What happened to RI? :-)
John N1JM
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Glenn Wyant
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:15
To: Richard DiDonna NN3W; ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca; wn3vaw@verizon.net;
CQ-contest@contesting.com
Cc: ve5sf@rac.ca
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Move to disband MAR section in Canada (for
contesting)
Lets lump together Maine , NH , VT , MASS , Conn and call them the NES ( new
england section )
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
To: <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>; <wn3vaw@verizon.net>; <CQ-contest@contesting.com>
Cc: <ve5sf@rac.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Move to disband MAR section in Canada (for
contesting)
> The problem is that the ARRL/RAC run events like sweepstakes on a
> section basis. As it stands now, you're in the MAR province. If you
> want to be viewed as differently, you're going to have to convince RAC
> that you have enough infrastructure support to break away one or more
> of the provinces from the Maritime section.
>
>
> The same issue was addressed by the DC hams who wanted to be a
> separate multiplier for separate events. Where states and provinces
> were counted as states and provinces (ARRLDX, ARRL 10, etc.), DC
> wanted to be treated as a separate entity. Where the ARRL counted the
> multiplier based on a "section" basis (i.e., Sweeps), the ham
> community wanted to make clear that there was not enough separation
> for DC to be classifiable as a separate ARRL section.
>
>
> Same thing applies to the MAR section.
>
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
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