[South Florida DX Association] New DX Entities in Caribbean with respect to CQ-DX credit

[Kai Siwiak]

Norm,
You will especially be interested in the CQ-DX Marthon 'double dip' 
opportunity!
73
Kai, KE4PT

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 From the WorldRadio Online Newsroom...

*Former Netherlands Antilles and CQ Awards and Contests
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(Hicksville, NY ? October 13, 2010) ? With several groups operating this 
week from the "new" DX entities created by the breakup of the 
Netherlands Antilles, questions have arisen regarding their status for 
CQ DX awards and contests. _This announcement updates and supplements 
the preliminary announcement that will appear in the November issue of 
CQ magazine, which is already at the printer_.
 
*CQ DX Awards
*Each of the five islands involved in the change of status retains its 
previous PJ callsign prefix (Curacao - PJ2; Bonaire - PJ4; St. Eustatius 
- PJ5; Saba - PJ6; and St. Maarten - PJ7). According to CQ DX Awards 
Manager Billy Williams, N4UF, the previous entities of the Leeward 
Islands (PJ2/PJ4) and Windward Islands (PJ5/PJ6/PJ7) Islands were 
deleted as of October 9, 2010. Four new entities - Curacao (PJ2), St. 
Maarten (PJ7), Bonaire (PJ4) and Saba/St. Eustatius (PJ5/6) - became 
active on October 10, for a net gain of two DX entities. Confirmations 
for contacts made with the new entities will be accepted for CQ award 
credit _effective immediately_.
 
*New Multipliers in the CQWW
*The country multiplier list for the CQ World Wide DX Contest (SSB 
weekend on October 30-31; CW on November 27-28) is based on a 
combination of the ARRL's DXCC list and the DARC's WAE (Worked All 
Europe) list. Since the ARRL has also made the same changes, deleting 
the old Windward and Leeward Islands entities and adding PJ2 (Curacao), 
PJ4 (Bonaire), PJ5/6 (St. Eustatius & Saba) and PJ7 (St. Maarten) as 
four new entities effective October 10, these "new ones" will each count 
as separate country multipliers in the CQWW.

There is no need to worry if your own contest logging software is not 
updated, according to CQWW Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST. "In the end, 
the log checking software calculates final tallies anyway," he notes, 
adding that the software "is very up-to-date and reflects any status 
changes."
 
*DX Marathon Double-Dip
*Competitors in the 2010 CQ DX Marathon will have a unique "double-dip" 
opportunity in working the islands of the Netherlands Antilles for 
Marathon points. Those who worked any of the islands /before /10/10/10, 
get credit for either the Windward or Leeward Islands, as appropriate. 
Hams who work them /again /on or after 10/10/10 will get additional 
credit for the new entities, providing a maximum of six country credits 
for working the islands in 2010.

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