By signing IN TWO PLACES below, I agree to the following principles and guidelines. This agreement is based on personal trust – ham to ham, in the best fraternal traditions of our hobby.

Please comply. PJ2T is a complex station. We have had some very bad experiences with irresponsible visitors to our club QTH. Our initial expectation that we could trust contesters to be diligent and responsible has not been borne out by experience. Most people are superbly careful, but a handful of visitors have caused difficulties. You are liable to being restricted from visiting in the future, and to being charged very large damage assessments if you don't take good care of the place. 

1. "Signal Point" is shared within the community of contesters for everyone’s fun and enjoyment. Accordingly, I will do my best to take care of the station, equipment, and house as if it were my own, leaving it in even better condition than I found it.

2. Some past visitors have badly abused the station by re-cabling antennas, moving antennas, cutting tiewraps, removing cable labels, rearranging transceivers and amplifiers, cutting off connectors, and otherwise mutilating a perfectly well organized and functional station. I agree that I will only make the most minor and necessary changes, and will not make any changes without prior coordination with W0CG. The penalty for failing to do this is that you will be that you will be asked to pay for W0CG's travel costs to restore the station. (At one point, a week of full time work was required to correct the abuses to the station by prior visitors.) I will not recable any coax, anywhere in the station. 

3. If equipment or any of the other facilities are damaged by my own error or negligence (blowing a tube in a linear by grossly overdriving it, transmitting into a receiver's front end, or plugging a 110 volt radio into a 220 volt line, for example), I will help bear the cost of restoring it to the way I found it. (This does not include normal wear and tear – equipment fails on its own sometimes, and the owners of the station understand that.)

4. I acknowledge that there is a history of petty theft in the neighborhood and will lock the security bars and arm the security system when I leave, even briefly. I accept liability for any losses of CCC assets suffered because I left the property unsecured. In addition, I understand that CCC will not be liable for losses of my property.

5. I understand that if I choose to leave any radio, computer, or other assets at Signal Point for the future use of others and for myself, that CCC nor the owners, while they will be as diligent as possible, can not guarantee the safety of that equipment.

6. I will leave the equipment in the same locations and in the same manner as I found it, so that the gear will be here for the next person to enjoy as much as I did.

7. I understand that electricity costs about 10 times that in the U.S., and that water is extremely expensive, and thus will be as careful as possible to conserve in order to keep rental costs low for future contesters.

8. Except for the shack air conditioner, which has its own usage meter, I will limit my use of the air conditioners to night only, will close windows and doors before turning on air conditioning, and will not set them lower than 26C.  The air conditioners are for night use only, please. Don't forget to turn off your unit in the morning. Running them during the daylight sun is VERY expensive, hundreds of dollars per week. This is an honor system feature -- please don't make the CCC club have to start charging extra for the bedroom air conditioning or convert to a metered use system.  

9. I will respect the neighbors by being quiet and by not placing antennas or radials on or over their property.

10. I’ll confine my smoking to outdoors which, in Curacao, is ALWAYS warm and welcoming.

11. There is a 5KW gas generator in case of power outages. If it is necessary to use the generator, I will comply exactly with the safety guidelines on the "Generator Procedure" sheet attached to the generator. Do not store the gas cans in the laundry room -- they belong in the "tower pile" at the front of the lot by the road.

12. I understand and agree that my use of Signal Point, the equipment, and the antennas, is entirely at my own risk.

13. I understand that Customs in Curacao is highly unpredictable and capricious, and that I may be required to pay duty to bring radio equipment, computers, and antennas into the country. (In some cases Customs has even impounded transceivers at the airport.) I will not hold CCC liable for any duties paid or other difficulties with Customs, and that any equipment I am bringing into the country is at my own risk.

14. I will comply fully with all of the special provisions for computer usage, as detailed below.

Signed                                                          Callsign                      Date

Liability Release and Assumption of Risk for Users of Signal Point
 (#1 Groot Santa Marta) and Users of the Amateur Radio Equipment

I, ____________________________________, hereby affirm that I understand the hazards of living on the Signal Point cliff, of using amateur radio equipment containing lethal voltages, and of working on antennas and towers. I understand that these hazards include, but are not limited to, slipping or falling over the edge of the cliff or the "Crow's Nest" ocean viewing concrete pad, slipping or falling from the roof of the "East Sunroom," slipping or falling from an antenna tower, electrical shock from amateur radio equipment or from RF transmission lines or contact with transmitting antennas, slips and falls on exterior ceramic tile and steps, injuries and cuts from cactus and other sharp and abusive local vegetation, and maladies resulting from possible insect and animal bites and stings. By signing this release, I certify that I am fully aware of and expressly assume these and all other risks involved in participating in such activities.

I understand and agree that neither the members or officers of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium, nor the owners of the Signal Point real estate, nor CG/Curacao Group, nor the officers, employees, agents, or assigns of the above listed individuals and/or entities (hereinafter "Released Parties") may be held liable or responsible in any way for any occurrence during this visit to Signal Point which may result in personal injury, property damage, wrongful death or other damage to me or my family, heirs, or assigns that may occur as a result of my participation in visits to and amateur radio operation at Signal Point as a result of the negligence of any party including the Released Parties, whether passive or active. 

I further state that I am of lawful age and legally competent to sign this liability release, or that I have obtained the written consent of my parent or guardian. 

I, ________________________________________, BY THIS INSTRUMENT, DO HEREBY EXEMPT AND RELEASE ALL THE ABOVE LISTED ENTITIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR WRONGFUL DEATH, HOWEVER CAUSED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES WHETHER PASSIVE OR ACTIVE.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE READ THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPHS, FULLY UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL DANGERS INCIDENTAL TO ENGAGING IN AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVITIES AT SIGNAL POINT, AM FULLY AWARE OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF SIGNING THIS INSTRUMENT, AND THAT I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS LEGALLY BINDING AND WILL PRECLUDE ME FROM RECOVERING MONETARY DAMAGES FROM THE ABOVE LISTED ENTITIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER SPECIFICALLY NAMED OR NOT, FOR PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR WRONGFUL DEATH  CAUSED BY PRODUCT LIABILITY OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES, WHETHER PASSIVE OR ACTIVE.

Signature ___________________________________________  Date __________

Signature of Parent or Guardian _________________________________________

Provisions for Computer System Use at Signal Point

CCC does not intend to insult anyone's intelligence or question your competence, but we have had very bad experiences with people trashing an otherwise highly reliable and stable computer network.