Mike,
The non-metro CO section already exists. It's called KS :-)
Barry W2UP
On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> This change was not made for contests. Of course it was. Now how do I
> create Non Metro Colorado section.
>
> W0MU
>
> On 7/3/2025 2:18 PM, John Geiger via CQ-Contest wrote:
> > Clean sweep just became much tougher!
> >
> > 73 John AF5CC
> >
> > Sent from Proton Mail Android
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > On 7/3/25 3:14 PM, Dave G. ve3kg@myrac.ca <goodwindave.73@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all:
> >>
> >> Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has just announced the creation of a
> new
> >> section in our field organisation. The new section is Yukon (YUK).
> This
> >> is a division of the old Territories (TER) section. Radio Amateurs
> in the
> >> Yukon Territory are now located in the YUK section, while Radio
> Amateurs in
> >> the Northwest Territories and Nunavut continue to be located in the
> >> Territories (TER) section.
> >>
> >> This change took effect on 1 July 2025. The change was made at the
> request
> >> of Radio Amateurs in Yukon who volunteered to organise a distinct
> section
> >> for that territory. It was announced in RAC's journal, The Canadian
> >> Amateur (TCA), for July/August 2025.
> >>
> >> The change was not made for the purposes of contests, but there are
> >> consequences for four ARRL operating events:
> >> - ARRL Field Day
> >> - ARRL Sweepstakes CW
> >> - ARRL Sweepstakes SSB
> >> - ARRL 160 metre Contest
> >>
> >> ARRL have been informed. ARRL may choose to modify the rules and
> publicity
> >> for those four events.
> >>
> >> This change will have no impact on any other ARRL contest, any RAC
> contest,
> >> or any other major contest. There are several US QSO parties that use
> >> Canadian sections for multipliers. The organisers of those QSO
> parties may
> >> also choose to modify their rules and publicity.
> >>
> >> Authors of contest logging software should watch for an announcement
> from
> >> ARRL about whether there will be changes to those four ARRL events.
> >>
> >> This increases the number of sections in RAC's field organisation from
> >> fourteen (14) to fifteen (15):
> >>
> >> Alberta (AB)
> >> British Columbia (BC)
> >> Golden Horseshoe (GH)
> >> Manitoba (MB)
> >> New Brunswick (NB)
> >> Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
> >> Nova Scotia (NS)
> >> Ontario East (ONE)
> >> Ontario North (ONN)
> >> Ontario South (ONS)
> >> Prince Edward Island (PE)
> >> Québec (QC)
> >> Saskatchewan (SK)
> >> Territories (TER)
> >> *Yukon (YUK)* - NOTE: this addition is the only change.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Dave Goodwin VE3KG
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