Thanks Doug. Perhaps this will put the naysaying to rest (although I'm sure
it won't)....
73 Rich NN3W
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From: <kr2q@optonline.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL rule...the introduction (aka CONTEXT)
> FYI....
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
> http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/06/0818/
>
> ==>DXCC ANNOUNCES ACCREDITATION CRITERIA RULE CHANGE
>
> ARRL's DXCC program has added language to its Accreditation Criteria to
> minimize difficulties stemming from online DXpedition logs. The change,
> recently approved by the ARRL Board of Directors Programs and Services
> Committee, limits the level of QSO detail that DXpeditions may provide on
> Web-based log sites, search engines or other public forums and still
> qualify
> for DXCC accreditation. ARRL Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills,
> N7NG,
> notes that it's become accepted practice for DXpeditions to post QSO
> information on the Web.
>
> "Although this information is generally limited to call sign, band and
> mode,
> it has been useful in reducing the number of duplicate contacts in the
> DXpedition log," Mills points out. "Publishing complete QSO information or
> information from which full QSO information can be derived, on the other
> hand, threatens the integrity of the QSLing process, and is unacceptable."
>
> Mills says at least some key information a station provides when
> submitting
> a DXpedition contact for DXCC credit must be obtained solely by actually
> making the QSO. "If complete contact information can be derived from
> information based on the DXpedition log, the QSL manager's job can be much
> more difficult if busted calls are involved," he says.
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