[CQ-Contest] Deleted ARRL sections

Michael Keane K1MK k1mk at alum.mit.edu
Fri Nov 6 04:49:36 PST 2009


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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