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The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) refuses to add Catalonia to the list of countries of the DXCC diploma, although it meets all the requirements according to its bases and with the aggravating factor that ignores more than two thousand radio amateurs who have signed up to the change.org platform in favor of the recognition of Catalonia as an entity/country of the aforementioned DXCC diploma.

All these territories are DXCC* countries/entities* recognized by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), but are not official states:

• Scotland (UK) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Balearic Islands (Spain) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Canary Islands (Spain) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• England (UK) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Wales (UK) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Man (UK) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Northern Ireland (UK) is a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Kaliningrad is a province of Russia and a DXCC country but is not an official state.
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta is a NGO with a call sign not authorized by the ITU and also is a DXCC country.
• Many other territories of the world are included in the DXCC countries list, but are not official states.

And Catalonia? Why Catalonia is not a DXCC country? Therefore, if all these territories are DXCC countries, why not Catalonia? Seeing these examples, Catalonia (with own prefixes, EA3, EB3, EC3, ED3, EE3, EF3, EG3, EH3, AM3, AN3 & AO3) has the perfect conditions to become a DXCC country today.

The American Radio Relay League despises thousands of catalan radio amateurs who have signed the petition to include Catalonia in the DXCC countries list. The ARRL must recognize Catalonia as a DXCC country. It is inadmissible that it does not respond to the request of thousands of catalan radio amateurs.

Dear President of the ARRL, Catalonia must be added in the DXCC countries list. Today? Why not? Where is the problem? Sign the petition: CHANGE.ORG

*Entity is a listing on the DXCC List. A counter for DXCC awards, previously denoted as a DXCC Country by the American Radio Relay League and the DX Century Club.

*DXCC is Amateur Radio’s premier award that radio amateurs can earn by confirming on the air contacts with 100 countries.

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Sign the petition in change.org: CataloniaNewCountryDXCC
For this reason, we include CATALONIA in the DXCC countries/entities list.
Download ARRL DXCC LIST CURRENT ENTITIES. January 2024 Edition with Catalonia included.

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