ARRL DX Century Club (DXCC Notes) — 1960 Edition

ARRL DX Century Club (DXCC Notes) — 1960 Edition

(Effective January 1, 1960; superseding 1958 rules)

TYPED TRANSCRIPTION — QST, April 1960, 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, April 1960, p. 80
Section: DXCC Notes