[CQ-Contest] Radio Amateurs of Canada Winter Contest December 17, 2022

[Nick-VE3EY]

Hi  Art

A minor correction on NF, LB (Newfoundland and Labrador)

According to RAC Winter contest rules, VO1/VO2 is one single mult - NL

Here is the full list as extracted from the contest rules:

Nova Scotia [*NS*] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ);
Quebec [*QC*] (VE2, VA2);
Ontario [*ON*](VE3, VA3);
Manitoba [*MB*] (VE4, VA4);
Saskatchewan [*SK*] (VE5, VA5);
Alberta [*AB*] (VE6, VA6);
British Columbia [*BC*] (VE7, VA7);
Northwest Territories [*NT*] (VE8);
New Brunswick [*NB*] (VE9);
Newfoundland and Labrador [*NL*] (VO1, VO2);
Nunavut [*NU*] (VYØ);
Yukon [*YT*] (VY1);
Prince Edward Island [*PE*] (VY2).

//quote

/Thus, ON is a single mult, but YU, NU, NF, LB, NB, NS (did I forget 
any?) are all separate mults./

73

Nick VE3EY

On 2022-12-15 9:31 a.m., Art Boyars wrote:
> Some ARRL contests (e,g., SS, 160M) use ARRL and RAC Sections.  Thus, MDC,
> MAR, NL, and NT are each a single mult, but Ontario, California,
> Washington, New York, etc., each comprise multiple Sections.  The Ontario
> and Maritime Sections are what is going to change.  (Gee! We just got used
> to ON being broken up into four Sections.)
>
> Some ARRL (and other) contests use states or states+DC, and count VI, PR,
> HI and AK various ways.
>
> The RAC contests -- Winter and Canada Day -- use Canadian Provinces and
> Territories as mults.  Thus, ON is a single mult, but YU, NU, NF, LB, NB,
> NS (did I forget any?) are all separate mults.  And the change to separate
> Secions for the Maritime provinces won't affect that -- they are already
> separate mult's.
>
> 73, Art K3KU/VE4VTR
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 8:13 AM Dennis Younker NE6I<NE6I at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> I am under the impression that RAC has added some new sections that will
>> become effective January 1, 2023, so doesn't effect this particular contest
>> but will do so for several contests next year. ARRL would add them to
>> Sweepstakes for example. Does anyone have info on this?
>>
>> --Dennis NE6I
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest<cq-contest-bounces+ne6i=cox.net at contesting.com>  On
>> Behalf
>> Of Sam Ferris
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 12:47 PM
>> To:cq-contest at contesting.com;canada_contest at narc.net
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Radio Amateurs of Canada Winter Contest December 17,
>> 2022
>>
>> Just a quick reminder of the Radio Amateurs of Canada annual Winter Contest
>> to be held on December 17, 2022 from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC.  The contest
>> starts
>> Friday afternoon/evening in North America.  Complete contest rules are
>> available at:https://www.rac.ca/rac-canada-winter-contest-2022/  ,
>>
>> https://www.rac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CanadaWinterContest2022_Rules_
>> eng.pdf
>> <https://www.rac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CanadaWinterContest2022_Rules_eng.pdf>
>> (English) and ,
>>
>> https://www.rac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CanadaWinterContest2022_Rules_
>> fre.pdf
>> <https://www.rac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CanadaWinterContest2022_Rules_fre.pdf>
>> (French).
>>
>>
>>
>> Cabrillo formatted logs may be submitted online at:
>> http://www.contest.rac.ca/  .  Logs can continue to be submitted to
>> canadawinter at rac.ca  <mailto:canadawinter at rac.ca>   if that is your
>> preferred
>> method.
>>
>>
>>
>> Good luck in the RAC Contest and Happy Holidays
>>
>>
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> VE5SF
>>
>> RAC Winter Contest Manager.
>>
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