[Logic] Canadian Sections Table from W6ZZZ
R Johnson
[email protected]
Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:33:17 -0500
Hi Guys:
When you read Marc's Writeup on "Canada Explained", he offers to send
you a table of the various permutations of VE Prov/Ter. !
To save Marc some work sending the table to everyone on the LOGic list
I have attached the table he sent me to this message.
I have also copied the Table into this message for those that don't
to deal with attachments.
73
Bob, K1VU=20
****************** Canada Explained Table from W6ZZZ ********************=20
Canada Explained
December 21, 2003 - W6ZZZ
Canadian amateur radio has:
- 8 RAC sections
- 10 provinces and 3 territories
- 13 postal codes corresponding to the 10 provinces and 3 territories.
- one province that has 2 common name areas (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- call sign prefix VE0 for stations at sea making international voyages
Many contests treat the Canadian multipliers differently (with as few as 8=
mults and as many as 14 mults), just like for the USA some contests treat=
the District of Columbia as part of Maryland and some treat it as a=
separate mult.
RAC Section Call Prefixes Province/Territory Postal Code
---------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -----------
Maritimes VE1, VA1, CY0, CY9 Nova Scotia NS
Maritimes VE9 New Brunswick NB
Maritimes VY2 Prince Edward Island PE
Newfoundland VO1, VO2 Newfoundland and Labrador NL =
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Quebec VE2, VA2 Quebec QC
Ontario VE3, VA3 Ontario ON
Manitoba VE4, VA4 Manitoba MN
Saskatchewan VE5, VA5 Saskatchewan SK
Alberta VE6, VA6 Alberta AB
British Columbia VE7, VA7 British Columbia BC
Alberta VE8 Northwest Territories NT
Alberta VY0 Nunavut NU
British Columbia VY1 Yukon YT
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Sources of information:
http://www.rac.ca/
http://www.rac.ca/fieldorg/racfoo.htm
http://canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_e.html
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/sf01=
862e.html
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwapj/ric9.pdf/$FILE/r=
ic9.pdf
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Here is how the various contest rules specify Canadian multipliers.=20
Many of them have some conflicting/confusing statement about Canada, using=
the word Maritime to also include the RAC section of Newfoundland or saying=
Province and having 14 mults.
8 mults: California QSO Party - "eight Canadian areas: Maritime (VE1, VE9,=
VO1, VO2 and VY2), VE2 through VE7, and Northern Territories (VY0, VY1,=
VE8)"
http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html - dated October 8, 2003
8 mults: North American Sprint - "The eight Canadian multipliers are=
Maritime (VE1, VE9, VO1, VO2 and VY2), VE2 through VE7, and Yukon-NWT (VY=
=D8, VY1 and VE8)."
http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php - dated December 10, 2003
9 mults: ARRL Sweepstakes - "RAC Section plus the Canadian NT (Northern=
Territories - encompassing VE8 / VY1 / VY0)"
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/novss.html - dated September 8, 2003
13 mults: Canada Day - "Canada=92s 10 provinces and three territories, and=
may be counted once on each mode on each of the eight contest bands. The=
multipliers, with their postal abbreviations and prefixes are: Nova Scotia=
[NS] (VE1, CY9, CY=D8); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON] (VE3, VA3);=
Manitoba [MB] (VE4,VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5,VA5); Alberta [AB]=
(VE6,VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7,VA7); Northwest Territories [NT]=
(VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2);=
Nunavut [NU] (VY0); Yukon [YT] (VY1); and Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2)."
http://www.rac.ca/CANDAY.htm - dated unk
13 mults: Canada Winter - "Canada=92s 10 provinces and three territories,=
and may be counted once on each mode on each of the eight contest bands.=
The multipliers, with their postal abbreviations and prefixes are:
Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CY=D8); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario=
[ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5);=
Alberta [AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest=
Territories [NT] (VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador=
[NL] (VO1, VO2); Nunavut [NU] (VY=D8); Yukon [YU or YT] VY1; and Prince=
Edward Island [PE] (VY2)"
http://www.rac.ca/downloads/racwinterrules3.pdf - dated unk
13 mults: North American QSO Party - "Canadian provinces/territories=
(British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New=
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland/Labrador, Yukon, NWT and=
Nunavut)"
http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.php - dated November 24, 2003
14 mults: 10m Contest - "Canada [NB (VE1, 9), NS (VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3),=
MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT (VE8), NF, (VO1), LB (VO2)], YT=
(VY1), PEI (VY2) NU (VY=D8)."
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/10-meters.html - dated December 17,=
2003
14 mults: RTTY RoundUp - "Canadian provinces/territories: NB (VE1, 9), NS=
(VE1), QC (VE2), ON (VE3), MB (VE4), SK (VE5), AB (VE6), BC (VE7), NWT=
(VE8), NF (VO1), LB (VO2), NU (VY=D8), YT (VY1), PEI (VY2)"
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2004/rtty.html - dated November 13, 2003
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