CONTENTS

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARDS

CQ DX AWARD COUNTRY LIST

CQ DX FIELD AWARDS

CQ DX  COUNTRY AWARD CW HONOR ROLL

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD RTTY HONOR ROLL

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD SSB HONOR ROLL

RECENT CQ DX COUNTRY AWARDS ISSUED

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD ENDORSEMENTS

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD TIPS

CQ DX NEWS KOSOVA ADDED TO CQ DX LIST

LIST OF CQ  AWARD CHECKPOINTS FOR WAZ & CQ DX

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CQ DX COUNTRY AWARDS

The CQ DX Country Awards are sponsored by CQ, the Radio Amateur's Journal.  The CQ DX Country Award is available in three categories: two-way single sideband (SSB), telegraphy (CW) and radio teletype (RTTY) for those Amateur Radio operators submitting proof of contact with 100 or countries & territories. Separate applications are required for each category.

Rules for the CQ DX Awards Program can be accessed by clicking here. Also, a CQ DX Award application form can be downloaded by clicking here.

Verification cards may be checked by authorized CQ DX checkpoints or included with the application.  A list of checkpoints for the CQ DX and WAZ awards can be accessed by clicking here. Scroll down to CQ DX Country Award Tips for information on sending cards. If you hold an award issued by a national association, you may be able to use additional options.  Contact the CQ DX Award Manager via n4uf@nofars.org  

Send all applications and updates to the CQ DX Awards Manager.

Billy Williams, N4UF                                               

P.O. Box 9673

Jacksonville, FL 32208

All updates claiming new countries must be submitted by postal mail.  No updates are acceptable by e-mail except for "no change" reports to meet the annual requirement.

The fee for each basic CQ DX award (100 countries) is $6 for CQ subscribers and $12 for non-subscribers. Please enclose a recent CQ mailing label to qualify for the subscriber discount.

St. Barthelemy (FJ) has been added to the CQ DX Country List.  Contacts after February 21, 2007 are valid.

