TO7ZG -Saint Barthelemy Island

DL7AFS, Babs and DJ7ZG

will be active from Saint Barthelemy Island (IOTA NA-146) as TO7ZG

We will be QRV from Oct 6^th till Oct 20^th on IOTA NA-146

10-80m - mainly in RTTY, PSK and SSB

QSL via DL7AFS direct, buro

http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/

5R8RJ - Madagaskar

5R8RJ

NOSY BE IOTA AF-057,

Madagascar

Oct 04 - Oct 29 2010

160-10m cw/ssb

QSL via :

DJ7RJ

YB65C

YB65C

In order to enliven the days of Post & Telecommunications Consecrated 65th, ORARI will air using a special call YB65C

Date: 25 & 26 September 2010

Time: 09:00 UTC (Sat) s.d. 16:00 UTC (Sun)

Band HF: 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
Mode : CW and SSB

Band VHF; 2 m (145.500.0 MHz / VHF FM).


QSL Manager :

YB1GJS, GJellani Joostman Sutama
P.O. Box 1096
Jakarta 10010
INDONESIA

Arrl Awards Committee Statement On Dissolution Of The Netherlands Antillies

By Bill Moore NC1L, Awards Branch Manager, ARRL

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 0400Z (12:00 AM local time in the islands) on 10 October 2010, the two Netherland Antilles DXCC entities will be deleted.

Commencing at 0400Z (12:00 AM local time) on 10 October, 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 1 January, 2011.

From : DXWorld.net

http://dx-world.net/2010/arrl-awards-committee-statement-on-dissolution-of-the-netherlands-antillies/

The Netherland Antilles reform their status

As of 10 October 2010, the Dutch Antilles will cease to exist as a country.

Curacao and St Maarten will become separate countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius will become special Dutch municipalities. Aruba already had a separate status.

The ceremony was attended by Prince Willem-Alexander and Deputy Kingdom Relations Minister Ank Bijleveld and caretaker Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. The prime minister called the declaration "a new chapter". The intensive process which has taken five years is supposed to give the larger islands more autonomy.

See the original article online at: http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/dutch-antilles-sign-declaration-reforming-their-status

What does this means for us DXers?
-Since it's official now the DXCC Desk may release an announcement concerning the future DXCC status of the islands after Oct 10.
To be added as a new "political entity" one of these criterias has meet one of these criteria:
a) The entity is a UN member state.
b) The entity has been assigned a callsign prefix block by the ITU.
c) The entity must be listed on either the US Department of State's list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" or the United Nations list of "Non-Self-Governing Territories."

However, it is clear that several DXpeditions will be on the air from all islands until Oct 10.

All operations will be announced later here.

From : DxInfo
http://dxinfo.ea3bhk.com/Dxnews/The-Netherland-Antilles-reform-their-status.html

The 51st. ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST - 2010

The 51st. ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST - 2010

Date : September 4 - 5, 2010
Time : From 00:00 UTC to 24:00 UTC <48>
Mode : Phone


Full Detail Info :
http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2010AA_Rule.htm

oceania dx 2009