These are the names of the 85 W/VE sections used in ARRL contests, along with their standard abbreviations.
|
U.S. Call Area 0 |
Colorado |
CO |
Iowa |
IA |
Kansas |
KS |
Minnesota |
MN |
Missouri |
MO |
North Dakota |
ND |
Nebraska |
NE |
South Dakota |
SD |
|
U.S. Call Area 1 |
Connecticut |
CT |
Eastern Massachusetts |
EMA |
Maine |
ME |
New Hampshire |
NH |
Rhode Island |
RI |
Vermont |
VT |
Western Massachusetts |
WMA |
|
U.S. Call Area 2 |
Eastern New York |
ENY |
New York City-Long Island |
NLI |
Northern New Jersey |
NNJ |
Northern New York |
NNY |
Southern New Jersey |
SNJ |
Western New York |
WNY |
|
U.S. Call Area 3 |
Delaware |
DE |
Eastern Pennsylvania |
EPA |
Maryland-DC |
MDC |
Western Pennsylvania |
WPA |
|
U.S. Call Area 4 |
Alabama |
AL |
Georgia |
GA |
Kentucky |
KY |
North Carolina |
NC |
Northern Florida |
NFL |
Puerto Rico |
PR |
South Carolina |
SC |
Southern Florida |
SFL |
Tennessee |
TN |
Virginia |
VA |
US Virgin Islands |
VI |
West Central Florida |
WCF |
|
U.S. Call Area 5 |
Arkansas |
AR |
Louisiana |
LA |
Mississippi |
MS |
New Mexico |
NM |
North Texas |
NTX |
Oklahoma |
OK |
South Texas |
STX |
West Texas |
WTX |
|
U.S. Call Area 6 |
East Bay |
EB |
Los Angeles |
LAX |
Orange |
ORG |
Pacific |
PAC |
Santa Barbara |
SB |
Santa Clara Valley |
SCV |
San Diego |
SDG |
San Francisco |
SF |
San Joaquin Valley |
SJV |
Sacramento Valley |
SV |
|
U.S. Call Area 7 |
Alaska |
AK |
Arizona |
AZ |
Eastern Washington |
EWA |
Idaho |
ID |
Montana |
MT |
Nevada |
NV |
Oregon |
OR |
Utah |
UT |
Western Washington |
WWA |
Wyoming |
WY |
|
U.S. Call Area 8 |
Michigan |
MI |
Ohio |
OH |
West Virginia |
WV |
|
U.S. Call Area 9 |
Illinois |
IL |
Indiana |
IN |
Wisconsin |
WI |
|
Canada |
Alberta |
AB |
British Columbia |
BC |
Ontario 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 |
Quebec |
QC |
Saskatchewan |
SK |
Territories |
TER |