* more AA6YQ comments below + Agreed. And don’t forget documentation! …. Including the functional specification: what is it meant to achieve (and avoid), ideally in sufficient detail to design,

The API sounds like a potentially long term solution. Is there a simpler solution to using LoTW for the WAC award? John, WØZI

Are EME QSOs valid for WAS mixed, by-band, and by-mode awards? Is there a WAS EME endorsement? 73, Dave, AA6YQ

I administer the Worked All California Counties award for the Northern Cal Contest Club. It's a tad less than "prestigious" but I'd gladly cough up a nominal annual sum for the ability

Hello Dave, Yes, EME contacts count toward WAS and DXCC, and count for band and/or mode. There is no EME endorsement. Due to antenna physical size limitations, most EME contacts take place at 50 MHz

* AA6YQ comments below Yes, EME contacts count toward WAS and DXCC, and count for band and/or mode. There is no EME endorsement. Due to antenna physical size limitations, most EME contacts take

All, LOTW support for the WACC Award would be great. I thought it would be easy a few years ago to get all the California counties. Wrong. 73 Alan WL7CG On 10/25/19 2:13

This "entity" would never be even considered today, the use of scaffolds to support platforms above the few protruding rocks is surely beyond acceptable procedures. With rising sea levels - and

DXCC Entities are not deleted because of lack of activity. They are deleted when they no longer meet the criteria that got them on the list to begin with. Bernie McClenny, W3UR Editor of: The Daily

If indeed the "Rocks" are submerged at High Tide, then they no longer meet the DXCC Criteria and should be deleted. The only problem is verifying that they are submerged at High Tide. 73, Dick,

It would require a vote of the Board. I can’t speak for anyone else but I wouldn’t support it unless the rocks become totally submerged, never to return. 73 Ria, N2RJ

To clarify - it would require a Board vote if it still met the rules. If it didn’t meet the rules it could be deleted because it no longer met the rules (like KH5K was). Ria N2RJ

Hi Bernie Any idea where I could find the submission criteria that put a pile of rocks on the list? Thanks Jim ab3cv

I don’t have a copy of the rules at the time BS7H was added. Perhaps someone in Newington? Bernie McClenny, W3UR Editor of: The Daily DX (1997-2019) The Weekly DX (2001-2019) How's DX?

I've been to Scarborough Reef ... well, over it at 10,000 ft. The S. China Sea is dotted with atoll-like reefs all the way from the Philippines to the mainland. I suspect that at some

The DXCC rule 9. (c) states "QSOs made with legally licensed, remotely controlled stations are allowed to be used for DXCC credit." and later the rules discuss "Technological Advances" and state "It

When was the last operation from there? I feel that if an entity has not been activated in a long time and is not likely to, it should be taken off the list until it is activated again. 73, Zack

There are at least a few scenarios I envision: 1. Someone doesn't have the space in their own yard to set up a big station (like me). So they set up their own remote station somewhere not too far

China was not taken off the list. It was 40 years. Albania was not taken off the list it was about 21 years. Both also were elevated to the top of the most wanted list. They are rare for a reason.

Why was Wrangel Island taken off the list? It was on the DXCC list in 1958 and later removed but isn't on the Deleted list. There must be a story there. 73, Ken, AB1J