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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