To answer your question, the 4 rocks (part of a 16 kms long atoll) of Scarborough Reef (which you can find back on all important maps) qualified to the DXCC rules at that time (beginning nineties). Since then the rules have been changed. See DXCC-rules under 'Definitions': Island. At this time Scarborough would not qualify anymore, nor Ducie and Chesterfield (also because of a change of rules since they became separate entities). As said before, from the beginning of DXCC there were not only 'normal' countries on the list, it has always contained (remote) Reefs, Islands etc.
Wim pa0wrs Citeren Tom Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Oh, I care passionately about working them all, especially as I have > only TWO to get. My initial point, appears to have been missed, that " > how can a rock sticking out of the Ocean a few feet ever be classified > as a Country or Entity?" It just makes the whole thing stupid, like > working light houses or castles, why not a "worked all phone booth's" > award, or worked 100 Rocks? > > The DX Century Club was founded so that people who worked 100 COUNTRIES > coald achieve an award. > > > Tom > GM4FDM > > > > > Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH) wrote: > > At 09:23 PM 6/15/2006 -0700, Richard Diddams wrote: > >> Sooo, who really cares about working them all? > > > > > > ME. Yes, all of the things you mention can be accomplished in a short > > time, but others in the pursuit of DXCC can not, and that is still > > what makes it worth the effort to try. Yes, the new NOW generation of > > DX'ers can work and confirm 325, 330, or so fairly quickly, but then > > they join the rest of us who have been at this for most of our lives, > > and they have then have to learn something they have not yet learned > > in their NOW generation lives; Patience. It will make them better people. > > > > 73, > > Mike, W5UC > > > > http://members.cox.net/w5uc > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/366 - Release Date: 6/15/2006 > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
