Originally published: 2002-08-27
Reformatted: 2012-08-04
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These notes were originally published with the list of South African stations extracted from the list described above. During 2012, a single integrated South African DXCC annual list extract and a South African DXCC Honour Roll extract were published. Because these lists do not have room for comments, and because some of the comments provide useful context, the comments have been extracted into this separate file.
The most recent DXCC Honour Roll listing was published in the August 2002 issue of QST, the official magazine of the ARRL. Standings include submissions up to 31 March this year.
DXCC Honour Roll membership is restricted to those DXCC members that need less than ten countries confirmed. Totals do not include credit for deleted countries. For this list, there were 334 countries, and at least 325 current credits were needed to make it onto the Honour Roll. For the next list, Ducie Island VP6 will be added, bringing the total to 335 countries.
Now that North Korea has become easier to work, with P5/4L4FN on the air, a lot of DXers are jumping to the top rung of the Honour Roll. This list predates the arrival of most of the 4L4FN cards, and yet 43 stations were listed as having worked all 334 countries on mixed modes. On Phone, 23 stations are listed, with only five on CW. Three stations share the highest spot on RTTY, with a score of 331 (three needed). Now that most DXers have their P5 cards firmly in hand, expect these numbers to skyrocket in next year's listing, except perhaps on CW.
There has been a reshuffle of the Mixed and Phone lists since last year, with ZS5NK jumping up by a massive five countries to overtake ZS6BBP in the rankings. ZS6EZ and ZS6YQ have also moved up slightly. The CW list now finally includes a South African. No-one is even close on RTTY, with the highest South African score at 170, barely half of the entry level!
As expected, Van van der Watt ZS6LW remains on the list for this year. When Ducie Island is added on 2002-10-01, Van will drop off the HR, as he will then need 10 countries. Van is still the only South African ever to have reached the top rung, a position he occupied for most of the Eighties.
ZS4TX has again been omitted from the published list, even though he has received written confirmation that he is eligible and should have been listed.
Back to the 2002 ZS DXCC HR list.