[CQ-Contest] Restructuring of Ontario into four Sections

[Hank Greeb]

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 at navcanada.ca wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:36 -0500
> From: "Collins, Graham"<CollinG at navcanada.ca>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] More Mults In ARRL Sweepstakes and 160M
> 	Contests
> To: "Kutzko, Sean, KX9X"<kx9x at arrl.org>, "cq-contest at contesting.com"
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> 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?)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kutzko, Sean, KX9X
> Sent: February 14, 2012 14:31
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] More Mults In ARRL Sweepstakes and 160M Contests
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> 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.
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>
> 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/
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>
> 73,
>
> Sean Kutzko, KX9X
> Contest Branch Manager
>
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