The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the January-February 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
Contesting
RAC Canada Day Contest 2020 Results and Soapbox: Updated January 15
RAC Canada Day Contest 2020 Report: RAC Contest Managers Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU and Sam Ferris, VE5SF After the results were published in The Canadian Amateur magazine and on the RAC website, we were notified of some errors. We have revised the contest results and uploaded a new version to our main Contesting webpage. The following update […]
RAC Canada Winter Contest: December 19 Thank you for participating in the Contest!
New “Rookie” Subcategory and Sponsors for the RAC Contests Disponible en français Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce the creation of a new “Rookie” subcategory for both the RAC Canada Day Contest and the RAC Canada Winter Contest. In December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada sponsors the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs […]
RAC Canada 2020 Conference: Presentations now available for view
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 […]
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 […]