I agree with Ron on this. Unless things have changed, there is a three month
lead time on articles getting into QST. The Sweepstakes announcement was in the
current QST (October) which was printed about three or so weeks ago. That means
that any changes in the Sweepstakes rules (like sections) would have to have
been made by last July. Isn’t that about when RAC made their YT announcement?
That would have been way too late for the ARRL contest branch to make their
changes.
Realistically, we should not expect this sort of change until next year. I am
sure there is no animosity in the way ARRL is handling this, and honestly there
should be none in return. Sometimes things need some time to be run through the
system.
73,
Jack, W6FB
> On Sep 24, 2025, at 11:53 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest
> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> So let me see if I have this right...
> RAC made an administrative change tp it's sections... apparently without
> consideration of what it would do in the short-term to ARRL contesting
> multipliers for the rest of 2025 or the 2025-26 contest season (which would
> have been nice but under which they don't appear to be under any obligation
> to do)...
> ...to which the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee or other appropriate entity
> hasn't had an opportunity to deal with yet...
> ...and your response is to feel insulted at the ARRL and the Contest
> Community and skip Sweepstakes?
> Ok then.
> 73
> On Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 07:27:22 AM EDT, Scott Sheppard
> <scott.vy1co@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, that seals it. YT will not be on for sweeps. Frankly, it's insulting.
>
> I am not one to dwell on geo-political matters, but this is beyond the
> pale. The rules are quite clear.
>
> Maybe see you in 2026.
>
> Cheers
> Scott
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 6:41 p.m. Dan Violette <danki6x@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From August 28 ARRL Letter:
>>
>> " In response to the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)'s recent addition of a
>> new Yukon Section, the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee is reviewing
>> Canadian
>> Section multipliers for ARRL contests that use Sections as multipliers.
>> While this review is ongoing, the 2024 multiplier list will be used for the
>> remainder of 2025. Stations located in Yukon should continue to send "TER"
>> (Territories) for the 2025 November Sweepstakes CW/SSB and ARRL 160-Meter
>> Contests. In Sweepstakes, stations in the United States and Canada
>> (including territories and possessions) exchange information with as many
>> other US and Canadian stations as possible on the 160-, 80-, 40-, 20-, 15-
>> and 10-meter bands. The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes will be active the
>> first full weekend of the month (November 1 - 3) for CW and the third full
>> weekend (November 15 - 17) for phone."
>>
>> Dan KI6X
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+danki6x=gmail.com@contesting.com> On
>> Behalf Of Scott Sheppard
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 6:01 PM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Does ARRL read the mail? ...Sec abbreviation for
>> Yukon
>> (YT)
>>
>> So, we are about 5 weeks away from CW sweeps and I do not see an updated
>> section abbreviation for Yukon...hopefully ARRL puts out something soon
>> (maybe they did and I missed it) so the logging program folks can update
>> their software. Otherwise there will be a lot of ?? AGN?? going on when you
>> hear YT.
>>
>> I'm hoping to bring in some high-priced, but underpaid, help...stay tuned
>> for that.
>>
>> Happy Fall, everyone.
>>
>> Scott
>> VY1CO
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