SB DX @ ARL $ARLD023 ARLD023 Size Rule and BS7H ZCZC AE98 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 23 ARLD023 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 11, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD023 ARLD023 Size Rule and BS7H The DXCC Desk announced today that the recently adopted DXCC minimum-size rule went into effect on April 20, 1995 when it was publicly announced by the ARRL Awards Committee. The rule will apply only to country petitions received by the DXAC on or after that date. The petition for Scarborough Reef was in the hands of the DXAC before April 20. For that reason, the rule will not be applied by the DXAC in its deliberations and voting on the Scarborough petition. NNNN /EX