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

LIST OF CQ  AWARD CHECKPOINTS FOR WAZ & CQ DX

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eQSLs NOW ACCEPTABLE FOR CQ DX AWARDS

Effective immediately, electronic confirmations verified through the eQSL.cc system are acceptable for CQ DX Country and Field Awards. 

When submitting eQSL.cc confirmations, applicants must print out each confirmation and include the hard copy with their traditional QSLs when applying for CQ DX Awards.

All applications must be submitted via postal mail to the CQ DX Awards Manager or to an authorized CQ Checkpoint.  Awards fees may be paid using checks drawn on a U.S. bank, money orders or cash (registered mail highly recommended).   Checks and money orders must be payable to Billy Williams.  Pay Pal is not accepted.

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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.net  

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.

See the article under CQ DX News at the bottom of this page for details on submitting verifications received through the eQSL.cc system.

CQ DX COUNTRY CW HONOR ROLL

MAY 31, 2009

338 COUNTRIES

N0FW

WB4UBD

K3UA

K9MM

W4OEL

EA2IA

OK1MP

N7FU

N4JF

K4IQJ

K2FL

K4MQG

W8XD

K2TQC

N7RO

F3TH

DL3DXX

WK3N

337 COUNTRIES

K9BWQ

N4MM

W7OM

W7CNL

W0JLC

K4CN

VE3XN

K4JLD

N5ZM

N4AH

N4CH

336 COUNTRIES

K2OWE

N5FG

K9OW

K8LJG

K9IW

W4MPY

K7LAY

K5UO

N6AW

KA7T

335 COUNTRIES

PY2YP

HB9DDZ

K3JGJ

334 COUNTRIES

K2JLA

F3AT

PA5PQ

NC9T

G4BWP

W1JR

I4LCK

YU1AB

G3KMQ

333 COUNTRIES

K6LEB

332 COUNTRIES

K5RT

331 COUNTRIES

K8SIX

W4UW

330 COUNTRIES

W7IIT

N7WO

329 COUNTRIES

W6OUL

KE3A

K6CU

328 COUNTRIES

KA3S

K1FK

IK0ADY

F6HMJ

W1DF

325 COUNTRIES

W4LI

321 COUNTRIES: IK0TUG

320 COUNTRIES:  W3II, PY4WS, OZ5UR, CT1YH

319 COUNTRIES: W9IL, EA3ALV

317 COUNTRIES: RA1AOB

316 COUNTRIES: W6YQ,WA4DOU

304 COUNTRIES:  ON4CAS,  WD9DZV, KT2C

303 COUNTRIES:  K0KG

297 COUNTRIES: N2LM

283 COUNTRIES: N2VW

280 COUNTRIES: XE1MD

279 COUNTRIES: 4Z5SG

277 COUNTRIES: W2JLK, HA5LQ

CQ DX COUNTRY RTTY HONOR ROLL

MAY 31, 2009

337 COUNTRIES

WB4UBD

336 COUNTRIES

NI4H

332 COUNTRIES

K3UA

331 COUNTRIES

N5FG

330 COUNTRIES

N5ZM

328 COUNTRIES

OK1MP

320 COUNTRIES: G4BWP

311 COUNTRIES: PA5PQ

303 COUNTRIES: K4CN

300 COUNTRIES: K8SIX

CQ DX COUNTRY SSB HONOR ROLL

MAY 31, 2009

339 COUNTRIES

K4JLD

EA2IA

XE1AE

IN3DEI

N0FW

DU9RG

K3UA

K6YRA

IK1GPG

DJ9ZB

N7BK

4Z4DX

WB4UBD

OZ3SK

OK1MP

K2TQC

K4MZU

N4JF

W4WX

K5OVC

K4MQG

N4MM

K9MM

OZ5EV

VE2PJ

K3JGJ

N5ZM

N7RO

KE5K

I0ZV

OE2EGL

W4ABW

DL3DXX

I8KCI

VE1YX

N4CH

EA3BMT

IZ0AZG

338 COUNTRIES

K5TVC

KZ2P

W6BCQ

W6EUF

W7OM

K9BWQ

W8AXI

W9SS

VK4LC

K7LAY

WS9V

W6DPD

K4CN

VE3XN

K9HQM

K2FL

K4IQJ

VE2GHZ

AA4S

WK3N

VE3MR

VE3MRS

337 COUNTRIES

XE1L

OE3WWB

K9OW

N5FG

PY2YP

N6AW

IK8CNT

EA4DO

CT3BM

YU1AB

K8LJG

W3AZD

K0KG

W2FKF

W7FP

YU3AA

W7BJN

AB4IQ

W4UNP

W4UW

336 COUNTRIES

K8SIX

KE3A

K9IW

N2VW

W2CC

335 COUNTRIES

PA5PQ

XE1VIC

NC9T

K1UO

CT1EEB

W1JR

I4LCK

ZL1HY

K5UO

JA7XBG

N7WR

334 COUNTRIES

W0YDB

K5RT

WA4WTG

K3LC

HB9DDZ

333 COUNTRIES

VE4ACY

K9PP

YV1KZ

W9IL

F6HMJ

332 COUNTRIES

YV1AJ

KS0Z

VE4ROY

331 COUNTRIES

YV1JV

K7HG

N5YY

330 COUNTRIES

N1ALR

328 COUNTRIES

SV3AQR

VE7EDZ

327 COUNTRIES

XE1MD

326 COUNTRIES

YV4VN

KD5ZD

325 COUNTRIES

PY2DBU

KE4SCY

W4MPY

W1DF

324 COUNTRIES: K6GFJ, TI8II

322 COUNTRIES: W6OUL

321 COUNTRIES: XE1RBV

320 COUNTRIES: W0ROB

317 COUNTRIES: LU3HBO

316 COUNTRIES:  N8SHZ

315 COUNTRIES: XE2NLD

314 COUNTRIES: W6NW

312 COUNTRIES: KA1LMR, ON4CAS, RA1AOB, N2LM

311 COUNTRIES:  KD2GC

310 COUNTRIES: RW9SG,  I0YKN, KU4BP

309 COUNTRIES:  XE1MW

308 COUNTRIES: AA1VX

306 COUNTRIES: 4Z5FL/M

305 COUNTRIES:  K7SAM

304 COUNTRIES: I3ZSX

303 COUNTRIES: JR4NUN

302 COUNTRIES: W4PGC, EA8AYV

301 COUNTRIES:  4X6DK

300 COUNTRIES:  K7ZM, XE1MEX

295 COUNTRIES: W4EJG

294 COUNTRIES: W9ACE

292 COUNTRIES: WD9DZV, W6MAC

289 COUNTRIES:  AE9DX

288 COUNTRIES: W5PVE

287 COUNTRIES: AD7J

286 COUNTRIES: HB9DQD

285 COUNTRIES: VE7HAM

284 COUNTRIES: N8LIQ

280 COUNTRIES: N3RC

276 COUNTRIES: HS0/EA4BKA

275 COUNTRIES: K9DXR

RECENT CQ DX COUNTRY AWARDS ISSUED

 SSB

CW

RTTY

CQ DX COUNTRY AWARD ENDORSEMENTS

JUNE 2009

SSB

K4IQJ/339, VE3MR/338, VE3MRS/338.\, IV3BSF/225

RTTY

N5ZM/333

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.net

(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.  Deadline for updates is the 25th of each odd-numbered month.  Updates received after the deadline will be included in the next report.

(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

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.