Bruce, That an illogical argument. Only three states have their own prefixes: Alaska, Hawaii, and California.
It also ignores the fact that the District of Columbia is not part of Maryland. Incidentally, DC is the only top-level subdivision of the United States or Canada that does not count as a separate entity for this award. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > If the FCC and ARRL would recognize the District of Columbia with its own > prefix as the RAC has done with their provencies and territories then we > should. However, until they do, it is included as a contact for Maryland. > > Here is the list from RAC that they use for their contests. > Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); > 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] (VYØ); > Yukon [YT] (VY1); > Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2). > > AMSAT chose to use the same list in their award since AMSAT-NA includes > Canada. > > Hope this helps. > > 73...bruce > > > > On 9/24/2013 9:13 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > >> Good morning, >> >> I was curious about the rules for the the OSCAR Satellite Communications >> Achievement Award, the OSCAR Sexagesimal Award, and the OSCAR Century >> Award. >> >> The rules from KK5DO's website state that "A contact is defined as one >> with >> a station in another state, DXCC country or Canadian Provience. Once you >> have a contact with a station in that area, you must hunt for another." >> >> Furthermore, the rules also state that "For those that have the RAC >> CANDADAWARD or ARRL WAS with satellite endorsements, you may submit a copy >> of your certificate as proof of working the 13 Canadian Proviences or 50 >> U.S. States." >> >> Since Canada only has ten provinces, that implies that the three >> territories also count under the definition of "province." Similarly, I >> would argue that the definition of "state" should also include the >> District of Columbia as a separate entity since the precedent from >> counting >> the Canadian territories as "provinces" is clear. >> >> Does the District of Columbia count as a separate entity for the purposes >> of these awards? >> >> 73, >> >> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM >> Washington, DC >> AMSAT-NA #38,913 >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: >> http://amsat.org/mailman/**listinfo/amsat-bb<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> >> >> > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at > http://www.amsatnet.com/**podcast.xml<http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml>or > iTunes > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
