Not nearly rare enough!
W0MU
On 7/4/2025 9:16 AM, Barry W2UP wrote:
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
>
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>
>
> -------- 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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