CQ Announces Annual DX Marathon

CQ magazine has announced the revival of its long-dormant CQ DX
Marathon, which last ran in 1948.
The new CQ DX Marathon will essentially be a year-long DX contest,
with stations competing to contact as many different countries
("entities") and CQ Zones of the World as possible over a full year,
then starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year.
The first running of the event will be in 2006. The new CQ DX
Marathon is aimed at reinvigorating DXing. CQ outlined the program
April 16 at the International DX Convention in Visalia, California.
Scoring will consist of the total number of DXCC entities and CQ
zones contacted over the course of a year.
There will be no multipliers, and each country/ entity and zone
counts only once. Rules for the new CQ DX Marathon will be on the CQ
Web site http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ and in the May issue of CQ
magazine