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DXCC Announces Rule Change

NEWINGTON, CT, Jun 15, 2006--The ARRL DXCC Desk has announced new language to replace the wording of a previously removed DXCC rule pertaining to political entities. The change will add a Paragraph (c) under Section II, DX List Criteria, 1. Political Entities of the DXCC Rules.

"Upon request of the Programs and Services Committee (PSC), the DX Advisory Committee has studied the impact of a change to the DXCC rules," said the announcement. "The DXAC, the Awards Committee and the PSC have concurred in this rule change, which will become effective June 15, 2006, at 0001 UTC."

The new text at Section II, Paragraph 1(c) shall read: "The Entity contains a permanent population, is administered by a local government and is located at least 800 km from its parent. To satisfy the 'permanent population' and 'administered by a local government' criteria of this subsection, an Entity must be listed on either (a) the US Department of State's list of 'Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty' as having a local 'Administrative Center,' or (b) the United Nations' list of 'Non-Self-Governing Territories.'"

The DXCC Desk says Rule 1(c) is intended to recognize entities that are sufficiently separate from their parent for DXCC purposes but that don't qualify under Rule 1(a) or Rule 1(b). The new rule will cause a change to Point 1 status for certain entities. This, in turn, will reduce the mileage for a first separation for these entities from 800 km to 350 km.

QSOs with any new entity resulting from this rule change will count for credit only for contacts made on or after the start date for that entity. In no case will QSOs made prior to the date of this notice be considered for credit for any new entity created as a result of this rule.

Applications for DXCC award credits resulting from this change will be accepted on or after October 1, 2006.

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