[South Florida DX Association] ARRL Awards Committee Makes Statement on Dissolution of Netherlands Antilles

[Bill]

    ARRL Awards Committee Makes Statement on Dissolution of Netherlands
    Antilles

*TAGS:* awards committee, DXCC, dxcc desk, dxcc list, local time, 
netherland antilles
09/23/2010

To clarify the administrative process by which the anticipated changes 
to the two existing Netherlands Antilles DXCC entities will be made, the 
ARRL Awards Committee has determined that at 0400 UTC (12:00 AM local 
time in the islands) on October 10, 2010, the two Netherland Antilles 
DXCC entities will be deleted. Commencing at 0400 UTC (12:00 AM local 
time) on October 10, 2010, operation from the islands of Curacao, 
Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Saba and St Eustatius will count for a 
yet-to-be-determined number of new entities under the DXCC List Criteria 
and Political Entities, Rule 1 and/or Rule 2 Geographic Separation 
Entities. When the Awards Committee determines what Rule 1 or Rule 2 
actions apply, it will announce the final disposition of the entities on 
the DXCC list. The DXCC desk will not accept confirmations for these new 
entities until after January 1, 2011.

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