Logging QSOs with Marathon Countries
The DX Marathon Award is based on working countries and zones originally defined by CQ Magazine. These countries include all DXCC entities plus 7 additional countries, each of which is wholly contained within a DXCC entity:
Marathon Country |
Containing DXCC entity |
Marathon Prefix |
African Italy |
Italy |
IG9/IH9 |
Bear Island |
Svalbard |
JW/B |
European Turkey |
Turkey |
TA1 |
ITU Vienna |
Austria |
4U1V |
Kosovo prior to 2018-01-21 |
Serbia |
YU8 |
Kosovo after 2018-1-21 |
Kosovo |
|
Shetland Island |
Scotland |
GM/S |
Sicily |
Italy |
IT9 |
To enable logged QSOs to specify a Marathon country, check the CQ, WAE, Holyland region select box in the Other awards panel on the Configuration window's Awards tab.
When you log a QSO with one of the above Marathon countries with the CQ, WAE, Holyland region select box checked, a Region textbox will appear in the Capture window, and in the Awards panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab. In the Region textbox, specify the appropriate Marathon Prefix from the table above. If you are also pursuing the Worked All Britain (WAB) award, then in the Region textbox of a QSO with Shetland Island, record your QSO partner's WAB square rather than GM/S.
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