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Re: [CQ-Contest] Changes to Canadian Sections may have consequences for

To: Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Changes to Canadian Sections may have consequences for Four ARRL contests
From: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 09:57:11 -0600
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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
    >
    > 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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