<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.667px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Kosovo added to DXCC list</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The ARRL reports that the Republic of Kosovo (Z6) has been added to the DXCC List of current entities, increasing the total number of current DXCC entities to 340 <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">This change qualifies as an “event,” effective on January 21, 2018, at 0000 UTC. Nothing is retroactive.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The ARRL Board of Directors approved a motion to amend the DXCC Rules, when it met January 19-20. Section II, Subsection 1 of the DXCC Rules now will include a new Subsection (d): The entity has a separate IARU member society and is included on the US State Department Independent States in the World.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full ARRL story at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.arrl.org/news/amendment-to-arrl-dxcc-rules-will-expand-dxcc-list" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.arrl.org/news/amendment-to-arrl-dxcc-rules-will-expand-dxcc-list</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">DXCC Rules <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-rules" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.arrl.org/dxcc-rules</a> </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>