CQ DX COUNTRY CW HONOR ROLL

MARCH 31, 2008

337 COUNTRIES

K9BWQ

N7FU

N4JF

K4IQJ

K2FL

N4MM

K4MQG

W7OM

N0FW

WB4UBD

K9MM

W7CNL

W8XD

W4OEL

EA2IA

336 COUNTRIES

K2TQC

N7RO

K2OWE

N5FG

K4CN

W0JLC

OK1MP

K9OW

DL3DXX

K8LJG

N4CH

K4JLD

335 COUNTRIES

F3TH

PY2YP

N6AW

N4AH

K9IW

K5UO

N5ZM

KA7T

334 COUNTRIES

K2JLA

F3AT

WA4IUM

PA5PQ

K3UA

K2ENT

NC9T

W2VJN

G4BWP

W1JR

I4LCK

K7LAY

YU1AB

333 COUNTRIES

W0HZ

W4MPY

K3JGJ

K6LEB

332 COUNTRIES

K5RT

HB9DDZ

331 COUNTRIES

VE3XN

K2JF

WA8DXA

K8SIX

330 COUNTRIES

W2UE

W4UW

W7IIT

329 COUNTRIES

G3KMQ

N5HB

K1HDO

K7JS

W6OUL

N7WO

KE3A

K6CU

328 COUNTRIES

KA3S

K1FK

327 COUNTRIES

HK7/SM5HV

326 COUNTRIES

F6HMJ

325 COUNTRIES

W4LI

N4OT

324 COUNTRIES: YV5ANT

323 COUNTRIES: KF8UN

321 COUNTRIES: IK0TUG

320 COUNTRIES:  W3II, IK0ADY, WG5G/QRPp, F5OIU, PY4WS, OZ5UR, CT1YH

317 COUNTRIES: YT1AT, EA3ALV

315 COUNTRIES: W6YQ

310 COUNTRIES: UA9SG, WA4DOU

309 COUNTRIES: W9IL, EA3ALV

306 COUNTRIES:  YU7FW

304 COUNTRIES:  ON4CAS

302 COUNTRIES:  N1KC

300 COUNTRIES: RA1AOB, VE7KDU,  KT2C

295 COUNTRIES: WD9DZV

291 COUNTRIES: K4IE

284 COUNTRIES: G3DPX, K0KG

282 COUNTRIES: N2VW

281 COUNTRIES: DJ1YH

280 COUNTRIES: XE1MD

277 COUNTRIES: W2JLK

CQ DX COUNTRY RTTY HONOR ROLL

MARCH 31, 2008

336 COUNTRIES

WB4UBD

335 COUNTRIES

NI4H

333 COUNTRIES

K2ENT

331 COUNTRIES

N5FG

326 COUNTRIES

N5ZM

325 COUNTRIES

G4BWP

OK1MP

321 COUNTRIES: K3UA

320 COUNTRIES: EA5FKI

311 COUNTRIES: PA5PQ

300 COUNTRIES: K8SIX

297 COUNTRIES: W4EEU

283 COUNTRIES: K4CN

CQ DX COUNTRY SSB HONOR ROLL

MARCH 31, 2008

338 COUNTRIES

K6YRA

IK1GPG

K5TVC

N0FW

K2TQC

KZ2P

K4MZU

N4JF

W4WX

K5OVC

W6BCQ

DJ9ZB

W6EUF

K4MQG

N7BK

N4MM

4Z4DX

N4CH

W7OM

K9MM

K4JLD

K9BWQ

WB4UBD

W8AXI

W9SS

VK4LC

EA2IA

337 COUNTRIES

XE1L

W6DPD

N7RO

K7LAY

OE3WWB

K9OW

XE1AE

N5FG

DU9RG

PY2YP

N6AW

OZ5EV

OZ3SK

VE2PJ

K9HQM

KE5K

VE3MR

VE3MRS

AA4S

OK1MP

IK8CNT

IN3DEI

EA4DO

K3UA

CT3BM

YU1AB

K3JGJ

I0ZV

K8LJG

W3AZD

K0KG

W2FKF

W7FP

VE2GHZ

336 COUNTRIES

K2FL

EA3BMT

W4UNP

N5ZM

K8SIX

K4CN

W4UW

DL3DXX

KE3A

335 COUNTRIES

K2JLA

OE7SEL

ZL3NS

K7JS

PY4OY

VE3XN

PA5PQ

XE1VIC

K2ENT

IK6GPZ

NC9T

K1UO

I8KCI

I8LEL

DU1KT

CT1EEB

W1JR

I4LCK

ZL1HY

AB4IQ

W7BJN

W2CC

K9IW

N2VW

334 COUNTRIES

WD0BNC

W0YDB

W4NKI

OE2EGL

WA4IUM

K5RT

W6SHY

W5RUK

EA3KB

VE7WJ

CT3DL

YZ7AA

WS9V

WA4WTG

K5UO

ZL1BOQ

N7WR

333 COUNTRIES

4N7ZZ

VE1YX

W2JZK

VE4ACY

VE2WY

K9PP

EA3EQT

YV1KZ

332 COUNTRIES

YV1AJ

KS0Z

LU4DXU

VE4ROY

CT1EEN

331 COUNTRIES

DL9OH

YV1JV

N5ORT

CT1AHU

EA3JL

K1HDO

K7HG

K3LC

N5YY

F6HMJ

330 COUNTRIES

KB2MY

K3PT

N1ALR

329 COUNTRIES

 W9OKL

 W2FGY

 CT1CFH

 EA1JG

W9IL

328 COUNTRIES

 KF8UN

W0ULU

K1EY

K4DXA

LU5DV

327 COUNTRIES

XE1MD

DK5WQ

CP2DL

NI5D

326 COUNTRIES

K7TCL

HB9DDZ

YV4VN

SV3AQR

KD5ZD

325 COUNTRIES

WR5Y

KC4MJ

PY2DBU

YT1AT

KE4SCY

324 COUNTRIES: K6GFJ

323 COUNTRIES: W6WI, EA3CYM

322 COUNTRIES:  WN9NBT, W6OUL,

321 COUNTRIES: CT1ESO, KD2GC, VE7SMP

320 COUNTRIES:  N1KC, W5GZI

