[SJDXA] Inactive DXCC petition

[Peter]

Bob I am in total agreement with your comments. Please send it.

73, Peter-K8PT

On 4/18/2022 4:49 PM, Bob Schenck N2OO wrote:
>
> 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, N2OO
>
> President SJDXA!
>
> GO SJDXA!
>
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