It is Official! Just released by DXCC Desk.
73
Bill N4NX
----- Original Message -----
From: Moore, Bill, NC1L
To: DXCC Checkers List
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:03 PM
Subject: [dx-check:1066] New Entity, St Barthelemy
[ Reflector : dx-check ]
DXCC Desk Announces New 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.
Background
On February 21, 2007 the French Ministry issued a decree making St Barthelemy
an Overseas Collective, making its status equal to that of Guadeloupe,
Martinique and other French territories currently on the DXCC List. On November
8, 2007 the President of Association Des Radio Amateurs De St Barthelemy,
Philippe Delcroix, FJ5DX, contacted the DXCC Desk, requesting that St
Barthelemy be considered a new DXCC entity.
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):
c) The Entity contains a permanent population, is administered by a local
government, and is located at least 800 km from its parent. To satisfy the
"permanent population" and "administered by a local government" criteria of
this sub-section, an Entity must be listed on either (a) the U.S. Department of
State's list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" as having a
local "Administrative Center," or (b) the United Nations list of
"Non-Self-Governing Territories."
St Martin
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 dxcc at arrl.org
73 es DX!
Bill Moore NC1L
DXCC Manager
ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
Telephone: (860) 594 0234
Fax: (860) 594-0346
email: dxcc at arrl.org
DXCC Web Site: www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc
Blog: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog
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