317 COUNTRIES: WB4GMR, LU3HBO

316 COUNTRIES:  N8SHZ

315 COUNTRIES: XE2NLD, W0ROB

314 COUNTRIES: IZ6CST, W6NW

313 COUNTRIES: EA3ALV

312 COUNTRIES: W7GAX, KA1LMR, ON4CAS

310 COUNTRIES: WA5MLT, RW9SG, XE1RBV, I0YKN

308 COUNTRIES: AA1VX

306 COUNTRIES: KK4TR

305 COUNTRIES:  WB2AQC

303 COUNTRIES:  K3BYV, JR4NUN, YV2FEQ, KU4BP, K7SAM

302 COUNTRIES: VE7KDU, W5GZI, W4PGC, EA8AYV, N2LM

301 COUNTRIES:  4X6DK, 4Z5FL/M

300 COUNTRIES: N5WYR, K4IE,  RA1AOB, YC9WZJ

295 COUNTRIES: WA1ECF, KW1DX, W4EJG, K7ZM

293 COUNTRIES: XE1MW, XE1MEX

292 COUNTRIES: K1RB

291 COUNTRIES: W9ACE

288 COUNTRIES: W5PVE

287 COUNTRIES: WD9DZV

285 COUNTRIES: KK0DX, VE7HAM

284 COUNTRIES: N8LIQ

283 COUNTRIES:  W0IKD

282 COUNTRIES:  KB0RNC, AE9DX

281 COUNTRIES: IK8TMI

279 COUNTRIES:  F5INJ

276 COUNTRIES: W5GT, HS0/EA4BKA

275 COUNTRIES: K9DXR, AD7J

RECENT CQ DX COUNTRY AWARDS ISSUED

 SSB

CW

RTTY

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD ENDORSEMENTS

APRIL 2008

SSB

IK1GPG/339, IN3DEI/339, EA2IA/339, K9BWQ/339, OZ5EV/338, K3LC/334, K7ZM/300

CW

K9BWQ/339, K7LAY/335, WA4DOU/314

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD TIPS

(1) All contacts must be made using a single mode--SSB, CW or RTTY. Separate applications are required for each mode. No CQ DX Country Award is available for MIXED modes.  Each application must be accompanied by the proper fee.  Endorsements are attachments to certificates and are not stand-alones.

(2) Records are maintained for three years following an applicant's latest update. If it has been over three years since your last update, you will need to resubmit all countries that you are claiming for your total.

(3) If you hold a country award issued by a national organization, a copy of paperwork issued to you by that organization with your credits itemized by country may be acceptable in lieu of having cards checked.

(4) If you have doubt about the status of a DX operation that you have verified, send the card to the Award Manager with a note on the update form. At present, we accept cards from 7O1YGF. Cards from P5RS7 and some other operations are not valid for CQ DX credit.

(5) Always include return postage when sending cards to a checkpoint or to the Award Manager. First Class mail or Priority Mail with package tracking is recommended.  Return postage for 100 cards is around $7 in the United States. Certified mail can be used for a dollar or two more. Registered mail service is available for sending cards internationally with a cost of $20-$30 per 100 cards depending on the destination. A cheaper alternative is international package air mail which costs $10-$20 but may not be available in all cases. See paragraph 28 below for important details about IRCs.

(6) If a CQ Form 1067 (CQ DX Award Application/Update Form) is not handy, you may substitute a likeness or a printed computer document. The document must contain your name, call, address and mode for which your update is being submitted. The call sign and country of each station being submitted for credit must be included.

