[Logic] ARRL ANNOUNCES CONTEST RULE CHANGES

[logic@mailman.qth.net]

 The Northwest Territories (NWT) multiplier has been renamed
"Northern Territories"--abbreviated NT--for contests that use ARRL and
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sections as part of the exchange.

"While not an official RAC section, the VE8, VY1 and VY0 (Northwest
Territories, Yukon and Nunavut) are grouped together as a multiplier in
the ARRL November Sweepstakes and the ARRL 160-Meter Contest," Henderson
explained. "The new name and abbreviation will more accurately describe
their makeup."

Henderson said use of the NWT abbreviation was inconsistent to designate a
multiplier that also included Yukon and Nunavut. Awards for ARRL-sponsored
contests will continue to be issued to the VE8, VY1 and VY0 together as
the Northern Territories section.

Finally, in contests using geopolitical entities as multipliers--the ARRL
RTTY Roundup, the ARRL International DX Contest and the ARRL 10-Meter
Contest--the official abbreviation for Northwest Territories is NWT. "This
change brings the multipliers for those events into a consistent form,"
Henderson said. ARRL encourages contest participants to update the
necessary files for their logging software.

For more information, contact Henderson <n1nd@arrl.org>.



73,
George K3GV

DX: Long may it live !

If it isn't LOGic, then it isn't LOGging


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