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

[John Geiger]

Why stop there?  Let's make NT, NU, NF, and LB all separate mults.

73 John AF5CC 

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-------- Original Message --------
On 7/4/25 6:39 PM, Kelly Taylor via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

>  Actually, the amateurs who go through the process of creating new sections — appointing section managers, ARES co-ordinators, deputy SMs, and so on, don’t really care enough about contests to go through all that work simply to create a new multiplier.
>  
>  If it was simply a matter of saying “We’re a new section!” perhaps.
>  
>  Although, perhaps you’re just being facetious. Which I appreciate!
>  
>  73, kelly, ve4xt
>  
>  > On Jul 4, 2025, at 9:06 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
>  >>
>  >> Sent from Proton Mail Android
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> -------- 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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