ARRL DX Century Club (DXCC Notes & Handbook) — 1960 Edition

ARRL DX Century Club (DXCC Notes) — 1960 Edition

(Effective July 1, 1959; superseding 1958 rules)

TYPED TRANSCRIPTION — QST, April 1959, p. 80

DXCC NOTES

Basic guiding criteria for determining our Countries List, established as the DXCC standard, were given on page 84, April 1959 QST. Some amateurs have asked that we tell them the specific distance that would serve as a guide when applying points two and three of that discussion. This is possible, since the several applications of the policy made over a number of years make for well-established precedents. Here then are those provisions to answer possible questions such as may arise from time to time.

2. The geographical separation. With regard to geographical separation by water where the place in question has no political/administrative sovereignty, it must be at least 225 miles from the nearest land to which it is administratively or politically attached to be considered for separate country status in the ARRL Countries List. This point shall not apply to the islands in a natural island grouping.

3. Where foreign territory divides a country, there will be a minimum distance of 75 miles of foreign land separating the two areas of places in question. In the case of island groups this distance requirement does not apply.

1960 DXCC Rules Clarification (Distance Criteria Introduced)

Source: QST, July 1959, p. 84
Section: DXCC Notes

DXCC Rules from 1960 ARRL Radio Amateurs Handbook

DX Century Club Award will be issued to amateurs who have worked and confirmed contacts in 100 countries in the postwar period.

1. The DX Century Club Award Certificate for confirmed contacts with 100 or more countries is available to all amateurs everywhere in the world.

2. Confirmations must be submitted direct to ARRL headquarters for all countries claimed. Claim for total of 100 countries must be included with first application. Confirmation from foreign contest logs may be requested in the case of the ARRL International DX Competition only, subject to the following conditions:
       a) Sufficient compilations of other types must be submitted to the jury plus the DX Contest confirmations, which total 100. In every case, Contest confirmations must not be requested for any countries from which the applicant has regular confirmations. That is, contest confirmations will be granted only in the case of countries from which applicants have no regular confirmations.
       b) Look up the contest results as published in QST to see if your man is listed in the foreign section. If he isn’t, no log did not use a log and no confirmation is possible.
       c) Give year of contest, date and time of QSO.
       d) In future DX Contests do not request confirmations until after the final results have been published, usually in one of the early fall issues. Requests before this time just ignore.

3. The ARRL Countries List, printed periodically in QST, will be used in determining what constitutes a “country.” This chapter contains the Postwar Countries List.

4. Confirmations must be accompanied by a list of claimed countries and stations to aid in checking and for future reference.

5. Confirmation from additional countries may be submitted for endorsement time to time and additional confirmations are available. Endorsements for affixing to certificates and showing the new confirmed total (110, 120, 130, etc.) will be awarded as additional credits are granted. ARRL DX Competition logs from foreign stations may be utilized for confirmations, subject to conditions stated under (2).

6. All contacts must be made with amateur stations working in the authorized amateur bands or with other stations licensed to work amateur.

7. In cases of countries where amateurs are licensed in the normal manner, credit may be claimed only for stations using regular government-assigned call letters. No credit may be claimed for contacts with stations in any countries in which amateurs have been temporarily closed down by special government edict where amateur licenses were formerly issued in the normal manner.

8. All stations contacted under “land stations” or contacts with ships, anchored or otherwise, and aircraft, cannot be counted.

9. All stations must be contacted from the same call area. Where such areas exist, or from the same country in cases where there are no call areas. One exception is allowed to this rule where a station is moved from one call area to another, or to one country to another, all contacts must be made from within a radius of 150 miles of the initial location.

10. Contacts may be made over any period of years from November 15, 1945, provided only that all contacts be made under the provisions of Rule 9, and by the same station licensee; contacts may have been made under different call letters in the same area (or country), if the licensee for all was the same.

11. Any altered or forged confirmations submitted for DXCC credit will result in disqualification of the applicant. The eligibility of any DXCC applicant who was ever barred from DXCC to reapply, and the conditions for such application, shall be determined by the Awards Committee. Any holder of the Century Club Award submitting forged or altered confirmations forfeit his right to be considered for further endorsements.

12. Operating ethics. Fair play and good sportsmanship in operating are required of all amateurs working toward the DX Century Club Award. In the event of স্পষ্ট evidence relative to continued poor operating ethics an individual may be disqualified from the DXCC by action of the ARRL Awards Committee.

13. Sufficient postage for the return of confirmations must be forwarded with the application. In order to insure the safe return of large batches of confirmations, it is suggested that enough postage be sent to make possible their return by insured mail.

14. Defense of the ARRL Awards Committee regarding interpretation of the rules as here printed or later amended shall be final.

15. Address all applications and confirmations to the Communications Department, ARRL, 38 La Salle Road, West Hartford 7, Conn.

1960 Amateur Radio Handbook, Page 578