Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:45:16 -0800
Some trivia in advance of the ARRL Sweepstakes this month... Probably everyone is familiar with the idea of deleted DXCC entities - countries that no longer exist but did at some point in the past du
Florida is now >>THREE<< sections.... SFL, NFL, and WCF (West Central Florida). Minnesota once was two sections, North MN and South MN. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his Radio" Sea stories her
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West Indies (which at one time included Cuba as well as PR and USVI) Phillipines --MK Michael Keane, K1MK k1mk@alum.mit.edu _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-
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In 1935... Utah-Wyoming was a single section. MDC was a section -- but it was really MDDC (or MDDDC?) because Delaware was part of it too. The West Indies indeed included PR, USVI, Cuba, and the Isle
Ken, How about Canal Zone (KZ5)? I"m pretty sure it was a section and deleted in 1975 (if memory serves). Dave/K8CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@
"Minnesota once was two sections, North MN and South MN." Really? When was this? Actually, this whole discussion is very interesting. It would make a good nostalgia piece in QST or NCJ. 73 de Bob - K
Strictly speaking, none of these sections are "deleted." As population increases and other factors resulted in the creation of new sections from the restructured old ones, the original ones were simp
I doubt anyone operated Sweepstakes from Baja Nuevo, Serrana Bank, Roncador Cay or Swan Island when they were possessed by the US, but out of curiosity, what section would they have fit under? The Pa
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 Indie
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:10:31 -0800
Well - take the case of Washington (WA) in 1989. It was split into Eastern Washington (EWA) and Western Washington (WWA). For the purposes of contest awards and records, WA was "deleted" in the exact
Now a question, has the total numbers of sections remained the same? when one is split are two combined? has the number always been the same? otherwise the mults are all messed up if someone was to t
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:24:26 -0800
The number of sections has changed over time. The first sweepstakes contests had 68 sections. In 1990, there were 77 sections. Today, there are 80 sections. The most recent changes were: 1 Jan 1996 N
Why was the NNY section created? Was is to create a "rare" section for contesting? Certainly population growth wasn't the reason. Did someone with significant influence at ARRL push for it, similar t
US possessions in the Pacific were incorporated into the then Hawaii section (now Pacific) effective 1 April 1951. Prior to that date I suspect that while those possession were part of the ARRL's Pa
Ummm... no. Close, but wrong analogy. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist, as it split into two new countries (entities). A better analogy from the DXCC world would be Serbia. Once upon a time, that count
Okay, then how about the the Utah-Wyoming section? If Czechoslovakia ceased to exist then Utah-Wyoming must have ceased to exist as a section when it was split into two new section? According to that
IMHO you're comparing apples and oranges. ARRL Sections and DXCC Entities have completely different purposes. DXCC Entities exist for the purpose of the award. Maintaining a list of "deleted entitie