 "This was a small operation from Curaçao on the occasion of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and the expected addition of "Country Curaçao" to the ARRL DXCC List as a new Entity." |
PJ2T Signal Point, Curaçao "Country Curaçao 10/10/10 Celebration" October 8 - 18, 2010 |
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RADIO VISITORS Our Club, the Caribbean Contesting Consortium, owns and operates the PJ2T Signal Point station, and our members operate it for most major contests during the year. This operation was low-key compared to the operations on the other islands of the former Netherlands Antilles, with just 2 operators. We were not on the bands 24/7 during our stay. There will be many more opportunities for The Deserving to work Curacao for DXCC credit before ARRL will begin accepting submissions for the new DXCC Entity! RESULTS: A total of 14,278 PJ2T QSOs were made during our two-man 7-day operation, 11105 on CW and 3173 on SSB. You can see a detailed breakdown of our log (by band, continent, etc. (PDF)) courtesty of "Club Log". We did not accept any donations or sponsorships for this operation. All expenses were defrayed by the operators involved, as it should be when operating from a major tourist destination! - Jeff Maass K8ND - Bill Smith W9VA |
Dissolution of Netherlands Antilles Creates Four New DXCC Entities The dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles has caused changes to the DXCC List. As per the DXCC rules, the two Netherlands Antilles DXCC entities will be deleted and moved to the Deleted Entities List. Four new entities will be added to the DXCC List: (1) Curacao; (2) Sint Maarten; (3) Saba and St Eustatius, and (4) Bonaire. The event date and time for these changes was 0400 UTC, October 10, 2010. Confirmations for these new entities will be accepted for credit starting January 1, 2011. Other administrative changes and actions will be announced as they are finalized.
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QSL via N9AG or Logbook of the
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Are You In The PJ2T Log? |
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PJ2T Operating Frequencies
October 10 - 18, 2010
To prevent chaos on the bands, we plan to abide by the band usage plan
developed in association with most other 10-10-10 island operations.
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Bandplan for all PJ 10-10-10 Operations (PDF) |
 Jeff Maass K8ND I was licensed in 1970 as WN8JXS, and started contesting in 1973 at W8LT, the club station of The Ohio State University Amateur Radio Club. It was there that I first discovered the unique challenges of 160-Meters, participating in many Top Ten finishes in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest in multi-single operations. As a part of the Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), I organized and participated in successful ARRL DX Contest DXpeditions to French St. Martin (FS7/FG7AR 1979) and Anguilla (VP2E 1980, '81, and '82). I have held the DX calls FG0AMR, VP2E, VP2EV, and VP2EEV. My interest remains strong in 160 Meters, and has resulted in World and South American records in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (from the DX side) and South American records in the CQWW 160 Meter DX Contest (single-op as well as Multi-op, with W8WTS), all from the PJ2T station. I am a regular participant in the CQWW CW Contest operations at PJ2T. I am a member of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium and serve as "Station Manager" for the PJ2T station. This 10-10-10 operation is my fifteenth (15th) operation from the Signal Point station on Curacao since 2002. 73, Jeff K8ND |
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OPERATION WEB PAGES FOR THE OTHER ISLANDS PJ7E Sint Maarten 10-10-10 PJ6A Saba 10-10-10 PJ4 Bonaire 10-10-10 (PJ4B, PJ4D, PJ4N, and others) K8ND 1011023a |
