Why stop there? Let's make NT, NU, NF, and LB all separate mults.
73 John AF5CC
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On 7/4/25 6:39 PM, Kelly Taylor via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
wrote:
> Actually, the amateurs who go through the process of creating new sections —
> appointing section managers, ARES co-ordinators, deputy SMs, and so on, don’t
> really care enough about contests to go through all that work simply to
> create a new multiplier.
>
> If it was simply a matter of saying “We’re a new section!” perhaps.
>
> Although, perhaps you’re just being facetious. Which I appreciate!
>
> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>
> > On Jul 4, 2025, at 9:06 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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