Addition of Spratly to the DXCC list.

The following is from QST Jan. 1966, p. 90. DXCC "streamlining" plus addition of Spratly Islands, Ebon Atoll, and Cormoran Reef. 


Announcement is hereby made of three additions to the ARRL Countries List. The additions are as follows: Spratly Islands, Ebon Atoll and Cormoran Reef.


Spratly Islands is territory with historic claims by four different countries but territory in the possession of no one country. This territory is located approximately 775 miles northeast of Singapore in the South China Sea.


Ebon Atoll <snip>, Cormoran Reef <snip>


Confirmations for contacts with all three of these additions may be submitted for DXCC credit starting March 1, 1966. Confirmations received for these listings before March 1, 1966 will be returned without credit.


Spratly location (credit The Economist):



Prefixes used from Spratly:  1S, 9M0, 9M2, 9M4, 9M6, BV9S, DU0, DX0


Ranking in "Most Wanted" league.


The IOTA reference for Spratly Islands is AS-051.



Whitelisting

Spratly Islands is a whitelisted DXCC entity. The following table lists stations known to have been QRV from Spratly Islands.
The callsigns below are the only ones that Club Log will map to Spratly Islands These callsigns have been taken from QSL cards and other sources.
Callsigns that are not listed below, or QSOs outside the exception date range, will be not be mapped to Spratly Islands but will be mapped as INVALID.
Please advise any missing valid Spratly Islands  callsigns to Alan, 5B4AHJor via the Help Desk.


CallCheck the Call Tester entry for a call to see exact dates, QSLs and additional notes)
1S1A1973 - February
1S1DX1979 - April
1S6SI (+1S3NG??)1983 - March
1S1CK1983 - May
1S0XV, 1S1XV?, 1S1RR1990 - April
9M6PO1991 - August
9M0A, 9M0AG1994 - April 9M0AG QSL required
9M0A, 9M0AG1995 - March/April 9M0AG QSL required 
DU0K1995 - April QSL required
9M6TCR, 9M6TPR1997 - March
9M6OO/P1997 - Augusrt
9M0C1998 - February
9M6QQ1998 - April
9M6HX1998 - August
9M6OO/P
1999 - November
9M0F2000 - September
9M0M2001 - March
DX0K2005 - February
DX0K2005 - March/April
DX0JP, DX0K2007 - February
9M4SDX2007 - March
9M2/PG5M2007 - April
9M6/LA6VM, 9M6/LA7XK, 9M6/LA9DL, 9M6/N1UR2008 - April QSLs required
9M6/OH2YY2012 - March
9M0L2012 - April
9M4SLL2012 - August
9M4SLL2013 - March
DX0P2015 - April
9M0O2016 - April
9M0Z2016 - May QSL required
DX0NE2023 - April/May


The ones that didn't count
1S5IJ1990 - Pirate
9M0SEA2003 - QTH Johor Bahru, West Malaysia


Acknowledgements

ARRL QST January, 1966.

Ham Gallery Spratly Islands, Asia 1S, 9M0

Wikipedia Spratly Islands


Further reading

QST September 1983: The Spratly Story


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