[South Florida DX Association] Fwd: [Worldradio-l] WRO News - New DX Entities in Caribbean

[Bill Marx]

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> From the WorldRadio Online Newsroom...
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> 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 breaku 
> p 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 No 
> vember issue of CQ magazine, which is already at the printer.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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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