[CQ-Contest] Changes to Canadian Sections may have consequences for Four ARRL contests

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

This change was not made for contests.  Of course it was.  Now how do I 
create Non Metro Colorado section.

W0MU

On 7/3/2025 2:18 PM, John Geiger via CQ-Contest wrote:
> Clean sweep just became much tougher!
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On 7/3/25 3:14 PM, Dave G. ve3kg at myrac.ca <goodwindave.73 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>   Hello all:
>>   
>>   Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has just announced the creation of a new
>>   section in our field organisation.  The new section is Yukon (YUK).  This
>>   is a division of the old Territories (TER) section.  Radio Amateurs in the
>>   Yukon Territory are now located in the YUK section, while Radio Amateurs in
>>   the Northwest Territories and Nunavut continue to be located in the
>>   Territories (TER) section.
>>   
>>   This change took effect on 1 July 2025.  The change was made at the request
>>   of Radio Amateurs in Yukon who volunteered to organise a distinct section
>>   for that territory.  It was announced in RAC's journal, The Canadian
>>   Amateur (TCA), for July/August 2025.
>>   
>>   The change was not made for the purposes of contests, but there are
>>   consequences for four ARRL operating events:
>>   - ARRL Field Day
>>   - ARRL Sweepstakes CW
>>   - ARRL Sweepstakes SSB
>>   - ARRL 160 metre Contest
>>   
>>   ARRL have been informed.  ARRL may choose to modify the rules and publicity
>>   for those four events.
>>   
>>   This change will have no impact on any other ARRL contest, any RAC contest,
>>   or any other major contest.  There are several US QSO parties that use
>>   Canadian sections for multipliers.  The organisers of those QSO parties may
>>   also choose to modify their rules and publicity.
>>   
>>   Authors of contest logging software should watch for an announcement from
>>   ARRL about whether there will be changes to those four ARRL events.
>>   
>>   This increases the number of sections in RAC's field organisation from
>>   fourteen (14)  to fifteen (15):
>>   
>>   Alberta (AB)
>>   British Columbia (BC)
>>   Golden Horseshoe (GH)
>>   Manitoba (MB)
>>   New Brunswick (NB)
>>   Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
>>   Nova Scotia (NS)
>>   Ontario East (ONE)
>>   Ontario North (ONN)
>>   Ontario South (ONS)
>>   Prince Edward Island (PE)
>>   Québec (QC)
>>   Saskatchewan (SK)
>>   Territories (TER)
>>   *Yukon (YUK)* - NOTE: this addition is the only change.
>>   
>>   73,
>>   
>>   Dave Goodwin VE3KG
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