Today the ARRL announced the impending availability of a new award--the DDXCC or "Digital DX Computer Contacts." "This award will be available to anyone who works 100 DX countries, er, excuse me "entities" without ANY operator involvement whatsoever," said a League spokesman on the condition of anonymity. From behind dark sunglasses he continued, "With the DX spotting technology and computerization of rig control we realized the demand for this type of award would be high. We feel awards of this nature will carry our awards program into the new century. Job and family demands are higher than ever, and we feel it's discriminatory not to be able to offer our DXCC program to individuals who can't actually get on the air." So get those rig interfaces debugged, automatic rotor controls working, and DVK's programmed, voice recognition technology is here! Watch for the impending announcement of the acceptance of e-QSLs for this exciting new award. Good luck to your computer and software! Who will be first?