Topband: KP5 & the DXCC

[Dave Novoa W4DN]

Herb, who ever told you that *lied*.  No one in P.R. intended that.  I was 
the ARRL Section Manager and I would have known.  Desecheo made it to the 
DXCC list under the separate administration clause of the DXCC rules (later 
deleted), the same rule used to include Kingman Reef, Kure Island, Sable and 
Saint Paul Islands.  All jurisdiction over Desecheo was transferred to the 
U.S. Navy (and in1976 to Interior) during the WWII, and used as a bombing 
range.  The government of Puerto Rico has no authority over Desecheo.  Any 
crime committed in Desecheo is a federal matter, tried in U.S. Federal 
Courts. Mona Island is part of the city of Mayaguez,  Puerto Rico.  There 
was no way it could qualify for DXCC status.  If Water Island was considered 
by the DXAC and not included in the List, was because it failed to pass the 
test of the rules.  Do you think that the DXAC, the HQ's DX Awards Committee 
and the General Manger (K1ZZ) would accept been blackmailed by me or anyone 
else in P.R.?  Anyone who has any doubt of what I am saying may contact Bob, 
W9KNI, who was the chairman of the DXAC at the time of Desecheo's inclusion 
in the DXCC list.
Dave