Just out of curiousity, is this data available anywhere on the Web? The only info I found was a post to the DX World Website that stated the WGS84 distance was 799.4 km, whereas the spherical model (where 1'= 1NM) the distance is 800.6 km. Could that hair be split any finer? From what I recall reading a while back the League uses admiralty charts to make the official determination.
----------------------------------- Regards, Peter, W2IRT -----Original Message----- From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:07 PM To: DX-NEWS@njdxa.org Cc: ber...@dailydx.com Subject: Re: [DX-NEWS] Well, it's official, the Department of State has only listed St. Maarten and Curacao as "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty." Since the separation between Bonaire and Saba is less than the required 800 km when calculated using the more accurate WGS84 standard, the BES Islands *should* qualify as a *one* entity. The "bed has been made" ... if ARRL follow the rules, there will be *three* "new ones." We'll see how important the rules are. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 10/12/2010 12:50 PM, Bernie McClenny, W3UR wrote: > Curacao and Sint Maarten are both listed on the chart - with their proper > capital cities! > > Bernie > > Bernie McClenny, W3UR > Get a free two week trial to THE DAILY DX http://www.dailydx.com/trial.htm > http://twitter.com/dailydx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:05 > To: DX-NEWS@njdxa.org > Subject: [DX-NEWS] > > I just wandered over to the US Department of State's list of Dependencies > and Areas of Special Sovereignty and it looks like they've done an update, > back-dated to 10/10/2010. > > The only relevant entry in terms the Netherlands Antilles situation is for > Sint Maarten and to "see note 11," which reads as follows: > > Note 11: The Netherlands Antilles dissolved on October 10, 2010. Curaçao and > Sint Maarten (the Dutch two-fifths of the island of Saint Martin) became > autonomous territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bonaire, Saba, and > Sint Eustatius now fall under the direct administration of the Netherlands. > > ----------------------------------- > > Regards, > > Peter, > W2IRT > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > imail...@njdxa.org > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-news > > or > > subscribe dx-news > > This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > imail...@njdxa.org > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-news > > or > > subscribe dx-news > > This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
