The ARRL says it will give DXCC credit for North
Korea to the 785 amateurs who made contact with P5/3Z9DX last December. The
unexpected operation by Polish amateur Dom Grzyb on December 20-21 was an
impromptu demonstration of amateur radio for government officials, according to
the ARRL Letter. Grzyb had been
planning a full-scale operation for January or February but delayed it until
summer after discovering that the location from which he planned to operate was
much too noisy.
Also in DXCC news, the ARRL says it has deleted
Kingman Reef (K5K) from the DXCC list as of March 29, 2016. This is a result of
a transfer in administration from the U.S. Navy to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, which also administers nearby Palmyra Island. Future contacts with
Kingman Reef will count for Palmyra/Jarvis.
