[CQ-Contest] There goes the Clean Sweep

[Richard F. DiDonna NN3W]

You're asking about ARRL section issues.  ARRL has their reason for 
certain sections.  Kinda like Maryland-DC which incorporates an 
independent state and a Federal district.

73 Rich NN3W

On 1/3/2020 1:51 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote:
> That is interesting.  It begs the question why is PEI special for multiplier purposes?
>
> Why PEI vs. the rest of the “Maritimes”?
>
> Seems to me that if you have PEI as a separate section, then you should also have NB and NS as separate sections.
> And NFLD and LAB should be separate as well.
>
> 73
>
> Bob,  KQ2M
>
>
> From: Steve London
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2020 10:18 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] There goes the Clean Sweep
>
> For Sweepstakes purposes, why does the ARRL remain committed to honoring new RAC
> (Radio Association of Canada) ARES Sections ?  RAC ARES is splitting PEI from
> Maritime, hence the new SS section.
>
> This is the same reasoning that Ontario was split into 4 SS sections a few years
> ago.
>
> Of course, the ARRL contradicted their own reasoning by splitting Alberta and
> Yukon into different SS sections, even though they are the same RAC ARES section.
>
> https://www.rac.ca/ares-sections/
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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