[SEDXC] Complete ranking of DX countries

[Jim Stafford]

I've googled quit a bit and can't find even a "proposed" list of DX 
countries
from hardest to easiest (or visa versa).  I'm pretty sure I've seen one some
time in the past. 

I've seen the "top 100" on Carl Smith's site:

http://www.dxpub.com/dx_news.html

Why in the world would I be interested?  Well, perhaps you've heard that 
the
North Fulton ARL has generated/found/mentored a bunch of new hams in the
past 2 years.  These folks have tons of questions about how to DX. 

One of the most common ones is:

How do I get a QSL card from (e.g) Columbia?  Some have sent green 
stamps, IRCs,
Bolivian stamps, etc.  I keep trying to tell them - use the bureau for 
the easier
ones (unless of course you really really want that particular card) 
because you'll
work many Columbians before you get 100 countries in all likelihood, and 
if you don't
then you can start sending all the bribes to get that card. 

And then the next question I get is (see above), "How do I know what's 
rare and
what isn't?"  I refer them to the TOP 100 list but you got to admit, 
there are some
pretty nice ones between 100 and 200, right?

Ok, so who has the master list?  Maybe SEDXC should make one up.  Pretty 
simple
over lunch/coffee to do it.  I could almost do it myself.  Come on over to
our Hungry Hams on Wednesday and we can crank one out:

http://nfarl.org/hungryHams.html

thanx in advance

jim/w4qo