DXCC by JH4RHF Last update 2016/05/15
--- Some thoughts on DXCC
Several years ago, ARRL had a big
campaign to revise DXCC rules and complied New Rules and Criteria named DXCC
2000. The rules, including the criteria were refurbished and looks so far
clear. There were several revisions made since then and the criteria defining
"Entities" looks like below.
1. Political Entities:
An Entity will be added to the DXCC
List as
a Political Entity if it meets one or more of the following criteria:
a) The
entity is a UN Member State.
b) The
entity has been assigned a callsign prefix bloc by the ITU. (The exceptions
to this rule are international organizations, such as the UN and ICAO. These
Entities are classified under Special Areas, 3.a); and Ineligible Areas,
4.b).) A provisional prefix bloc assignment may be made by the Secretary
General of ITU. Should such provisional assignments not be ratified later by
the full ITU, the Entity will be deleted from the DXCC List.
c) The
entity contains a permanent population, is administered by a local
government, and is located at least 800 km from its parent. To satisfy the
"permanent population" and "administered by a local government" criteria of
this sub-section, an Entity must be listed on either (a) the U.S. Department
of State's list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" as having
a local "AdministrativeCenter," or (b) the United Nations list of
"Non-Self-Governing Territories."
New Entities satisfying one or more of the conditions above
will be added to the DXCC List by administrative action as of their "Event
Date."
Entities qualifying under this section will be referred to as
the "Parent" when considering separation under the section "Geographical
Separation." Only entities in this group will be acceptable as a Parent for
separation purposes.
2. Geographic Separation Entity
a) Land Areas:
b) Island Areas (Separation by Water):
3. Special Areas
The Special Areas listed here may not be divided into
additional Entities under the DXCC Rules. None of these constitute a Parent
Entity, and none creates a precedent for the addition of similar or
additional Entities.
a) The
International Telecommunications Union in Geneva (4U1ITU) shall, because of
its significance to world telecommunications, be considered as a Special
Entity. No additional UN locations will be considered under this ruling.
b) The
Antarctic Treaty, signed on December 1, 1959 and entered into force on June
23, 1961, establishes the legal framework for the management of Antarctica.
The treaty covers, as stated in Article 6, all land and ice shelves below 60
degrees South. This area is known as the Antarctic Treaty Zone. Article 4
establishes that parties to the treaty will not recognize, dispute, or
establish territorial claims and that they will assert no new claims while
the treaty is in force. Under Article 10, the treaty States will discourage
activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the terms of
the treaty. In view of these Treaty provisions, no new entities below 60
degrees south will be added to the DXCC
List as
long as the Treaty remains in force.
c) The
Spratly Islands, due to the nature of conflicting claims, and without
recognizing or refuting any claim, is recognized as a Special Entity.
Operations from this area will be accepted with the necessary permissions
issued by an occupying Entity. Operations without such permissions, such as
with a self-assigned (e.g., 1S) callsign, will not be recognized for DXCC
credit.
d) Control
of Western Sahara (S0) is currently an issue between Morocco and the
indigenous population. The UN has stationed a peacekeeping force there.
Until the sovereignty issue is settled, only operations licensed by the RASD
shall count for DXCC purposes.
e) Entities
on the 1998 DXCC
List that
do not qualify under the current criteria remain as long as they retain the
status under which they were originally added. A change in that status will
result in a review in accordance with Rule 5 of this Section. (quoted from ARRL DXCC rules and criteria, ARRL Web page, as of 2016-05-15) |
However, there are a lot of exceptions, they said as "Special areas", as:
3. Special Areas
The Special Areas listed here may not be divided into
additional Entities under the DXCC Rules. None of these constitute a Parent
Entity, and none creates a precedent for the addition of similar or
additional Entities.
a) The
International Telecommunications Union in Geneva (4U1ITU) shall, because of
its significance to world telecommunications, be considered as a Special
Entity. No additional UN locations will be considered under this ruling.
b) The
Antarctic Treaty, signed on December 1, 1959 and entered into force on June
23, 1961, establishes the legal framework for the management of Antarctica.
The treaty covers, as stated in Article 6, all land and ice shelves below 60
degrees South. This area is known as the Antarctic Treaty Zone. Article 4
establishes that parties to the treaty will not recognize, dispute, or
establish territorial claims and that they will assert no new claims while
the treaty is in force. Under Article 10, the treaty States will discourage
activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the terms of
the treaty. In view of these Treaty provisions, no new entities below 60
degrees south will be added to the DXCC
List as
long as the Treaty remains in force.
c) The
Spratly Islands, due to the nature of conflicting claims, and without
recognizing or refuting any claim, is recognized as a Special Entity.
Operations from this area will be accepted with the necessary permissions
issued by an occupying Entity. Operations without such permissions, such as
with a self-assigned (e.g., 1S) callsign, will not be recognized for DXCC
credit.
d) Control
of Western Sahara (S0) is currently an issue between Morocco and the
indigenous population. The UN has stationed a peacekeeping force there.
Until the sovereignty issue is settled, only operations licensed by the RASD
shall count for DXCC purposes.
e) Entities
on the 1998 DXCC
List that
do not qualify under the current criteria remain as long as they retain the
status under which they were originally added. A change in that status will
result in a review in accordance with Rule 5 of this Section. (quoted from ARRL DXCC rules and criteria, ARRL Web page, as of 2016-05-15 |
As a scientist, I personally do not like "exceptions". As you set a new rules, why you do not clean up mess ? Who can explain the reasons why Sable Island, Wales, or Aland Islands are separate ?
I checked all status of current DXCC entities referring to Criteria 1 and 2, then I do not apply Criteria 3 Special Areas to clean up the DXCC entity list.
This is my proposal of DXCC entity list removed the "old fashioned" entities.
Click here to see my (to be) revised DXCC entity list
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