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05/07/2012 | DXCC Desk Approves DXpeditions to Yemen and Somalia
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the current 7O6T DXpedition to Yemen and the February 2012 6O3A DXpedition to Somalia have been approved for DXCC credit. “If you had cards that were recently rejected for the 6O3A operation, please send an
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04/30/2012 | 7O6T Yemen DXpedition to Get Underway Today
The Daily DX is reporting that the 7O6T Yemen DXpedition will start 2100 UTC Monday, April 30 and will continue through 2100 UTC May 15. Yemen currently sits at #5 on DX Magazine’s most wanted list, behind North Korea, Navassa, Bouvet and Heard Island. Th
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04/24/2012 | ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention®: Where the DX Comes to You!
As part of the ARRL EXPO -- part of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® -- the ARRL is pleased to present a plethora of DX activities. Visitors to the ARRL EXPO will see a lot of activities relating to DX, including DXCC card checking and a chance to drop off QSL
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04/17/2012 | ARRL Card Checkers Can Now Check Cards for 160 Meters, Deleted Entities
Acting on a recommendation by ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, the ARRL’s Programs and Services Committee (PSC) adopted new rules for ARRL field card checkers. ARRL card checkers now may check QSL cards for those entities
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04/03/2012 | W1AW Claims 5BDXCC
Nearly four decades after the introduction of the Five Band DXCC Award (5BDXCC), W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Station has achieved this milestone. “As with most stations, we found that 80 meters was our stumbling block,” W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ
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04/01/2012 | ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?
This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of March.
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03/28/2012 | Online DXCC Application to Debut April 2
Beginning April 2 at 12:01 AM EDT (0401 UTC), the ARRL’s new Online DXCC tool will be ready to accept applications, allowing hams to supply the data from traditional paper QSLs in a digital form to apply for a new DXCC award or endorsement. Submitting a D
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03/15/2012 | ARRL Announces New DXCC Fee Structure
The DX Century Club (DXCC) is the premier Amateur Radio operating award. Available to hams around the world, tens of thousands of awards have been issued since 1945 under the modern award program. In 2012, the DXCC program is not only still thriving, but
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