Hi Folks,
The ARRL has ruled that callsigns beginning with UA9F, UA9G and UA9X
should be counted for European Russia (UA), not Asiatic Russia
(UA9/0). Here is more info:
http://www.arrl.org/awards-blog
Look for the heading near the bottom, "DXCC and Russian Prefix
Information (rev.)"
The change is effective 1 December 2011, but it affects all such
callsigns going back to the start of the ARRL DXCC program (i.e. all
the QSOs in your log -- past, present and future). The ARRL is *not*
going to require anyone to re-submit QSLs for DXCC credit due to the
change. For example, I have an Asiatic Russia (UA9/0) credit on my 80
meter DXCC with UA9FGR. Under the new rules, this really should have
been credited to European Russia (UA). But the ARRL is not going to
retroactively change their records, requiring me to send in a
different UA9/0 QSL for credit with UA9/0. Nor do we want DX4WIN
users to have to do that either.
Here is how it's going to affect DX4WIN users:
1. A new country file will be released. Starting with QSO dates of
1-December-2011, all callsigns in your log beginning with UA9F, UA9G
or UA9X (and other variations like RA9...) will now be credited to
European Russia, UA. QSOs with these callsigns before 1-December-2011
will be unaffected. This means your past DXCC credits will be the
same as before.
2. If DX4WIN submits a confirmation for credit with Asiatic Russia
(UA9/0), and it chooses a QSO from before 1-December 2011, make sure
it does not begin with UA9F, UA9G or UA9X (or similar callsigns). If
it does:
a. clear all your submission flags
b. Go to the QSO that DX4WIN tried to submit, and change all three
DXCC award flags to "I", meaning invalid for DXCC
c. Do the submission again
Repeat steps a. through c. above until DX4WIN submits a callsign that
does *not* begin with UA9F, UA9G, or UA9X, or is after 1-December
2011. Alternatively, if you already know of a "good" QSO with Asiatic
Russia that you would like to submit, set that QSOs DXCC award flag(s)
to "S" (submitted) *before* doing the initial submission. This will
tell DX4WIN to choose this QSO first.
I know this sounds confusing. The country file change is actually not
that hard. However, trying to apply the new rule based on what DX4WIN
wants to submit is where the user must be a little involved in the
submission process.
If you have any questions, let me know. I hope to release a new
country file Saturday 17-December.
73 - Jim AD1C
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us
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