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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1018.1
BID: $OPDX.1018.1
July 14, 2011
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network ARRL Bulletin, N6PSE and W2VU & CQ Communications,
Inc. for the following DX information.
SOUTH SUDAN IS NOW A NEW DXCC ENTITY AND A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATION!
Three Special Press Releases
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The following is from Paul, N6PSE, labeled - Press Release #5 --
DXpedition to the Republic of South Sudan):
On July 9th, the Republic of South Sudan was born upon their successful
declaration of independence from Sudan. The Country of Sudan has
congratulated and recognized the Republic of South Sudan.
Today, on July 14th, 2011, the United Nations admitted the Republic
of South Sudan as the newest member state. This is a significant
achievement for this new country and a significant milestone for
amateur radio. It is expected that the ARRL will now add South Sudan
to the DXCC list of entities.
The DX Friends and the Intrepid-DX Group continue to move forward
with their plans to activate this new entity with a multi-national
DXpedition team. With our visas in hand, the teams will soon be making
their way towards Africa and ultimately to Juba, the new capitol of
this new nation.
We will have five active stations, operating 24 hrs a day.
We will be in regular contact with our US, EU and JA Pilot Stations
and we will pay close attention to propagation reports from them.
We ask that you please make contact with the pilot stations only
during the DXpedition and to please refrain from contacting the
team members directly via email. We will announce our call sign
once we are in Juba and ready to become active.
Our official website is http://www.dxfriends.com/SouthernSudan2011/
Thank you,
The Intrepid-DX Group and The DX Friends.
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PRESS RELEASE From An ARRL Bulletin:
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD028
ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
ZCZC AE28
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 28 ARLD028
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT July 14, 2011
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD028
ARLD028 The Republic of South Sudan Is Now a DXCC Entity
At 10:18 AM (EDT) on Thursday, July 14, the UN General Assembly met
to vote on whether or not to admit the Republic of South Sudan as
its 193rd member state. The Republic of South Sudan was unanimously
admitted and is now a member of the United Nations; a two-thirds
majority is needed to become a member of the UN.
Immediately following the General Assembly meeting, the flag of the
Republic of South Sudan flew for the first time in front of the UN,
ceremoniously marking its membership in the UN.
Now that the Republic of South Sudan is a member of the United
Nations, the new country is now a DXCC entity by way of Section II,
1(a) of the DXCC rules. The DXCC Desk will begin immediately
accepting QSOs for this new entity, with a start date of July 14,
2011.
According to DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, the Honor Roll numbers
move from 340 to 341 for the Top of the Honor Roll, and for Honor
Roll it becomes 332. "The deadline for the Honor Roll and annual
listings is December 31, so you must submit the new entity to DXCC
by then in order to retain your Honor Roll status," Moore explained.
"For Logbook of The World (LoTW), you may submit all your QSOs with
the Republic of South Sudan stations anytime. There is no need to
hold them out of your log or do anything differently from what you
already have been doing. You do not need to assign country names or
identifiers. After we issue certificates to the Republic of South
Sudan license holders, LoTW will make matches and assign the correct
entities automatically."
As of July 14, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has
not announced a prefix block for the Republic of South Sudan.
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