Upon further review it was determined that the 2007 Honor Roll list that was published in August 2008 QST was produced from a corrupted report feature in the DXCC software. Because there is so much data produced from the raw list (almost 8,000 lines) it was not possible to do a complete review.

Since the report is too large for a line-by-line review, random samplings were checked and many were found to be OK. It was not until the complete report was published that we found the report had more errors than originally thought.

Publishing a simple correction in an upcoming issue of QST is not possible. Since the 2007 DXCC yearbook was just getting ready to go to the printer we placed it on hold. We will be expanding this issue even more to accommodate a complete reprint of the 2007 Honor Roll list (something many of you have suggested in previous years.) The 2007 Honor Roll list will also be published on the DXCC web site and this list will be separate from the current "live" online Honor Roll list.

We regret any inconvenience caused by this and we appreciate your patience and understanding.

Note: DXCC numbers as shown on the website are not affected by this problem. The report generator is a separate module that takes information from the DXCC database. The errors that were shown in the list were taken from a previous submission only.

We extend our congratulations to all who have achieved the DXCC Honor Roll and thank you for your support!

73 es DX!

Bill Moore NC1L
ARRL Awards Branch Manager