What you are missing is the recent changes in the DXCC program that now give credit for 18 separate DXCC awards.
This is the game for many dxers. Modes for MIXED, PHONE, CW, RTTY are the primary awards up to and including DXCC Honor Roll. Bands from 160 meters to 2 meters and Satellite qualify for 5BDXCC and endorsements for an additional 6 bands as well as the DXCC Challange award. I am not aware of any of these programs that require you to work every mode on every band. That is what the green and white discussion has been about. Mode DXCC is band independent(there is not a 5BDXCC for PHONE or CW) - (thank goodness)! The details of the various DXCC awards that are properly tracked in DX4WIN are listed below: ----------------------------------------- 1. The DX Century Club Award, with certificate and lapel pin is available to Amateur Radio operators throughout the world (see #15 below for the DXCC Award Fee Schedule). ARRL membership is required for DXCC applicants in the US, its possessions, and Puerto Rico. ARRL membership is not required for foreign applicants. All DXCCs are endorsable (see Rule 5). There are 18 separate DXCC awards available, plus the DXCC Honor Roll: a) Mixed (general type): Contacts may be made using any mode since November 15, 1945. b) Phone: Contacts must be made using radiotelephone since November 15, 1945. Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier. c) CW: Contacts must be made using CW since January 1, 1975. Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier. d) RTTY: Contacts must be made using radioteletype since November 15, 1945. (Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and packet count as RTTY.) Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier. e) 160 Meter: Contacts must be made on 160 meters since November 15, 1945. f) 80 Meter: Contacts must be made on 80 meters since November 15, 1945. g) 40 Meter: Contacts must be made on 40 meters since November 15, 1945. h) 30 Meter: Contacts must be made on 30 meters since November 15, 1945. i) 20 Meter: Contacts must be made on 20 meters since November 15, 1945. j) 17 Meter: Contacts must be made on 17 meters since November 15, 1945. k) 15 Meter: Contacts must be made on 15 meters since November 15, 1945. l) 12 Meter: Contacts must be made on 12 meters since November 15, 1945. m) 10 Meter: Contacts must be made on 10 meters since November 15, 1945. n) 6 Meter: Contacts must be made on 6 meters since November 15, 1945. o) 2 Meter: Contacts must be made on 2 meters since November 15, 1945. p) Satellite: Contacts must be made using satellites since March 1, 1965. Confirmations must indicate satellite QSO. q) Five-Band DXCC (5BDXCC): The 5BDXCC certificate is available for working and confirming 100 current DXCC entities (deleted entities don't count for this award) on each of the following five bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 Meters. Contacts are valid from November 15, 1945. The 5BDXCC is endorsable for these additional bands: 160, 30, 17, 12, 6, and 2 Meters. 5BDXCC qualifiers are eligible for an individually engraved plaque (at a charge of $35.00 US plus shipping). r) The DXCC Challenge Award is given for working and confirming at least 1,000 DXCC band-Entities on any Amateur bands, 1.8 through 54 MHz. This award is in the form of a plaque. Certificates are not available for this award. Plaques can be endorsed in increments of 500. Entities for each band are totaled to give the Challenge standing. Deleted entities do not count for this award. All contacts must be made after November 15, 1945. The DXCC Challenge plaque is available for $79.00 (plus postage). QSOs for the 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meter bands qualify for this award. Bands with less than 100 contacts are acceptable for credit for this award. s) The DeSoto Cup is presented to the DXCC Challenge leader as of the 30th of September each year. The DeSoto Cup is named for Clinton B. DeSoto, whose definitive article in October 1935 QST forms the basis of the DXCC award. Only one cup will be awarded to any single individual. A medal will be presented to a repeat winner in subsequent years. Medals will also be awarded to the second and third place winners each year. t) Honor Roll: Attaining the DXCC Honor Roll represents the pinnacle of DX achievement: i) Mixed: To qualify, you must have a total confirmed entity count that places you among the numerical top ten DXCC entities total on the current DXCC List (example: if there are 335 current DXCC entities, you must have at least 326 entities confirmed). ii) Phone -- same as Mixed. iii) CW -- same as Mixed. iv) RTTY -- same as Mixed. To establish the number of DXCC entity credits needed to qualify for the Honor Roll, the maximum possible number of current entities available for credit is published monthly on the ARRL DXCC Web Page. First-time Honor Roll members are recognized monthly on the DXCC Web Page. Complete Honor Roll standings are published annually in QST, usually in the August issue. See DXCC notes in QST for specific information on qualifying for this Honor Roll standings list. Once recognized on this list or in a subsequent monthly update of new members, you retain your Honor Roll standing until the next standings list is published. In addition, Honor Roll members who have been listed in the previous Honor Roll Listings or have gained Honor Roll status in a subsequent monthly listing are recognized in the DXCC Annual List. Honor Roll qualifiers receive an Honor Roll endorsement sticker for their DXCC certificate and are eligible for an Honor Roll lapel pin ($5) and an Honor Roll plaque ($35 plus shipping). Write the DXCC Desk for details or check out the Century Club Item Order Form at /awards/dxcc/ v) #1 Honor Roll: To qualify for a Mixed, Phone, CW or RTTY Number One plaque, you must have worked every entity on the current DXCC List. Write the DXCC Desk for details. #1 Honor Roll qualifiers receive a #1 Honor Roll endorsement sticker for their DXCC certificate and are eligible for a #1 Honor Roll lapel pin ($5) and a #1 Honor Roll plaque ($50 plus shipping). 5. Endorsement stickers for affixing to certificates or pins will be awarded as additional DXCC credits are granted. For the Mixed, Phone, CW, RTTY, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10-Meter DXCC, stickers are provided in exact multiples of 50, i.e. 150, 200, etc. between 100 and 250 DXCC credits, in multiples of 25 between 250 and 300, and in multiples of 5 above 300 DXCC credits. For 160-Meter, 80-Meter, 6-Meter, 2-Meter and Satellite DXCC, the stickers are issued in exact multiples of 25 starting at 100 and multiples of 10 above 200, and in multiples of 5 between 250 and 300. Confirmations for DXCC credit may be submitted in any increment, but stickers and listings are provided only after a new level has been attained. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of W0YG Charlie Summers Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:37 PM To: DX4WIN Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Green on white spots Just give us another option. You might label them: Confusing and not needed, Hi! Seriously, if folks don't care whether they have a 12M contact confirmed on phone or CW yet have it on other bands for CW, SSB and RTTY credits, why is it colored. What am I missing? 73, Charlie, W0YG..>> _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
