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ARLD004 Amendment to ARRL DXCC Rules Will Expand DXCC List

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DX Bulletin 4  ARLD004
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  January 23, 2018
To all radio amateurs

SB DX ARL ARLD004
ARLD004 Amendment to ARRL DXCC Rules Will Expand DXCC List

The ARRL Board of Directors approved a motion to amend the DXCC Rules, when it
met January 19-20. Section II, Subsection 1 of the DXCC Rules now will include
a new Subsection (d): The entity has a
separate IARU member society and is included on the US State Department
Independent States in the World (https://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm) .

"The discussion during the Board meeting and the rule change did not address
any specific entity," ARRL Radiosport Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, said. "The
amendment could allow some additions to the current DXCC List of entities. It's
 a good thing not only for DXCC but for all active hams."

In fact, the Republic of Kosovo (Z6) has been added to the DXCC List of current
 entities, increasing the total number of current DXCC entities to 340. The
addition of Kosovo raises to 331 the required number of current entities
confirmed to qualify for DXCC Honor Roll; Top of Honor Roll is 340. DXCC award
accounts are being tabulated to reflect the change.

This change qualifies as an "event," effective on January 21, 2018, at 0000
UTC. Nothing is retroactive.

A new Logbook of The World (LoTW) TQSL configuration file (v.11.4) will be
released on January 23. TQSL will detect when this file has been released and
will install the update automatically. Radio Amateurs outside of Kosovo should
continue to upload their logs to LoTW in the usual manner. LoTW users within
Kosovo (either with a Z6 call sign or reciprocal call sign Z6/home call sign)
will use TQSL to request a new call sign certificate for their call sign. The
request will use Republic of Kosovo as the DXCC entity, and the QSO Begin date
will be January 21 or later. LoTW will reject call sign certificate requests
for the Republic of Kosovo with a QSO Begin date prior to January 21. Z6 users
requesting call sign certificates may e-mail a copy of their Amateur Radio
license to, LoTW-Help@arrl.org .

Kosovo's IARU member society SHRAK (http://www.shrak.org/en/) and its president
 Vjollca Caka, Z61VB, are hosting a 10th-anniversary activation to celebrate
Kosovo's independence in February, 2008.

SHRAK Headquarters station Z60A now is active on several bands with multiple
guest operators. Club Log will be used for this activation, while QSLs are via
OH2BH.

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