[SEDXC] Change in DXCC Submissions..

[Hal Kennedy]

For those who may have missed it, the September 30 deadline for the DXCC
Yearbook has just been deleted:

 

http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/

 

 DXCC Annual List Deadline Change

Beginning in September 2004, there will be no deadline for the DXCC
Annual List. We have been working toward this end for several years. 

In previous years, September 30 was the cutoff point for compiling the
entity totals for the DXCC Annual List, published in the DXCC Yearbook.
Over the years, DXCC participants tended to collect cards and submit
them once a year, in September, to ensure the highest possible total for
the listing. A major downside of the deadline is that we receive over
25% of our annual credit submissions during the month of the deadline.
This in turn creates a huge increase in workload and a lengthy
processing time. 

Going forward, the lists of DXCC standings previously published in the
DXCC Yearbook will be replaced by complete lists on the ARRL Web site.
The new Web-based lists should be ready and on-line early in the first
quarter of 2005, when the listings in the DXCC Yearbook would normally
have been published. After initial publication, the new lists published
on the Web will be updated regularly, perhaps weekly or even daily. They
will also include the standings of all DXCC members, not just those who
made a submission in the previous year (as has been the practice with
the printed Yearbook due to space limitations). 

A smaller version of the Yearbook will be published, containing
highlights of the standings, along with other features, as in the past. 

73,

Hal

N4GG