Before 1977, DXCC Rule 9 stated that all contacts had to be made from within the same call area or within a 175-mile radius if the call area changed.
In 1970, I moved from IA to IL (330 miles) and had to start over, which seemed unreasonable to me. I moved to AZ in 1972 and was happy that I could pick up from where I left off when I was a college student in IA when the rule changed in 1977. Jim N7US -----Original Message----- Before being cut off by Eric, I want to point out that there was a 50 mile radius for DXCC also prior to the early or mid-80s. I can't remember when the ARRL changed it. The ARRL decided to remove the rule and change to contacts had to be made from the same DXCC entity. This was done according to the ARRL because of the changing demographics as people were more mobile than when the DXCC rules were formed. People were moving more frequently due to job and family requirements. Now we have a proposal to go back to a 50 mile radius. I don't think that will happen. Though there may be a need to change it to something other than the same DXCC entity. As, to me, it seems to be a bit unfair as DXCC entities vary greatly in size. Mark, WB9CIF ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
