[Dx-qsl] Changes in DXCC card process

[Peter Dougherty]

At 07:16 AM 04/01/2007, Mike wrote:
>Richard DiDonna NN3W wrote:
>Just curious, but does anyone know the rationale behind the 160M exclusion?

One big reason is to ensure that any cards submitted for 160 are 
indeed authentic. Since 160 is such a difficult band to get 100 
confirmed on Bill wants to take the time to ensure that the cards are 
valid (though I'm guessing it's not such a worry for east coast 
stations working England, France, etc).

Bill Moore told me of one situation a long time ago where a 17m card 
was doctored thus: The QSL sender marked the band as being 18 MHz. 
Some "creative" boob put a period in between the numbers. The inks, 
of course, didn't match and that was that. There are probably a few 
other scenarios, too.

Frankly I'm even more surprised that 6m and EME cards aren't subject 
to the same scrutiny.



Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT