OK, OK. I think there are several of us who could use a good laugh or two tonight. You just gave me one! Tnx. 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for Amateur Radio _____ From: David A. Norris [mailto:k5uz@suddenlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:45 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'arrl-odv' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:19409] PJs and DXCC Jim, Greg, Dave, I realize that, I was just being sarcastic! I was in dire need of a laugh today! 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Vice Director, Delta Div. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver K8JE [mailto:K8JE@ARRL.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:06 PM To: 'David A. Norris' Cc: 'arrl-odv' Subject: FW: [arrl-odv:19409] PJs and DXCC Dave, I've not attempted to recheck Joe's math'; however, his question was addressed in Dave Sumner's message, below. Note par. 3. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for Amateur Radio _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 12:38 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19409] PJs and DXCC Shortly there will be an announcement that the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles has resulted, in addition to the deletion of the two Netherlands Antilles entities announced earlier, in four new DXCC entities effective 0400 UTC 10 October 2010: (1) Curacao, (2) St. Maarten, (3) Saba & St. Eustatius, and (4) Bonaire. The announcement will not include the following additional background, which may be useful to you if you're asked. Curacao and St. Maarten are added by virtue of their appearance on the U.S. Department of State list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" <http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm> http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm as Political Entities under Section II, Rule 1.c) of the DXCC Rules. The two other new entities, Saba & St. Eustatius and Bonaire, are added as Geographic Separation Entities under Section II, Rule 2.b)ii) of the DXCC Rules. While some have questioned whether the distance between Bonaire and the northern islands is 800 km, multiple tests of the distance using a WGS84-equipped calculator and other calculators and charts show the required minimum separation of 800km. Prior to the appearance of the revised State Department list there was some uncertainty as to whether Bonaire, Saba, and St. Eustatius also would be added to the list, each with its own local administrative center. Had that occurred there would have been five new entities rather than four. Confirmations for these new entities will be accepted for DXCC credit beginning 1 January 2011. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3193 - Release Date: 10/13/10 02:34:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3195 - Release Date: 10/13/10 14:34:00