"This will be 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."
Signal Point, Curaçao
PLANNING,
"Country Curaçao 10/10/10 Celebration"
October 8 - 18, 2010
If you found this page while looking for information on upcoming 10-10-10 Amateur Radio DXpeditions, please note that this page is not intended as a public "DXpedition Web Page" to advertise an upcoming operation! This is an "online notebook/scrapbook" for the planning use of me and the operators of our small Curacao 10-10-10 trip.
For a general (but simple) DXpedition web page, with online log checking and operating bandplan, please see:
http://www.k8nd.com/Curacao-2010.html
Curacao is not a small rock in the middle of the ocean - it is a destination for over 300,000 tourists each year. As such, we don't consider it reasonable nor justifiable to accept any donations or sponsorships to fund our time in Paradise!
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. While we expect to work many, many QSOs during our week of 10-10-10 operation (we are contesters, after all!), in the two months following our operation there will be many more opportunities for The Deserving to work Curacao for DXCC credit!
- Jeff Maass K8ND
ARRL Awards Committee Statement on
Dissolution of Netherlands Antilles
September 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.
PJ2T Curacao 10-10-10
PJ7E Sint Maarten 10-10-10
PJ6A Saba 10-10-10
PJ4 Bonaire 10-10-10
(PJ4B, PJ4D, PJ4N, and others)
PJ5 St. Eustatius (PJ5/AA4NC Press)
(PDF, Password Required)
(Password Required)
(798.5 km)
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(Description of Remaining Process)
NOTE: The failure of the Island Council to approve the new Curacao Constitution on Jun 18-19 has made all the following dates uncertain. The politicians in Willemstad and The Netherlands are confronting a chicken-and-egg dillema, not certain yet what order of tasks they will follow.
GAREC ARRL Press Release 9/9/10
Dutch Ministers Provide Recommended Revisions to Constitution
Island Parliament Vote on Draft Constitution
2/3 Vote Required (14 Votes)
The vote in the Island Council on June 18-19 was 12 in favor and 9 opposed, two votes short of the required 14 votes for approval. This means that there will be new elections for the Island Council within two months. Following those elections, the new Island Council can approve the new Constitution with a simple majority vote.
Forward Constitution to Nat'l Council of Ministers
Dutch Senate Vote on "Kingdom Act Amendment Regulations"
APPROVED!
Approval by Nat'l Council of Ministers
APPROVED!
Parliament of Netherlands Antilles Vote on
"Kingdom Act Amendment Regulations"
APPROVED!
General Election for Country Curaçao Island Council
(Note: Held because the proposed Constitution was not
ratified by the Island Council on June 18-19.)
Karel's Legal Blog (Curaçao)
Inauguration of New Island Council
(NOTE: Led by coalition of MFK/PS/MAN)
Vote by newly-elected Island Council to approve the new Constitution for Country Curaçao. Approved 15-6 (PS and MAN voting against)
Kingdom Council to meet and Second Chamber of Dutch Parliament to approve the Amended Kingdom Charter.
Coldwell Banker General (New Site)
Final Round Table Conference (RTC) to certify that all conditions have been met for dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and transition to Country Curaçao
New Winds Realty
Geoff W0CG/PJ2DX discussed Amateur licensing issues with the responsible person at Bureau Telecommunicatie on Curacao, and sent a report of his findings. Summary: they are not certain that the PJ callsign block will be available to them after 10-10-10, so are unable to issue any licenses for now. They hope to have clarification by 9/21/10.
Geoff W0CG/PJ2DX to meet with Bureacu Telecommunicatie to pick up license for our operation October 8 -18. He will also get clarification on the decisions made WRT the licensing for the former Antilles islands.
ARRL Awards Committee announces that the effective date and time of the deletion of the Netherlands Antilles DXCC entities will be October 10 at 0400Z (midnight islands time). This will also be the effective date for an as-yet undetermined number of new DXCC Entities!
US Departement of State to add Curacao and St. Maarten to their "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" list. This is a required step in allowing ARRL to add them as new "DXCC Entities".
Announcement by ARRL of new DXCC Entities and the effective dates for them.
Commencement of Country Curaçao!
K8ND 101006b