[Dx4win] Curacao and Sint Maarten added to Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

See message from W3UR below.  This should make both the new PJ2 and
PJ7 "Point 1" countries, and thus, new DXCC entities:

    http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCC%20Rules.pdf
    See section II, Part 1, item c)

PJ5 and PJ6 became Dutch municipalities on 10/10/10 (administered by
The Netherlands), so they should become a separate entity due to
geographic separation from the administrative region:

    http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCC%20Rules.pdf
    See section II, Part 2, item b) part i)

However, PJ5 and PJ6 are too close together (25 KM) to become two
separate entities.

The only remaining question is the distance separation between
Bonaire, PJ4 and Saba, PJ6.  If the ARRL decides this meets the 800 KM
separation requirement:

    http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCC%20Rules.pdf
    See section II, Part 2, item b) part ii)

then Bonaire, PJ4 should be a new entity.

I will try to keep folks updated, and announce if a new country file
is available.

73 - Jim AD1C

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Bernie McClenny, W3UR <bernie at dailydx.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Subject: [The Daily DX] Curacao and Sint Maarten added to Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty
To: The Daily DX mailing list <dailydx at kkn.net>, Weekly DX mailing
List <weeklydx at kkn.net>


The United States Department of State has added Curacao and Sint Maarten to
the "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" list.  This now clears
the way for PJ2 and PJ7 to be added to the ARRL DXCC List.  Hopefully the
ARRL DXCC Desk will now have everything they need in order to make the
official announcement as to the new DXCC Entities from the Caribbean.  Most
likely it will be four new ones, as you editor has been predicting since
this past summer.

http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm#note11

73
Bernie, W3UR

Bernie McClenny, W3UR
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