Clean sweep just became much tougher!
73 John AF5CC
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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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