For further details on restructuring of Ontario into four sections, see
the "real scoop", "unvarnished poop" on the Radio Amateurs of Canada web
site at
http://www.rac.ca/en/news/stories/2012/20120214a
Pour la population de langue française au sein de ce lectorat, voir
http://www.rac.ca/fr/news/stories/2012/20120214a
Note: If you don't believe the folks @ Newington, go to the source.
72/73 de n8xx Hg
On 2/15/2012 3:00 PM, CollinG@navcanada.ca wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:36 -0500
> From: "Collins, Graham"<CollinG@navcanada.ca>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] More Mults In ARRL Sweepstakes and 160M
> Contests
> To: "Kutzko, Sean, KX9X"<kx9x@arrl.org>, "cq-contest@contesting.com"
> <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Message-ID:
> <445823821397B94D8FA6B37663045D0C03D7BAB00A@NAVMAIL1.corp.navcan.ca>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> Is this really true?
>
> I was aware of the change but I thought it was strictly for the purposes of
> restructuring ARES within Ontario.
>
> I will have to check into to this further, thanks for posting.
>
> Cheers, Graham ve3gtc (confused on which section I will now be in?)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kutzko, Sean, KX9X
> Sent: February 14, 2012 14:31
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] More Mults In ARRL Sweepstakes and 160M Contests
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/rac-to-split-ontario-into-four-sections
>
> On February 6, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) issued a statement on their web
> site that the Ontario Section would be split into four new RAC Administrative
> Sections, effective September 1, 2012. The reason given for the restructure
> was "...to create a management model that better communicates with, and
> represents the interests of, the overall Ontario Amateur population." The
> Ontario Section will be dissolved and be replaced with four new RAC Sections:
> Ontario North, Ontario South, Ontario East, and the Greater Toronto Area. The
> new section abbreviations will be announced when final.
>
> For ARRL contests that use ARRL/RAC sections as multipliers - the November
> Sweepstakes and the ARRL 160 Meter Contest - there will be an overall
> increase of three available multipliers.
>
>
> ARRL contests that use US states and Canadian provinces as multipliers - the
> RTTY Roundup, ARRL DX Contest and the ARRL 10 Meter Contest - are unaffected
> by this change. ARRL VHF+ contests and the IARU HF Championships are also
> unaffected by this change.
>
> The first contest to be affected by the RAC administrative change will be the
> 2012 ARRL November Sweepstakes, which will now require 83 multipliers to
> achieve a Clean Sweep.
>
> ARRL Field Day does not use multipliers, but Ontario stations will send new
> section abbreviations as part of their exchanges.
>
> News of the administrative change can be read on the RAC website at:
> http://www.rac.ca/en/news/bulletins/2012/7/
>
>
> 73,
>
> Sean Kutzko, KX9X
> Contest Branch Manager
>
> ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm)
> 225 Main St.
> Newington, CT 06111
> 860-594-0232
> skutzko@arrl.org
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|