(Discussion moved to DX Chat as per NJDXA reflector rules) With all due respect Joe, since the DXCC Desk has not announced their reasoning, it is premature at best to start railing at them for "thumbing their noses at the DXCC rules."
Distance is not the only criteria involved. And for that matter, you yourself admitted on the CQ Contest reflector that the Great Circle distance between the closest points on Bonaire and Saba was 801 km & change. That IS the criteria that has been used for distance in the recent past, and it IS (barely) more than enough. You and only you, to my knowledge, is claiming a lesser calculation (799.6 km & change) according to the WGS84 "spherical" calculation, which has never before been used. You and only you are demanding that the DXCC use this allegedly more precise calculation. Come to think of it, you have been setting yourself up to gripe about this for weeks if not months. I do believe you made more than a few announcements on CQ Contest that if the DXCC Desk did not do as you demanded, you were going to raise holy heck. Well, they didn't, and sure enough, here you are. And I don't want another Baldwin's Reef, or another Romeo or Dr. Don Miller type operation, anymore than anyone else. Comparing this decision, a decision that we all knew for years was eventually coming, to those is hyperbole that goes way over the top. Your outrage and point that you vehemently disagree with the decision, even though you haven't heard the reasoning behind it yet, is duly noted. Now why don't we wait and see what the reasoning is before you tar and feather everyone who disagrees with you? 73 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [DX-NEWS] Unbelievable! The DXCC Desk have chosen to thumb their noses at the DXCC rules and announced four (4) "new ones" effective 10/10/10. See: <http://www.arrl.org/news/dissolution-of-netherlands-antilles-creates-four-n ew-dxcc-entities> Since the rules no longer seem to apply, what will be the next "Baldwin's Reef"? Will we see more out of country operations like those of Romeo and Don Miller? 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 10/12/2010 3:07 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 -----------------------------------------------------------
