1999 DX MAGAZINE 100 MOST NEEDED COUNTRIES SURVEY This survey was conducted in September and October 1999. The complete breakdown of that survey was published in the January/February 2000 issue of The DX Magazine. The WORLD-WIDE results of last years survey are shown below. The DX Magazine 1999 100 MOST NEEDED COUNTRIES - WORLD WIDE 1998 1980 # PFX COUNTRY RANK RANK ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 P5 NORTH KOREA 1 N/A 2 VU4 ANDAMAN 6 10 3 A5 BHUTAN 4 52 4 BS7 SCARBOROUGH 3 N/A 5 7O YEMEN 6 N/A 6 3Y/B BOUVET 13 12 7 VU7 LAKSHADWEEP 8 55 8 VK0/M MACQUARIE 11 52 9 VP8/SS S.SANDWICH 24 48 10 3C EQUATORIAL GUINEA 18 N/A 11 YA AFGHANISTAN 22 19 12 FR/J JUAN DE NOVA 16 14 13 FR/G GLORIOSO 9 15 14 FR/T TROMELIN 7 38 15 3Y/P PETER I 70 N/A 16 FO/C CLIPPERTON 53 64 17 VP8/G S. GEORGIA 50 53 18 KH5K KINGMAN REEF 37 43 19 SV/A MT ATHOS 10 45 20 CEØX SAN FELIX 20 N/A 21 3D2/C CONWAY REEF 60 N/A 22 KP5 DESECHEO -- N/A 23 BV9P PRATAS 2 N/A 24 9U BURUNDI 71 16 25 EP IRAN 23 N/A 26 KP1 NAVASSA 75 N/A 27 VK9M MELLISH 64 50 28 YV0 AVES ISLAND 52 70 29 ZD9 TRISTAN DA CUNHA 45 35 30 HK0 MALPELO 19 18 31 VP8/O S. ORKNEY -- -- 32 A2 BOTSWANA -- -- 33 T5C SOMALIA 47 21 34 YK SYRIA 26 -- 35 PY0S ST PETER & PAUL 44 36 36 FT8W CROZET 31 9 37 ZS8 MARION ISLAND 21 74 38 T32 EASTERN KIRIBATI -- -- 39 KH5 PALMYRA 82 -- 40 PY0T TRINIDADE 66 62 41 FT8X KERGUELEN 32 80 42 E4 PALESTINE -- -- 43 KH1 BAKER & HOWLAND 61 -- 44 FO/A AUSTRAL 78 -- 45 XW LAOS 25 26 46 3B6/7 AGALEA/ST BRANDON 30 -- 47 S2 BANGLADESH 49 49 48 1A0 SOV. MIL.ORDER-MALTA 57 -- 49 FO/M MARQUESAS 40 -- 50 J2 DJIBOUTI 86 -- 51 JD1/M MINAMI TORISHIMA 29 93 52 TI9 COCOS ISLAND 73 -- 53 3C0 ANNOBON 42 39 54 YI IRAQ 27 41 55 ST SUDAN 51 -- 56 TN CONGO 62 28 57 5A LIBYA 35 22 58 S0 W.SAHARA 41 -- 59 D6 COMOROS 72 -- 60 H40 TEMOTUF 76 -- 61 VK9X CHRISTMAS 43 -- 62 VK9C COCOS KEELING 33 -- 63 TT CHAD 84 33 64 ZK3 TOKELAU 95 29 65 5U NIGER 87 -- 66 1S SPRATLY 58 53 67 CE0Z JUAN FERNANDEZ 97 -- 68 TY BENIN 89 -- 69 3X GUINEA -- -- 70 JX JAN MAYEN 48 77 71 E3 ERITREA 12 -- 72 KH7K KURE -- -- 73 VK0/H HEARDISLAND 81 62 74 VP6 PITCAIRN -- -- 75 8Q MALDIVES 55 -- 76 FT9Z AMSTERDAM 15 -- 77 ZL8 KERMADEC 91 -- 78 9N NEPAL 28 -- 79 KH9 WAKE -- -- 80 ZC4 U.K. BASES ON CYPRUS 68 -- 81 A7 QATAR 88 -- 82 KH3 JOHNSTON -- -- 83 CY0 SABLE ISLAND -- -- 84 9L SIERRE LEONE -- -- 85 ET ETHIOPIA 59 -- 86 3B9 RODRIGUEZ 34 82 87 XF4 REVILLA GIGEDO -- -- 88 XT BURKINO FASO 74 88 89 EY TAJIKISTAN 93 -- 90 EZ TURKMENISTAN 85 -- 91 T30 W. KIRIBATI -- -- 92 ZK1/N NORTH COOK -- -- 93 3D2/R ROTUMA -- -- 94 AP PAKISTAN 54 -- 95 XZ MYANMAR 17 3 96 JD1/O OGASAWARA 96 -- 97 VK9W WILLIS ISLAND -- -- 98 XU CAMBODIA 46 81 99 3A MONACO 79 -- 100 HV VATICAN -- --