[Mldxcc] [Fwd: M-V Island Deletion]

[Ken Anderson]

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Subject: M-V Island Deletion
From:    "Moore, Bill,  NC1L (ARRL Awards Branch)" <nc1l at arrl.org>
Date:    Thu, February 23, 2012 3:48 pm
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DXCC News Release February 23, 2012

According to the Finnish Ministry of Transportation and Communication,
the Saimaa Canal Treaty between Finland and Russia has been finalized by
relevant Finnish and Russian authorities through ratification.

The Treaty has entered into effect with a date of February 17, 2012.

Malyj Vysotskij Island (MVI), R1M, is no longer included in the Treaty.
Thus, MVI will be deleted from the DXCC list as of February 17, 2012,
and added to the Deleted Entities List.

Administratively at HQ, we will not make the necessary changes to the
DXCC system until after the final data processing for 2011 is complete
-- this includes the tables shown in Logbook of The World. (The 2011
DXCC Annual and Honor Roll listings will contain M-V Island as it stood
in 2011, a current entity). This change will affect the Honor Roll
numbers as follows:

#1 Honor roll will drop to 340 (down from 341)
The entry level Honor Roll number will drop to 331 (down from 332)

DXCC members will see their current entity totals drop by one on their
Mixed awards, and on the bands and modes where MVI credit is given. They
will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately.

73 es DX!



Bill Moore NC1L

Awards Branch Manager

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