CQ DX Awards Manager Keith Gilbertson, K0KG, reports that Malyj
Vysotskij Island (R1M) has been deleted from the CQ countries list. This
follows the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club's (DARC's) decision to drop the island
from its WAE (Worked All Europe) list. The ARRL dropped the island from the
DXCC list in February, as a result of a new treaty between Russia and Finland
that ended the island's separate status. CQ's country list is based on a
combination of the DXCC and WAE lists, so M-V Island remained active on the CQ
list as long as it remained on the WAE list. 
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
M-V Island Deleted from CQ Countries List
CQ DX Awards Manager Keith Gilbertson, K0KG, reports that Malyj
Vysotskij Island (R1M) has been deleted from the CQ countries list. This
follows the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club's (DARC's) decision to drop the island
from its WAE (Worked All Europe) list. The ARRL dropped the island from the
DXCC list in February, as a result of a new treaty between Russia and Finland
that ended the island's separate status. CQ's country list is based on a
combination of the DXCC and WAE lists, so M-V Island remained active on the CQ
list as long as it remained on the WAE list. 