RAC does things for their reasons, not for ARRL contest desk reasons.
73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com@contesting.com> on
behalf of Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Sent: Friday, July 4, 2025 9:31:25 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Changes to Canadian Sections may have consequences
for Four ARRL contests
How many Amateurs are in each section?
Joe WB9SBD
On 7/3/2025 3:18 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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