(7) Cards are not required to be checked when applying for band and special endorsements. Cards must be in an applicants possession but need not be submitted unless specifically requested. We offer band endorsement stickers for verifying 50 countries on 1.8 MHz.; 100 countries on 3.5 and 7 MHz. combined and 100 countries on 28 MHz. Special endorsement stickers are available for Mobile operation, OSCAR (Satellite), SSTV, QRPp (5 watts or less). Each requires 50 countries. An applicant must have a basic CQ DX award (CW, SSB, RTTY) in order to qualify for stickers. The band endorsement or special endorsement must be for the same mode as the basic CQ DX certificate. Stickers are $1 each plus a self-addressed stamped envelope. 

(8)The CQ DX RTTY Award includes contacts made using two-way RTTY, PSK-31, Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and packet.

(9) Please send all CQ DX award applications and updates to N4UF at P.O. Box 9673; Jacksonville, FL 32208. To avoid delays, do not send CQ DX paperwork and/or cards to CQ HQ in New York. Please make checks for awards and endorsement fees payable to B. F. Williams.

(10) Within a few weeks of your application for a new CQ DX Award being received, you will receive a copy of your award authorization form. Please check to make sure that your name, call and address are correct. If not, notify N4UF by e-mail or postal mail.

(11) As with all CQ DX Awards, please allow three to six months for delivery of your certificate. The original of your award authorization form is sent to the CQ office in New York where your award will be custom-lettered and mailed in a protective tube three to six months after the date of your award authorization form.

(12) To receive the reduced $6 basic CQ DX award fee offered to CQ subscribers, please include a mailing label showing your name and address from one of your recent CQ issues. You may send a photocopy of the label instead of detaching it from your magazine. The rate for non-subscribers is $12.  Acceptable payment options include personal check, money order, US stamps,  cash (accountable mail recommended) or valid IRCs (See paragraph 28 below). Please make check/money order payable to B.F. Williams.

(13) Updates are required at least every 12 months to remain listed on the CQ DX Honor Rolls. An operator may update his or her total(s) at any time with any number of new countries. There is no charge for updates unless endorsement stickers are issued

(14) Updates indicating "no change" are acceptable if no new countries have been confirmed. Such updates may be accomplished by postal mail or e-mail to the Award Manager.  E-mail goes to  n4uf@nofars.org

(15) E-mail updates are not accepted if additional countries are being claimed. Such updates must be submitted by postal mail.

(16) It is recommended that applicants keep a copy of all CQ DX paperwork submitted for future reference.  Update applications containing excessive claims for countries already credited (dupes) will not be processed.  The CQ DX Award Manager will prepare an audit sheet listing countries needed by an applicant for a $3 charge per mode and an SASE.

(17) Updates received by postal mail will be acknowledged with a confirmation of total note if a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) is included. Sufficient return postage must be provided for any cards submitted.

(18) Endorsement stickers for number of countries confirmed are issued for 150,200,250,275,300,310, 320 and 330.  Stickers are $1 each plus SASE or SAE and return postage. The $6/$12 basic award fee does not include endorsement stickers. Verification cards are required for country total endorsements.

(19) In areas where a CQ DX Checkpoint is not convenient, the Award Manager may accept certification of cards by authorized checkers representing national Amateur Radio societies.

(20) Listings of stations on the CQ DX Honor Rolls are posted on this site at the end of every odd-numbered month (Jan, Mar, May, etc.) and are published in CQ six times per year. It normally takes 4 to 5 months for new totals to appear in the printed listings in CQ. Listings are adjacent to the DX column.

(21) Call signs are listed on the CQ DX Honor Rolls in descending order of country total. Call signs of Honor Roll members with 335 countries or more with the same country total are listed based on longevity with that country total. The call sign listed first is the one with the most time with that total.

(22) To help equalize postal mail delivery delays, especially from DX stations, all Honor Roll updates received within each two-month period between listings are considered to have been received simultaneously.

