[Logic] List of Valid Values & Prefix Table & ARRL/RAC

Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:27:55 -0500

Thanks Mel,

Appreciate your digging deeper into this.  Up to your last post I was okay
and had previously done exactly as you were suggesting.

This last "further research" now makes everything a mess.  I will send an
e-mail off to ARRL as well since I believe they are incorrect with the
provinces/territories and I think they should consider correcting it.
Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, it makes no sense at all for it
to be any other way, especially if the only reasons given were those below.

I haven't looked at the ARRL contest details but will now.  I think this is
a bigger problem then anyone ever thought.

Thanks again,

73 de, Brad, N8GLS

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Mel Martin
Sent: Wednesday, 07 January, 2004 12:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fw: RE: Re: [Logic] List of Valid Values & Prefix Table &
ARRL/RAC

Some further reserch, and an e-mail exchange with N1ND at ARRL and here is
some additional info...

The ARRL uses the postal abbreviations for provinces, as below, with the
following changes...

NL is split into NF (Newfoundland) and LB (Labrador)
PE is abbreviated PEI because many foreign stations think PE is
Pennsylvania...
NT is changed to NWT, because the ARRL already used NT for the Northern
Territories section (NT,YT,NU)

So, according to the ARRL Canada has the following "provinces"... one more
than politically...

AB,BC,MB,NB,NF,LB,NS,NWT,NU,ON,PEI,QC,SK,YT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel Martin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:26
Subject: Re: RE: Re: [Logic] List of Valid Values & Prefix Table & ARRL/RAC

> OK... did a little research... RAC is using the postal codes for Provinces
> and Territories...
>
> AB Alberta
> BC British Columbia
> MB Manitoba
> NB New Brunswick
> NL Newfoundland & Labrador
> NS Nova Scotia
> NT Northwest territories
> NU Nunavut
> ON Ontario
> PE Prince Edward Island
> QC Qu�bec
> SK Saskatchewan
> YT Yukon
>
> Canadian "sections", according to the ARRL 10M contest entry form
>
> AB Alberta
> BC British Columbia
> MB Manitoba
> MAR - includes NB, NS, PE
> NL Newfoundland & Labrador
> NT - includes NT, YT, NU
> ON Ontario
> PE Prince Edward Island
> QC Qu�bec
> SK Saskatchewan
>
> There is a bit of confusion at the ARRL... the 160M contest entry form has
> the Canadian sections mixed up...
>
> Also, in the 10M rules, it has named the Section NT and indicates it
> includes NWT... since NWT is NOT a valid abbreviation for a province, I
sent
> them an e-mail suggesting they call the section NWT and use NT for the
> province...
>
> What  I'm going to do is use the first list for Canadian Provinces... and
> add the second list to ARRL sections... since that is how they are used.
>

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