At some point in the recent past (1970s?) the "MDC" section - {M)aryland
+ (D)elaware + district of (C)olumbia - was split into "DE" and "MDC" -
now just MD + DC.
Bob, w3idt
--
ex DC resident
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. Robert F. Teitel, W3IDT .
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. W3IDT@arrl.net .
. W3IDT@comcast.net .
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On 8/10/2012 1:41 AM, Jack Brindle wrote:
> Ken;
>
> Even though the US handed over control of the Canal Zone in October
> 1979, the section still existed for Sweepstakes that year. The 1979
> Sweepstakes was in fact the least year for the CZ section. I was
> operating from South Florida that year and missed a sweep by just one
> section - yup, CZ.
>
> The 1979 Sweepstakes announcement was printed in the October, 1979
> issue of QST. The article states that the sections listed on page 8
> of that issue were part of the contest. As I recall, there were a few
> KZ5s on that year, although none showed up in my log.
>
> 73!
>
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
>
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>
>> A while back, I began researching some of the changes made over
>> the years in the ARRL and Canadian sections used in the Sweepstakes
>> (mostly using the online QST archive at http://www.arrl.org/qst/).
>> I learned quite a lot, but I still have some gaps in my timeline
>> about when certain changes were made.
>>
>> The first "All-Section Sweepstakes" was held in 1930 and there were
>> 68 sections. In addition to the sections we know today, there were
>> some interesting differences. Minnesota was orginally two sections
>> - Northern Minnesota and Southern Minnesota. Utah and Wyoming were
>> originally one section. The Philippines were a section (part of
>> the Pacific Division). But the most interesting section was
>> probably Georgia-South Carolina-Isle of Pines. The Isle of Pines
>> is an island off the coast of Cuba (today known as Isla de la
>> Juventud or Isle of Youth). After the Spanish-American War was
>> concluded in 1898, the sovereignty of the island remained in
>> dispute, claimed by both the United States and independent Cuba.
>> The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty recognizing Cuban sovereignty
>> over the island in 1925. I have no idea why the Isle of Pines was
>> still being used in the section name as of 1930.
>>
>> Here are my notes for the last 40 years:
>>
>> 1 Jan 1973 Eastern Florida (EFL) deleted
>> 76 Western Florida (WFL) deleted Northern Florida (NFL) created
>> Southern Florida (SFL) created
>>
>> 1 Oct 1979 Canal Zone (KZ5) deleted
>> 76
>>
>> 1 Jan 1987 West Texas (WTX) created from counties previously
>> 75 assigned to North Texas (NTX) and South Texas (STX)
>>
>> Aug(?) 1988 West Indies (WI) deleted
>> 76 Puerto Rico (PR) section created Virgin Islands (VI) section
>> created Guantanamo Bay assigned to Virgin Islands section
>>
>> 6 Feb 1989 Washington (WA) deleted
>> 77 Eastern Washington (EWA) created Western Washington (WWA)
>> created
>>
>> 1 Jan 1996 Northern New York (NNY) created from counties
>> 78 previously assigned to Western New York (WNY)
>>
>> 1 Apr 1996 Two counties (Herkimer and Otsego) assigned to
>> 78 the newly-created Northern New York (NNY) section are returned
>> to the Western New York (WNY) section
>>
>> 1 Jan 1998 Newfoundland-Labrador section (NL) created,
>> 79 removing that province from the Maritimes (MAR) section
>>
>> 15 Jan 2000 West Central Florida (WCF) created from counties
>> 80 previously assigned to Northern Florida (NFL) and Southern
>> Florida (SFL)
>>
>> 12 Sep 2012 Ontario (ON) deleted
>> 83 Greater Toronto Area (GTA) created Ontario East (ONE) created
>> Ontario North (ONN) created Ontario West (ONW) created
>>
>> -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com
>> http://www.kenharker.com/
>>
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