[CQ-Contest] Move to disband MAR section in Canada (for contesting)

[John L Merrill]

What happened to RI? :-)

John N1JM

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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Glenn Wyant
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:15
To: Richard DiDonna NN3W; ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca; wn3vaw at verizon.net;
CQ-contest at contesting.com
Cc: ve5sf at rac.ca
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Move to disband MAR section in Canada (for
contesting)

Lets lump together Maine , NH , VT , MASS , Conn and call them the NES ( new
england section )



----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w at verizon.net>
To: <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>; <wn3vaw at verizon.net>; <CQ-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: <ve5sf at rac.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Move to disband MAR section in Canada (for
contesting)


> The problem is that the ARRL/RAC run events like sweepstakes on a 
> section basis.  As it stands now, you're in the MAR province.  If you 
> want to be viewed as differently, you're going to have to convince RAC 
> that you have enough infrastructure support to break away one or more 
> of the provinces from the Maritime section.
>
>
> The same issue was addressed by the DC hams who wanted to be a 
> separate multiplier for separate events.  Where states and provinces 
> were counted as states and provinces (ARRLDX, ARRL 10, etc.), DC 
> wanted to be treated as a separate entity.  Where the ARRL counted the 
> multiplier based on a "section" basis (i.e., Sweeps), the ham 
> community wanted to make clear that there was not enough separation 
> for DC to be classifiable as a separate ARRL section.
>
>
> Same thing applies to the MAR section.
>
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
> 

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