Canada 2020 Conference and AGM: Presentations now available on new RAC YouTube Channel Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to thank all presenters, participants and volunteers for organizing and attending the RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting. All presentations are now available for viewing on the new RAC YouTube Channel. Note: Unfortunately there was a problem […]
Contesting
TCA Contest Calendar: September, October and early November 2020
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the September-October 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Results and Soapbox
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Results RAC Contest Managers Sam Ferris, VE5SF and Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU Participation in the 2019 running of the RAC Canada Winter Contest was high again with a total of 905 entries received. Scores were down this year and for the fourth year in a row no new records were established […]
TCA Contest Calendar: July, August and Early September 2020
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the July-August 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
IARU HF World Championship 2020
IARU HF Championships: July 11 and 12 The aim of the IARU HF Championships is to contact as many other Amateurs, especially International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Member Society HQ stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metre bands, and using phone and CW. The Contest runs […]
RAC Canada Day Contest: Celebrate Canada’s Birthday on the air! Concours de la fête Canada RAC 2020
COVID-19 Update | Contest Rules: English and French Update | Mise à jour Disponible en français The global pandemic continues and we want to make sure that all participants in the RAC Canada Day Contest on Wednesday, July 1 help us to celebrate Canada’s birthday safely. The RAC Contest Committee is therefore asking all participants […]
RSGB HF and VHF contest rules changes
The Radio Society of Great Britain issued the following news release: “As a result of the United Kingdom government’s recent advice on social distancing, it is with regret that the HF Contest Committee (HFCC) and the VHF Contest Committee (VHFCC) have decided that, with immediate effect and until the end of June 2020, we will […]
RAC Canada Day Contest 2019 Results and Soapbox: March 2020 update
RAC Contest Managers Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU and Sam Ferris, VE5SF March 2020 update: After the initial results of the RAC Canada Day Contest 2019 were published in the January-February 2020 TCA, there were a few corrections reported. Our apologies for the errors. The following corrections have been made: 1) W8UM was originally reported as SOABLP when […]
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Logs now available on RAC website
RAC Contest Managers Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU and Sam Ferris, VE5SF, provided the following report: A summary of logs received for the 2019 RAC Canada Winter Contest is now available on the RAC Contesting Rules and Results webpage and has been provided below. The log categorization found within the summary is based on the contents of log […]
TCA Contest Calendar: January, February and Early March
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the January-February 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.