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

[Jim Brown]

ARRL/RAC section names, with their contesting abbreviations go back a 
long way, and are chosen on the basis of organizing members within those 
geographical regions. The definitions for sections and Divisions are on 
the ARRL website, and when there are more than one Section in a State, 
are defined by counties they contain.

What those of us on the west coast have long found troubling is the 
proliferation of sections with relatively low activity that are easy for 
east coast stations to work, but quite difficult for those of us out 
here, especially on the lower bands.

73, Jim K9YC

On 9/29/2023 1:09 PM, JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest wrote:
> Of course the SF section includes much more than just the city of San Francisco.  Might be the same with SDG.

> I wasn't part  of the discussion, but I assume folks in Hamilton and the Niagara region pointed out that they aren't really in the GTA as it is known for non-sweepstakes, non-RAC purposes.
> 
> To use the New York analogy again - folks in Suffolk County (eastern Long Island) might not appreciate it if they had to send "NYC" in Sweepstakes, because they aren't in New York City.  Thus NLI works better.
> 
> Michael Adams |mailto:mda at n1en.org
> 
> What was wrong with the GTA abbreviation?  Did Grand Theft Auto sue over copyright issues?