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

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

Not nearly rare enough!

W0MU

On 7/4/2025 9:16 AM, Barry W2UP wrote:
> Mike,
>
> The non-metro CO section already exists.  It's called KS :-)
>
> Barry W2UP
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
>
>     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!
>     >
>     > 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:
>     >
>     >>   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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