(Araucaria) New DXCC Curacao

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  Pelo mmmonvhf.de :

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** Netherlands Antilles, PJ2. **

"New DXCC operations on Curacao starting 10-10-10. As many of you
know by now, the Netherlands Antilles will likely be dissolved as
a country on October 10, 2010. Several new DXCC entities will
result from this change including the addition of the island of
Curacao (PJ2) as a new DXCC entity separate from Bonaire (PJ4).
Since this will meet the criteria for a new DXCC entity, we expect
all operations to be accepted as of 10/10/10. While ARRL approval
is not 100% guaranteed, and may not be officially announced until
all DXCC requirements are documented, plans are in place to mount
several operations from the Signal Point super-station, PJ2T on
Curacao beginning on day one. The first operation runs from Oct 10
until Oct 18 with a group led by K8ND. They will be followed
closely by a team of nine operators from the U.S. and Germany who
will be there through November 2nd including a M/M entry in the
CQWW SSB contest. We will be using both PJ2/homecall and PJ2T
during the 3-week run. We will be on all bands before the contest,
including 6 meters, running CW, SSB and RTTY. Considering the
number of simultaneous new entity operations, frequencies will be
selected to avoid interference. The GAREC conference is being held
on Curacao October 11-12th, and we will be opening the PJ2T
station to any of the participating amateurs from around the world
who wish to operate in their free time before or after the
conference. The station will also be open to any local Curacao
amateurs who wish to operate from Signal Point during the post
10-10-10 week. These will not be sponsored expeditions nor are
donations being solicited. The operators involved are covering all
costs. QSL as instructed on QRZ.com"
SOURCE: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #974
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Flávio PY2ZX