Well, if we end up with ON (for Ontario North), it will be easy for ME
- no change required :-)
At a guess, there is active contesters in all sections - just not very
many in Ontario North. VE3TU and VE3CX, and it looks like I am going
to be busy rounding up some reinforcements... Should be about par
with finding a VE4 or VE5 mult. in these contests.
Contest Club Ontario members are busy trying to figure out "who is
where", and where reinforcements are needed. Unofficially, I think we
will be in good shape once things get finalized
Tom - VE3CX
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Hank Greeb <n8xx@arrl.org> wrote:
> 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
>
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