On 11/5/2009 8:35 PM, Doug Smith wrote:
> In 1935...
> The West Indies indeed included PR, USVI, Cuba, and the Isle of Pines -- but
> it wasn't known as West Indies because it included Georgia and South
> Carolina too!
>
> (yes, they mention "Isle of Pines" separately from the rest of Cuba)
The South Carolina section was split off from the "GA-SC-etc." section
in time for the 1937 Sweepstakes. (and yes, that's how that section was
listed in the SS results in QST!)
Georgia and West Indies were separate sections for the 1938 Sweeps.
73,
Mike K1MK
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