DXCC dropping annual list deadline,
adding real-time standings
The ARRL DX Century Club Program (DXCC) has announced that, effective
immediately, there will no longer be a submission deadline for the DXCC
Annual List.
"We have been working toward this end for several years," says
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L. In the past, he explains, September
30 has been the traditional cutoff date to compile entity totals for the
DXCC Annual List, published in the DXCC Yearbook.
Moore says that in the past, DXCC participants have tended to collect
their cards and submit them once a year to ensure the highest possible
total for the listing. A major downside of the deadline system is that
DXCC typically has received more than 25 percent of annual credit submissions
during September. That, in turn, created a huge increase in
workload and lengthened processing time.
Under the deadline-free system, complete lists on the ARRL Web site will
replace the lists of DXCC standings that customarily have appeared in
the DXCC Yearbook.
The new Web-based lists should be on-line early in the first quarter of
2005 - about the time the DXCC Yearbook typically publishes. After an
initial posting, DXCC will regularly update the Web lists. These listings
also will include the standings of all DXCC members, not just those who
made a submission in the previous year, as had been the practice.
ARRL will publish a scaled-down version of the DXCC Yearbook that will
contain highlights of the standings, along with other features. For more
information on the DXCC program, visit the DXCC
Web page.
Source: ARRL Letter - courtesy of The
American Radio Relay League
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