016, or earlier will count for these two entities.
>>>>>> ---------------------
>>>>>> JUST FYI to all DXbase users.
>>>>>> 73, Joe WA6AXE
>>>>>>>>>>>> Joseph Glockner
>>> wa6axe at verizon.net
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