A new DXCC country may be created on November 16th from Ducie Is. If Pitcairn is allowed to join the IARU in November, Ducie Is would qualify by separation from VR6 to be a new country. There were two upgrades over the DXCC century country mark this quarter. There are 570 basic certificates issued and a list of new certificates and upgrades are in the 'Awards' section. Now that the mail has subsided, I am slowly going through the submitted QSL data looking for mistakes and trying to improve the accuracy of the data.
Most mistakes are misidentified countries and they just require an update.
Others produce a duplicate country and loss of a country credit, which happened to me. I promise to be fair and impartial and to hold the accuracy of the data as my utmost priority. So if I have rejected a QSL for a duplicate country, please work harder to find a new one this winter. I encourage you to use email if possible for questions, my address is at the end of this article. EU-136 this summer.