Section Abbreviations, most states ONLY have one section the STATE abbreviation is used,
others like California have many sections, plus a few like "Pacific" and "maritime" or "MDC" for Maryland -DC
you need these for some arrl contests,  print them , try to memorize them  ,
if you are using logging software chances are  IT WON'T allow incorrect abbreviations to be logged.

First the list of states with more than one section  and some of the strange sections, you might not think about !

Eastern  Massachusetts

EMA

Western Massachusetts

WMA

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Eastern New York	ENY
New York City - Long Island	NLI
Northern New York	NNY
Western New York	WNY

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Southern New Jersey

SNJ

Northern New Jersey

NNJ

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Eastern Pennsylvania	EPA
Western Pennsylvania	WPA

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Northern Florida	NFL
Southern Florida	SFL
West  Central Florida	WCF

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North Texas	NTX
South Texas	STX
West Texas	WTX

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East Bay	EB
Los Angeles	LAX
Orange	ORG
Santa Barbara	SB
Santa Clara Valley	SCV
San Diego	SDG
San Francisco	SF
San Joaquin Valley	SJV
Sacramento Valley	SV

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Eastern Washington	EWA
Western Washington	WWA

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Maritime

MAR

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Maryland-DC

MDC

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Pacific

PAC

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Puerto Rico	PR
Virgin Islands	VI

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Heres a complete list of sections