(23) Operators updating to the same country total during each two-month reporting period are ranked in order based upon their standing on the previous CQ DX Honor Roll listing for that mode. Thus, if two operators update to 334, the one with the highest listing on the previous CQ DX Honor Roll will be shown ahead of the other.

(24) The effective dates for valid contacts with new countries and submission of cards for credit are established by the CQ DX Awards Manager. Dates may differ from those used by administrators of other awards. Check this web site for announcements when new countries are added. The Award Manager will allow at least 30 days between the date of his announcement and any Honor Roll revisions that reflect the new maximum count.

(25) When new countries are added to the CQ DX list, the order of call signs shown with the new maximum country count will be determined by the procedures in paragraphs 21 through 24 above.

(26) When an active country is deleted by the CQ DX Award Manager, he adjusts CQ DX Honor Roll totals downward to reflect the deletion. Deleted countries have no value for CQ DX Country Awards regardless of the date of contact.

(27) The fee for a replacement certificate due to damage/loss of the original is $25 for CQ subscribers or $35 for non-subscribers. Please furnish the certificate number or date that the original was issued. No cards need to be submitted.

(28) International Reply Coupons (IRCs) must be properly stamped. The issuing post office must stamp on the left side.  The right side must not be stamped.  Many post offices do not stamp IRCs at all and others stamp the wrong side. These improperly prepared IRCs are not acceptable for CQ DX Awards and will be returned.  $6 US equals 7 properly stamped IRCs and $12 equals 14 IRCs.  Mint US stamps are also acceptable. 45 cents in stamps equals 1/2  IRC and 90 cents in stamps equals 1 IRC.  According to http://www.everything2.com/ IRCs... are quite expensive for their relative value.  We agree.

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD NEWS

KOSOVA ADDED TO CQ DX AWARDS COUNTRY LIST

(Hicksville, NY) March 21, 2008 -- Kosova (Kosovo) is being added to the list of countries and territories recognized for CQ DX awards, effective immediately, CQ DX Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF, announced today.
 
Verifications for contacts made on or after February 17, 2008 are acceptable for CQ DX Award credit. CQ DX Honor Roll members with 335 or more credits should update by May 31st for highest placement in Honor Roll listings.
 
The new 339 entity maximum will appear on CQ DX Honor Rolls to be prepared in early June. CQ DX Honor Roll listings prepared in early April will be based on a 338 maximum count.
 
All Kosova contacts will count for field KN on applications for the CQ DX Field Award.
 
Kosova's status has been the subject of some controversy in the amateur radio community as well as the world community, as the ARRL declared that special operations from there on February 17 will count as Serbia, not Kosova, in terms of DXCC credit. The United States and many European countries immediately recognized Kosova's independence. However, Russia and China are opposed to it and Russia has threatened to veto any U.N. action to recognize Kosova as an independent nation.
 
"We are aware that the ARRL has not yet added Kosova to the DXCC list," explained CQ magazine Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. "The League says it is waiting for Kosova to become a member state of the United Nations or be issued a callsign block by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a U.N. agency. However, because of geopolitical issues far beyond the realm of amateur radio, it is unlikely that the United Nations or the ITU will act on Kosova in the near future, even though the United States and many other countries have granted it recognition."
 
"Because it is CQ's policy to grant credit for contacts with 'new' entities as of the date that their status changes," Moseson continued, "we have decided not to wait for U.N. action, but to follow the lead of the United States and other countries that have recognized Kosova's independence, and to grant credit for contacts made with stations in Kosova as of its independence day, February 17, 2008."

Verifications must indicate that the station is located in Kosovo/Kosova to be valid for CQ DX Country Award credit. Not all stations with YU8 prefixes are in Kosova.

A map and list of towns in Kosova is available via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kosovo
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330 COUNTRY STICKER NOW AVAILABLE

CQ now has a 330 country sticker available for those who have reached that count.  Cost is $1 plus SASE.  Stickers may be requested from the Award Manager.  Send requests to Billy Williams, N4UF; P.O. Box 9673; Jacksonville, FL 32208-0673.