Ken;
Even though the US handed over control of the Canal Zone in October 1979, the
section still existed for Sweepstakes that year. The 1979 Sweepstakes was in
fact the least year for the CZ section. I was operating from South Florida that
year and missed a sweep by just one section - yup, CZ.
The 1979 Sweepstakes announcement was printed in the October, 1979 issue of
QST. The article states that the sections listed on page 8 of that issue were
part of the contest. As I recall, there were a few KZ5s on that year, although
none showed up in my log.
73!
Jack Brindle, W6FB
On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> A while back, I began researching some of the changes made over the
> years in the ARRL and Canadian sections used in the Sweepstakes (mostly
> using the online QST archive at http://www.arrl.org/qst/). I learned
> quite a lot, but I still have some gaps in my timeline about when certain
> changes were made.
>
> The first "All-Section Sweepstakes" was held in 1930 and there were 68
> sections. In addition to the sections we know today, there were some
> interesting differences. Minnesota was orginally two sections - Northern
> Minnesota and Southern Minnesota. Utah and Wyoming were originally one
> section. The Philippines were a section (part of the Pacific Division).
> But the most interesting section was probably Georgia-South Carolina-Isle
> of Pines. The Isle of Pines is an island off the coast of Cuba (today
> known as Isla de la Juventud or Isle of Youth). After the Spanish-American
> War was concluded in 1898, the sovereignty of the island remained in
> dispute, claimed by both the United States and independent Cuba. The
> U.S. Senate ratified a treaty recognizing Cuban sovereignty over the
> island in 1925. I have no idea why the Isle of Pines was still being
> used in the section name as of 1930.
>
> Here are my notes for the last 40 years:
>
> 1 Jan 1973 Eastern Florida (EFL) deleted 76
> Western Florida (WFL) deleted
> Northern Florida (NFL) created
> Southern Florida (SFL) created
>
> 1 Oct 1979 Canal Zone (KZ5) deleted 76
>
> 1 Jan 1987 West Texas (WTX) created from counties previously 75
> assigned to North Texas (NTX) and South Texas (STX)
>
> Aug(?) 1988 West Indies (WI) deleted 76
> Puerto Rico (PR) section created
> Virgin Islands (VI) section created
> Guantanamo Bay assigned to Virgin Islands section
>
> 6 Feb 1989 Washington (WA) deleted 77
> Eastern Washington (EWA) created
> Western Washington (WWA) created
>
> 1 Jan 1996 Northern New York (NNY) created from counties 78
> previously assigned to Western New York (WNY)
>
> 1 Apr 1996 Two counties (Herkimer and Otsego) assigned to 78
> the newly-created Northern New York (NNY) section
> are returned to the Western New York (WNY)
> section
>
> 1 Jan 1998 Newfoundland-Labrador section (NL) created, 79
> removing that province from the Maritimes (MAR)
> section
>
> 15 Jan 2000 West Central Florida (WCF) created from counties 80
> previously assigned to Northern Florida (NFL)
> and Southern Florida (SFL)
>
> 12 Sep 2012 Ontario (ON) deleted 83
> Greater Toronto Area (GTA) created
> Ontario East (ONE) created
> Ontario North (ONN) created
> Ontario West (ONW) created
>
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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> http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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