ARRL agreed that Kure and Midway should not have been deleted after several good articles pointed out their error. Here is the official notice from ARRL. http://www.arrl.org/news/midway-and-kure-islands-reinstated-as-dxcc-entities Congrats to ARRL for having an open mind on this one. See all of you in Dayton if you make it. 73 Mike K4PI