[SJDXA] Inactive DXCC petition

Mon Apr 18 17:52:18 EDT 2022

Bob,You make a good argument.  I've never lived in the SNJ section, but I agree you should send the comments on behalf of SJDXA. These types of petitions have come up before. 
I've been DXing long enough to have all 340 worked/confirmed on Phone and Mixed Mode.  I'm sitting at 328 confirmed on CW, but I know that sooner or later I'll get two more to make CW Honor Roll. It's the fun of the chase that makes DXCC such a good program. (I keep checking 15 CW LP waiting for one of those APs on FT8 to get on CW!)
I remember a few years ago looking at all those who have made Honor Roll -- it was a HUGE number.  I guess there are some out there who think everyone should be on the Honor Roll and at the Top, too.
I've also be licensed long enough to remember when Ham Radio was forbidden in China and Albania and we actually had countries on the Banned List (like Thailand!).   Politics change.  Some countries got easy to work (I've run BYs) and some countries get harder (Amateur Radio activity is forbidden in Ukraine).  I think new technology like FT-8 & FT4 have made it even easier to make DXCC and advance to the 200+ country level.  The argument about getting QSLs isn't valid either.  LoTW & OQRS have changed all that.  No more getting mint foreign postage, IRCs and hoping mailed gets delivered.
Getting off my soapbox......
Gerry, W1GD

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Schenck N2OO <n2oo at comcast.net>
To: 'SJDXA-LIST' <sjdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Apr 18, 2022 4:49 pm
Subject: [SJDXA] Inactive DXCC petition

SJDXA members,I am passing along a copy of a petition from the Virginia DX Century Club recently sent to the ARRL DXAC for consideration that asks to “dilute” the current DXCC rules regarding “inactive” country/entity status.As a longtime DXCC award chaser, I am strongly opposed to this suggested rule change. The DXCC Honor Roll, and even more so, the DXCC #1 club (work them all) are supposed to be difficult and challenging. Some entities are inactive for political reasons, some for access problems, and some for cost problems. To create such a rule would dilute the challenge of working the rarest of the rare and make the DXCC award far less meaningful.Looking back, I can remember waiting for many years to have a chance to work entities like CHINA, Laccadives, Albania, North Korea, Spratly, Myanmar and the list goes on. But eventually, through persistence, patience, and consistency I prevailed in working them all (currently 340 on the overall active list). Attaining Honor Roll status (currently working 330 of the 340) is still a challenge but certainly attainable for anyone willing to devote the time and energy. Also worth noting is that the basic award for DXCC is for 100 entities with endorsements issued as you climb the ladder.  For the Mixed, Phone, CW, Digital (RTTY), 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10-Meter DXCC Awards, stickers are issued in exact multiples of 50 (i.e. 150, 200) between 100 and 250 DXCC credits, in multiples of 25 between 250 and 300, and in multiples of 5 above 300 DXCC credits. So, there are plenty of challenges as you work through the list of entities.I would like to send this same explanation to K2CS (The Atlantic Div DXAC member and chairman) on behalf of SJDXA.If you have any thoughts, please pass them along to me at n2oo at sjdxa.org    73!de Bob Schenck, N2OOPresident SJDXA!GO SJDXA!www.sjdxa.org    ______________________________________________________________
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