Jim: Now we have to hear from the ARRL DXCC folks on their position on this. An article I read on this said that licenses would be officially available for issue from April 14 on, so that might mean that any operatiion using the E7 call will not be official until after that date?? ARRL DXCC needs to state their position.
John Owens - N7TK -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jim Reisert AD1C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From the CQ Newsroom... > > Kosovo Added to CQ DX Awards Country List Effective 2/17/08 > > (Hicksville, NY) March 21, 2008 -- Kosovo is being added to the list of > countries and territories recognized for CQ DX awards, effective immediately, > CQ DX Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF, announced today. > > Verifications for contacts made on or after February 17, 2008 are acceptable > for CQ DX Award credit. CQ DX Honor Roll members with 335 or more credits > should update by May 31st for highest placement in Honor Roll listings. > > The new 339 entity maximum will appear on CQ DX Honor Rolls to be prepared in > early June. CQ DX Honor Roll listings prepared in early April will be based > on > a 338 maximum count. > > All Kosovo contacts will count for field KN on applications for the CQ DX > Field > Award. > > Kosovo's status has been the subject of some controversy in the amateur radio > community as well as the world community, as the ARRL declared that special > operations from there on February 17 will count as Serbia, not Kosovo, in > terms > of DXCC credit. The United States and many European countries immediately > recognized Kosovo's independence. However, Russia and China are opposed to it > and Russia has threatened to veto any U.N. action to recognize Kosovo as an > independent nation. > > "We are aware that the ARRL has not yet added Kosovo to the DXCC list," > explained CQ magazine Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. "The League says it is > waiting > for Kosovo to become a member state of the United Nations or be issued a > callsign block by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a U.N. > agency. However, because of geopolitical issues far beyond the realm of > amateur > radio, it is unlikely that the United Nations or the ITU will act on Kosovo > in > the near future, even though the United States and many other countries have > granted it recognition." > > "Because it is CQ's policy to grant credit for contacts with 'new' entities > as > of the date that their status changes," Moseson continued, "we have decided > not > to wait for U.N. action, but to follow the lead of the United States and > other > countries that have recognized Kosovo's independence, and to grant credit for > contacts made with stations in Kosovo as of its independence day, February > 17, > 2008." > > (NOTE: This action does not affect the country list for the CQ WW DX Contest. > CQWW rules state that its country list is composed of those entities on the > DXCC list and the WAE (Worked All Europe) award list. If the WAE Committee > decides to add Kosovo to its list, it will automatically be added to the CQWW > list.) > > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, , http://www.ad1c.us > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. > Please visit our website: > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php > To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow > a few > hours for acknowledgement > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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
