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 […]
Contesting
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.
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC December 28, 2019.
RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules 2019 Note: the RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules are provided on this page. The rules don’t usually change from year to year and we will highlight any changes if they do happen. In December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsors the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs all over the […]
TCA Contest Calendar: November, December and early January 2020
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the November-December 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. Additional information Note: In the above chart an * indicates Local Time. For more contest information check out these sites: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ http://www.contesting.com http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ http://www.arrl.org/contests/ http://www.arrl.org/contests/calendar.html http://www.arrl.org/dxcc http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/index_cq_contests.html The […]
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC December 28, 2019.
RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules 2019 In December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsors the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs all over the world are invited to participate. Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC December 28, 2019. Next year the contest will be held on December 19, 2020. A bilingual PDF version […]
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2018 Results and Soapbox
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2018 Results RAC Contest Managers Sam Ferris, VE5SF and Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU Participation in the 2018 running of the RAC Canada Winter Contest was high once again with a total of 851 entries received. Generally, scores were down this year and for the third year in a row no new records were […]
TCA Contest Calendar: September, October and early November 2019
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the September-October 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. Additional information Note: In the above chart an * indicates Local Time. For more contest information check out these sites: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ http://www.contesting.com http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/ http://www.arrl.org/contests/ http://www.arrl.org/contests/calendar.html http://www.arrl.org/dxcc http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/index_cq_contests.html The […]
TCA Contest Calendar: July, August and Early September 2019
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the July-August 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. DL-DX RTTY Contest 1100Z, Jul 6 1059Z, Jul 7 Marconi Memorial HF Contest 1400Z, Jul 6 1400Z, Jul 7 Original QRP Contest 1500Z, Jul 6 1500Z, Jul 7 FISTS Summer Unlimited Sprint […]