[CQ-Contest] A public thanks to CQP (and others who've tossed the MAR mult away)

Thu Sep 28 16:21:40 EDT 2023

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On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 4:16 PM Gerry Hull <vy1aaa at vy1ja.ca> wrote:

> Canada's sections for SS 2023:
>
> Alberta AB
> British Columbia BC
> Manitoba MB
> New Brunswick NB
> Newfoundland and Labrador NL
> Nova Scotia NS
> Ontario Golden Horseshoe GH
> Ontario East ONE
> Ontario North ONN
> Ontario South ONS
> Prince Edward Island PE
> Quebec QC
> Saskatchewan SK
> Territories TER
>
> I suspect NS will be the rare one and hard to get, especially in SS CW.
> Not a lot of active contesters in NS anymore,
> and none that I know of that will do Sweepstakes.
>
> I'll be operating from NB (via remote); N3JT as VY1JT from VY1JA's QTH (via
> remote)
> 73,
>
> Gerry W1VE aka VE1RM /VE9 for SS CW
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 7:15 PM Paul Bourque <pbourque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The MAR section is no longer, effective 1-1-2023. NS and NB have been
> > added, as well as PE. The ARRL/RAC section list has been updated to
> reflect
> > that. There’s s link to the contest sections list on the ARRL Sweepstakes
> > web page.
> >
> > Paul Bourque, N1SFE
> > ARRL Contest Program Manager
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 4:44 PM JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest <
> > cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Isn't the MAR "section" still in play for the SS, with only PE split
> off
> > > from it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73 John AF5CC
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent using {0}
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:07:10 -0500 Mike VE9AA ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca <
> > > ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote ---
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Some of this is a little tongue-in-cheek or my weak attempt at humour
> > > (it'll hopefully be obvious which parts) so try not to take everything
> > > I've written below as too serious.
> > > For those of you that are humour impaired, please look away....look
> away
> > > now !
> > >
> > > A little unrelated to contesting, but did any of you ever watch the
> > > Canadian Comedy TV show "Corner Gas" whereby when a neighbouring town
> > > name was mentioned(normally Wullerton), all the residents of Dog River
> > > present would spit (or fake spit) on the ground?
> > > When I hear the acronym "MAR", that's me.  SOME of us guys out East (at
> > > least me in particular) almost "hates" MAR (but hate is way too
> > > strong......) Very much dislikes the "MAR" designation only as it
> > > relates to contesting because I don't live in MAR<spit>, I live in New
> > > Brunswick. (or Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) etc. and MOST
> contests
> > > have always permitted us to send the correct Provincial designation. In
> > > the past I didn't always get to play for the home team! (Only SS, ARRL
> > > 160, some Sprints and CQP are the ones that come to mind)
> > > A few years ago the (various) Sprint folks were very kind to us VE9,
> VE1
> > > and VY2 types and may have been among the first (of the last!) of
> > > contests to let us send NB, NS and PE---so another thank you to those
> > > movers and shakers !
> > > Not long after (actually, Jan 1, 2023), RAC (It's kinda/sorta like the
> > > VE version of the ARRL for those readers abroad) finally got rid of the
> > > MAR designation (which has absolutely NOTHING to do with contests, I
> > > should be careful to mention) and so the last few contests that I am
> > > aware of have all adopted the NB, NS and PE designations for mults
> > > (partially?) based on the RAC and ARRL finally no longer using
> > > it....again MAR as it relates to RAC and ARRL has zero to do with
> > > contesting !
> > > (there is still some housekeeping work to be done @ ARRL fixing up
> > > scores and records, but that's minor)
> > > I believe (but stand to be corrected) that the CQP
> > > <https://www.cqp.org/Rules.html> CQP Rules
> > > which most of us love, was the very last holdout on the World stage to
> > > get rid of it. (they called it MR) <spits on ground> :-)
> > > Thank you to Chris/N6WM and all those folks in California who have
> > > finally permitted us to send NB, NS and PE in your truly great QSO
> > > party.
> > > So anyways......I am rambling a little bit. I guess I don't have
> > > anything left to complain about contesting wise--Geez-what
> > > now?......maybe cut #'s in serial # contests? High K indices?
> > > Perpetually losing the Poison d'Avril test?  or maybe everyone being
> > > zero beat in a big EU pileup on 80m? (1rst World problems from here in
> > > the Northeast?)
> > > I wish to extend my thanks to all of you to have put up with my minor
> > > moaning and groaning over the decades while I worked  (in tandem with
> > > others to be sure) to help supply information and reasoning  to those
> > > last small handful of contests to move us away from using "MAR" <spit>
> > > as a mult.  In the end the situation mostly remedied itself and
> sponsors
> > > like Sprint and CQP agreed to modify their rules on mults. based on
> what
> > > RAC and the ARRL and a few others have done.
> > > Now I really AM rambling.
> > > Appreciation all around ! ! !
> > > Mike VE9AA, current president Maritime Contest Club (MCC) (Is it Ironic
> > > our contest club name has that word in it?) haha
> > >
> > >
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