Catalonia must be added in the DXCC countries/entities* list by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
The DXCC countries/entities list has been invented by the ARRL and are not official states, they are only territories of DXCC program. Therefore, Catalonia can be perfectly included in the ARRL DXCC list. It is a historical injustice that Catalonia is not included in the countries list.
• 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 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, is a DXCC country, but is not an official state.
Many other territories of the world are included in the DXCC countries list, but are not official states and some are not islands.
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 violates the rights of thousands of catalan radio amateurs who have signed the petition to include Catalonia in DXCC countries list. It is unacceptable that he does not respond to our petition.
Dear President of the ARRL, Catalonia must be added in the DXCC countries list. Today? Why not? Where is the problem? It is unfair that Catalonia is not included in the DXCC countries list.
Today, 2,210 signatures have been reached from the radio amateurs asking the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) to add Catalonia in the DXCC countries list. To achieve the goal, we must continue to increase the number of requests.
Those who haven’t signed can do it here: CataloniaNewCountryDXCC
*Entity is a listing on the DXCC List. A counter for DXCC awards, previously denoted as a DXCC Country by the ARRL 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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