Last updated: 2002-02-06 (no longer maintained)

Notice: © 2002, Chris R. Burger. This document may be reproduced as required for personal use, and may be freely referenced from other Web sites. However, publication elsewhere requires express prior written permission from the author.

Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ
Box 4485
Pretoria
0001 South Africa
chris@zs6ez.za.org

The DXCC Challenge was introduced in 2000, to recognise achievements in working DX on many different frequency bands. The De Soto Cup is awarded annually to the highest station on the list. The Cup can only be won once in a lifetime, and will be awarded to the highest eligible runner-up if necessary.

The first list, published in 2000, did not include all bands; only 1,8, 3,5, 7, 14, 28 and 50 MHz totals were used. The first winner of the De Soto Cup was Bob Eshleman W4DR, with a total of 1721 credits. There were 243 stations on the list, ZS6EZ being ranked 70th with a score of 1253. Scores up to 2000-09-30 were included.

The latest list is the second, and contains the two Cup winners and all southern Africans, with credits to 2001-09-30. The original table includes all stations with totals over 1000, to the tune of 824 stations. Scores reflect countries credited for DXCC on nine bands (1,8 to 50 MHz, except 10 MHz).

Future lists will include 10 MHz scores too. Leading scores are expected to climb over 3000, with the leading South Africans around the 2200 mark.

Rank  Callsign Name                Score

  1.  W4DR     John Eshleman       2718  De Soto Cup Winner for 2000
  2.  N4WW     Austin Regal        2670  De Soto Cup Winner for 2001
 76.  ZS6EZ    Chris R. Burger     1989
359.  ZS6IR    Uli von Aswegen     1336
550.  ZS4TX    Bernie van der Walt 1155
551.  ZS6WB    Harold R. Lund      1155
658.  Z22JE    Dudley Kaye-Eddie   1086
741.  ZS6KR    Hans Kappetijn      1046

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