The Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks or simplly The Rocks as its are common referred to are formed by nine islets. From North to South:
- Pillar;
- Beagle;
- Cabral or Northwest;
- Saint Peter or Northeast;
- Saint Paul or Challenger;
- Cambridge;
- Belmonte;
- Coutinho or Southwest;
- Sul or South.
The Rocks are located at 00º 55' 00" North, 29º 20' 45" West aproximately 519 nautical miles from the Brazil most Northeast point. The total area is about 13,000 square meters and the highest point is at 18 meters above sea level. There are quite few soil available, no sand, no beach, no potable water and no shadow at all. The Rocks are frequently shaked by quakes and threaten by huge swells. The fauna is constituted by a few seabirds species, the sea fauna is very rich though.
The Scientific Site
After the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, more specifically on its Part V - Exclusive Economic Zone, the Brazilian government decided to explore and maintain a scientific station on the Rocks which happened in 1995. The small building shown below housed a few operations from The Rocks mainly by PS7JN who was assigned to geological surveys on the area. You may notice the cribwall which is intended to dissipate the waves energy and protect the building.
The
November 1965 QST
announced The Rocks addition to the DXCC list in accordance with the point 2(a) of DXCC criteria, confirmations for contatcts with The Rocks from January 1st 1966 and on shall be accepted for credits.
Before this decision, at August 29 1965, there was a short operation by
DJ2KS, DL6XP and DJ2DR working only 40 hams. Once this operation was not validated they were not so lucky after all.
The glorified Don Miller
W9WNV among K1JMP at August 1966 did operate from somewhere but The Rocks signing PY0XA. This was a bogus operation finally unveiled by Don Miller himself at Dayton 2003 declaring that he was never there.
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Acknowledgements
On behalf of the DX community I express our deep thankfulness to the following stations: PP5JD, PS7JN, PS7KM, PT7AA, PY1BVY, PY2PA, PY2SP and PY7XC for trusting me their logs. A big thanks also goes to PT7WA, PY1KN, N7NU, RN3RQ, SM0MPV and WA3FRP for their support and help.
I want to public express my deep thanks and respects to Mrs. Katherine Allison, KA1RWY, from the ARRL staff for her great support handling all the Peter and Paul Rocks certificates.
