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.)
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Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us
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