DXCC

The DX Century Club, or DXCC, is the premier operating award in all of Amateur Radio. The award is granted by (and a registered trademark of) the American Radio Relay League. The award is available to radio amateurs world-wide although applicants from the US, its possessions and Puerto Rico must be ARRL members. Proof of two way contacts, either in the form of QSL cards or via digital entry into Logbook of The World (LoTW), must be submitted to qualify. Each DXCC award certificate is dated and individually numbered. The basic certificate is awarded to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete and confirm amateur radio communications with land based amateur radio stations located in at least 100 different entities on the DXCC List.
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