[OKDXA] What a Revoltin' Development...

Sat Dec 17 20:14:18 EST 2022

I GUESS I SHOULD APPLY FOR 5 BAND DXCC, HAVE HAD IT SEVERAL YEARS BUT NEVER APPLIED FOR IT. HAVE OVER 100 COUNTRIES ALL BANDS EXCEPT 160M, STILL NEED 47 MORE THERE.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FIVE BAND DXCC PLAQUE.
73
GARY - WQ5R

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:38:16 -0600, Peter Laws N5UWY <n5uwy at arrl.net> wrote:

I had a message all ready to go telling you all how wrong you were ...
and then looked at the rules (on ARRL's still horrible website) ...

``Five-Band DXCC (5BDXCC): The 5BDXCC certificate is available for
working and confirming 100 current DXCC entities (deleted entities
don't count for this award) on each of the following five bands: 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 Meters. Contacts are valid from November 15, 1945.
Sticker endorsements are available for certificates. Please see DXCC
Item Order Form for prices.''

So if your 5BDXCC had entities that later were deleted, do the ARRL
DXCC Police bust down your door and confiscate your certificate (or
plaque if you bought one)?

Entities count for all the other awards except HR, where it makes
sense (since the point is to get to the top and if you counted
deleteds, it would be impossible to make it to the top).

That seems dumb but then ... that's one thing HQ is not lacking. :-D

Peter
ARRL Life Member

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 2:01 PM Thomas Webb  wrote:
>
> Kim,
> It's my understanding once you have DXCC and even if one of the entities is
> deleted, your award still stands.
>
> 'A change in the DXCC Criteria shall not affect the status of any Entity on the
> DXCC List at the time of the change. In other words, criteria changes will not
> be applied retroactively to Entities on the List.'
>
> Tom, WA9AFM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Roger Simpson
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 1:24 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] What a Revoltin' Development...
>
> Kim:
>
> I did not know that the 5 Band DXCC only counted current entities. I have a
> hypothetical question. Lets say that you had 102 confirmed "current" countries
> and they were confirmed and added to your official DXCC total for 10 meters.
> Then lets say that three of your QSOs for DXCC credit on 10 meters have since
> become deleted. Does that imply that your award no longer valid - even if you
> have the plaque hanging on your shack wall.
>
> I have a 5 band DXCC right now with endorsement medallions for 30meters,
> 17meters, and 12meters. I don't know if the DXCC count for the 5 band DXCC is
> subject to being cancelled if too many entities become deleted. Say I worked
> "Podunk Island" on 20, 17, 15, and 12 and last week it was deleted. Could this
> potentially cause my 8 band DXCC to be null and void?
>
> BTW there is a semi rare one on right now on FT8 on 10meters 28.074 Mhz. I
> worked him a few minutes ago. This is only the 2nd time I've worked Angola The
> call is D2UY.
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows
>
> From: Kim Elmore
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 1:10 PM
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [OKDXA] What a Revoltin' Development...
>
> It turns out that I don't yet have my 5BDXCC: while I have 100 entities
> (exactly) on 10 m, I'd missed the rather important fact that three of those are
> deleted. Which means I have only 97 *current* entities. having seen the magic
> "100" on 10 m, I neglected to check how many were current. Sigh.
>
> The good news is 10 m is regularly hot as a firecracker so I should be able to
> find those needed three without too much pain.
>
> MX, 73, and see you in the pileups,
>
> Kim N5OP
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