[SADXA] Fwd: [The Daily DX] ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge

[Richard Solomon]

FYI


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From: Bernie McClenny, W3UR <bernie at dailydx.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:07 PM
Subject: [The Daily DX] ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge
To: "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <bernie at dailydx.com>



The following is from the ARRL Website:  Looks like a lot of fun for DXers!

2012 is the 75th anniversary of the ARRL’s DXCC Award. The world’s
preeminent DXing award continues to be DXCC, so reaching the “Diamond
milestone” is an event that we all want to celebrate. Going back to
the roots of the award, and specifically reading the 1937 DXCC List
(January, 1937 QST pages 52-3) to learn what countries were counted at
the onset led us to create the Diamond DXCC Challenge.

The country list we will use for the Diamond DXCC Challenge is based
upon the list of 231 places shown in 1937. We tried to find
corresponding entities today that would represent the places listed in
1937, but there are four places (Baluchistan, British Cameroons, Canal
Zone, Hejas) which were on the oldest list that just don’t exist today
in a form that could even loosely be represented by someplace current.
The Diamond DXCC List represents 227 of the 233 1937 “countries.” The
list is fascinating and leads us to learn more about world history and
how geopolitics has changed leading up to today.

As you “check-off” these entities during the course of 2012 working DX
(which is an achievement even today) using spotting networks,
pan-adapters, 200 watt rigs, and stacked tribanders, imagine how DXing
was different in the early years of radio and DXCC! Working Tibet or
Aldabra with 50 watts and crystal-controlled transmitters to simple
wire antennas, had to be a thrill like no other in that time for ham
radio operators.

We anticipate that this award will be very popular thanks to the
unique nature of the entities which we will try to put-into the log in
2012. Not only are there traditional DXCC entities, but there are
cities, Islands on the Air (IOTA by RSGB) island groups, and various
sub-political entities inside DXCC entities, such as the Indian State
of Goa and many States in Malaysia and islands in Indonesia. There are
even three individual “countries” that make up today’s Yemen (7O --
Yemen, Socotra Islands and the City of Aden)! Yes, we would like to
have even one of them on the air. An interesting factoid about this
1937 list came via the late Jim Maxwell, W6CF. Jim said the only
entity from the 1937 list to be removed without a single QSO being
made was Wrangel Island.

For some entities that today consist of multiple countries, you may
work any of today’s entities to qualify for that single, 1937 country.
For example, French Equatorial Africa will be considered worked if you
log a station in TL, TN, TR or TT in 2012. The Diamond DXCC country
tables show the current entity names and prefixes that qualify for the
1937 countries.

The Diamond DXCC Challenge is an “Honor Award” and will not require
acquisition or inspection of QSLs or proof of confirmation, although
it still will be fun and useful to seek out cards or LoTW
confirmations. We will provide forms online to use at your operating
position to track what you have worked and forms for applying for
awards and endorsements. As the year goes on, we will also provide
hints and tips about what is happening with the Diamond DXCC Award and
for instance, who might be on the air from Goa or Gdansk!

The Diamond DXCC certificate will be available for working 100 of the
226 entities, and will be endorsable at 5 levels: 125, 150, 175, 200
and 225. If anyone works all 226, there will be a special award for
that remarkable achievement! We hope to publish award recipients’ call
signs online during the year, and identify high numbers.

There will be a Diamond DXCC Challenge Honor Roll. The Honor Roll
level will be determined by the leader in worked entities submitted to
HQ, and the bottom of the Honor Roll will be 9 entities less than that
of the leader. Example: If W1AW has worked 165 entities, the bottom of
the Honor Roll will be 156 entities. In February, 2013, HQ will issue
a final Honor Roll tally with overall leaders.

See the Diamond DXCC web page for more information and to read updates
during 2012.


ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge Rules

1. The Diamond DXCC Challenge Awards are available to all amateurs
worldwide who contact a minimum of 100 countries from the Diamond DXCC
List. US amateurs must be members of the ARRL. Generally, the rules
for the Diamond DXCC Challenge are the same as the rules for the DXCC
Program, except as listed here.

2. Contacts must be made from within the same DXCC entity by the same operator.

3. Contacts must be made during 2012 -- from 0000Z on 1 January, 2012,
through 2359Z on 31 December, 2012. All amateur bands may be used
except for 60 meters.

4. There are no mode endorsements or band endorsements. The Diamond
DXCC Challenge is considered to be a Mixed-Mode/Mixed-Band award.
There are no power categories or restrictions for the award.

5. Confirmations are not required to obtain this award, but HQ will
review submitted entries for accuracy and validity.

6. The Diamond DXCC Challenge certificate will be available for
working 100 entities and will be endorsable with stickers at the
following levels: 125, 150, 175, 200 and 225.

7. Applications should use ARRL-supplied forms available online or
obtained by writing DXCC, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111.

8. The Diamond DXCC Award certificate fee is $12 including shipping
within the USA, and $13 including shipping outside the USA.

9. Endorsement stickers are $1, including shipping in the US, and $2
outside the US.

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-diamond-dxcc-challenge

http://www.arrl.org/diamond-dxcc


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