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 […]
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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 […]
RAC Canada Day Contest is today! Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC July 1, 2019
Disponible en français Each year on July 1, the anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, Radio Amateurs of Canada sponsors the Canada Day Contest and Amateurs all over the world are invited to Canada’s Birthday Party on the air. Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC July 1, 2019. Download (PDF, 385KB) Bands and Modes: 160, 80, […]
TCA Contest Calendar: May, June and Early July 2019
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the May-June 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. 10-10 International Spring Sprint – 0001Z, May 4 2359Z, May 5 ARI International DX Contest – 1200Z, May 4 1159Z, May 5 7th Area QSO Party – 1300Z, May 4 […]
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2018 Update
RAC Canada Contest 2018 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 RAC Canada Winter Contest 2018 has been posted on the RAC Contesting Rules and Results webpage. This summary includes both electronic and paper logs […]
TCA Contest Calendar: March, April and Early April 2019
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the March-April 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. ARRL International DX Contest SSB – 0000Z Mar 3 2400Z Mar 4 NSARA Contest (Morning) –1200Z Mar 3 1600Z Mar 3 NSARA Contest (Afternoon) – 1800Z Mar 32200Z Mar […]
AMSAT 50th Anniversary Awards Program
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (as AMSAT is officially known) was formed March 3, 1969 as a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered in the District of Columbia. Since its founding, AMSAT has designed, constructed, and, with the added assistance of international government and commercial agencies, successfully launched, 20 Amateur Radio satellites into Earth orbit. To […]