ARRL DXCC Diamond Award
During the year 2012, the ARRL's DXCC Award program will be celebrating their 75th anniversary, and as you know
this is the world's preeminent DXing award.
So reaching this "Diamond
milestone", the ARRL decided to celebrate this event by going back to
the roots of the award, and specifically reading the 1937 DXCC List
(January 1937 QST, pages 52-53) to learn what countries were counted
at the onset which led them to create the "Diamond DXCC Challenge".
The
country list that they will be using for the "Diamond DXCC Challenge"
is based upon the list of 231 places shown in 1937. The list is available at: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Diamond%20DXCC/
QST_Jan_1937_p52-53.pdf
The League has added some interesting twists to this award (ex. where
working one country may count for two entities!). The "Diamond DXCC
Challenge" is an "Honor Award" and will not require acquisition or
inspection of QSLs or proof of confirmation.
The Diamond DXCC certificate
will be available for working 100 of the 226 entities and will be
endorsable at 5 levels: 125, 150, 175, 200, and 225. If anyone works
all 226, there will be a special award for that remarkable achievement!
There will also be awards for the top finishers.
For complete details
and picture of the award, go to:
http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-diamond-dxcc-challenge
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