DXCC - Deleted Countries

[K6LE]

I am updating a friend's DXCC count and bringing in a bunch of countries that he has DXCC credit for but were before he went to computer logging.

One problem I am having is when I import his updated file he has about 30 deleted countries which don't make it in to the DXCC list for RUMlog since the DXCC.rsd file doesn't count deleted countries.

While it's true that deleted ones don't count for Honor Role most DXer's keep track of them because they are contained in their DXCC total.

I will probably have to go back and add the deleted ones he has to the DXCC.rsd file but I wonder if there is an easier way?

Does anyone have a fairly extensive deleted countries list that they have available in the "Upload" format for DXCC.rsd?

Also, I wonder if there is a way to keep track of DXCC counts for both All (including deleted) and Current DXCC totals on the list for future enhancements.

[k6bbq]

This brings up a question I forgot about.
I've worked the two entities Curacao and Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles before it was disbanded into 3-4 entities.
Since the creation of these new ones does that mean when I later worked Curacao and Bonaire that I get credit again for them since
they are independent?

Curious how to count my DX cards as I am still under 100 entities towards my DXCC.


K6BBQ

[K6LE]

If you had both deleted entities and then confirmed the 4 new ones after 10/10/10 you will have credit for 6 countries for DXCC.

However, the two deleted won't count for Honor Roll. At this point I doubt that's of much concern for you.

[DL2RUM]

I'm working on a dxcc.rsd database including the ca. 60 deleted countries.
Is somebody out there who has data about the used prefix blocks and the affected dates? There are a lot of very exotic names in the list:

~ Blenheim Reef
~ Geyser Reef
1S Abu Ail Island
1M Minerva Reef
4W Yemen Arab Republic
7O PDR Yemen
8Z4 S Arabia/Iraq Neutral Zone
8Z5 Kuwait/S Arabia Neut Zone
9K3 9S4 Saar
9U5 Ruanda-Urundi
AC3 J2/A Sikkim
AC4 Tibet
C9 Manchuria
CN2 Tangier
CR8 Damao, Diu
CR8 Goa (Portugese India)
CR8, CR10 Portuguese Timor
DA-DM Germany
EA9 Ifni
FF French West Africa
FH Comoros
FB8 FI8 French Indo China
FN8 French India
FQ8 French Equatorial Africa
HK0 Bajo Nuevo
HK0 Serrana Bnk, Roncador Cay
KP3, KS4, I1 Trieste
I5 Ital Somaliland
JD1 Okino Tori-shima
JZ0 7J1Netherlands New Guinea
KR6 KR8, JR6, KA6 Okinawa (Ryukyu)
KS4 Swan Is
KZ5 Canal Zone
OK-OM Czechoslovakia
P2 Papua Territory
P2 VK9 Territory New Guinea
PK1 VK9 Java
PK2-3 PK4 Sumatra
PK5 Netherlands Borneo
PK6 Celebe & Molucca Is
ST0 Southern Sudan
UN1 Karelo-Finnish Republic
VO Newfoundland, Labrador
VQ1 Zanzibar
VQ6 5H1 British Somaliland
VQ9 Aldabra
VQ9 Desroches
VQ9 Farquhar
VS9A, P, S-S Arabia/Iraq
Neutral Zone
VS2 Malaya
VS4 9M2 Sarawak
VS9H Kuria Muria Is
VS9K Kamaran Is
Y2 East Germany
ZC5 British No Borneo
ZC6 Palestine
ZD4 4X1 Gold Coast, Togoland
ZS0 Penguin Is
ZS9 Walvis Bay

[K6LE]

Tom,

Here is probably the best list available. This is from the ARRL.

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/201 ... teds_a.pdf

You are right, there are some very interesting entities on this list. I ran in to about half of them while updating the e-logs for my friend Pat - K6OQ

[K6LE]

The more I think about the work involved in adding the deleted countries they more I wonder if it's necessary.

The reasons I say that include the fact that the main reason I want my DXCC count to be correct is so that when a country I need shows up on the spotting network I want it to be indicated on the DX Spots screen. Since Deleted countries are not going to be spotted I actually don't have a need for them to be in the DXCC.rsd file.

If I want to know how many total countries I have (current and/or deleted) I can check Club Log or LoTW. But, for day to day usage I only need the current countries.

So, while it would be "nice" to have them in RUMlog I'm not sure it would be worth the work to add them to DXCC.rsd.