[CQ-Contest] States vs Sections

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

"W3WN: Imagine the chaos 

is one state contest used sections and the next state contest used states!
Oh, 

the humanity!"

 

 

VE9AA: I think that's a little bit of tongue-in-cheek or baiting on your
part Ron-hi (and I agree!)  At last count, out of hundreds of contests, I
believe there are now just 3 holdouts Worldwide that force Canadians (that
choose to play), to use their RAC section as the exchange..whereas others
send their State/Province and/or subsection of that State or Province.

 

Oh yeah--You know I am gonna say it "MAR".(and MAR is getting smaller..I
hear that PEI has recently got its own RAC section)

..I don't know if it's official for any contests yet, but you can
maybe/possibly/(I am guessing) expect changes in the ARRL 160, ARRL SS and
last but not least the California QSO Party.<

 

Tough I don't know if the CQP will ever change its multiplier list, based on
a few emails I exchanged with my W6 friends there a few years ago, though
many of the NCJ sponsored tests (QP and Sprint) and the independent SSB
Sprint people too, changed  the exchange to States/Provinces.and for that
they have my eternal gratitude.  Thanks ~!

 

Mike VE9AA "NB"

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB