[CQ-Contest] Deleted ARRL sections

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

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 country (entity) was Yugoslavia, but over recent history, various parts
of it have become independent countries (entities), yet the continuity of
the original central government remains.  Even though the country (entity)
renamed it self after a certain point in time, it is still historically the
same entity.

While I don't recall offhand which of the two it is (was), the original
Washington section still exists in terms of continuity, even though it was
renamed when the other section was split off.  If you look back at the old
QST's (wish I still had them), just follow the Section Managers, and you'll
see who was whom.

73

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth E. Harker
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 11:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Deleted ARRL sections

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 09:40:41PM -0500, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> 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 simply renamed.

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 same sense that the DXCC
entity of Czechoslovakia was deleted when it split into the separate DXCC
entities of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in 1992.

In other cases, wuch as West Central Florida (WCF) in 2000, the new section
was created from counties that had previously been assigned to other
sections
(NFL and SFL) that continue to exist in a modified form.

-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/

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