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DX Bulletin 5  ARLD005
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  January 23, 1996
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD005
ARLD005 BS7H/DXCC vote

ARRL Board of Directors Votes to add Scarborough Reef To ARRL DXCC
Countries List

The ARRL Board of Directors at their meeting in Savannah, Georgia,
approved a Membership Services Committee recommendation to add
Scarborough Reef to the ARRL DXCC Countries List.  The vote was
11-yes, 3-no and 1-abstention.  Scarborough is added to the list
based on DXCC Rules Section II, Point 2(a) (Separation by Water).

QSL cards will be received by the DXCC Desk starting April 1, 1996.
Cards received before that date will be returned without action.