Author: VE3BK

Hi Contesters, Don’t forget the RAC Winter Contest. It is a 24 hour contest that starts at 0:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC December 19, 2015 this year. That means that because of the time difference with the 5 hour difference now for the Winter months, this actually means that we start at 7 pm local time on Friday, December 18 and go till 6:59 local time on Saturday, December 19, 2015. This is another one of those fun contests where you get to see what the weather is like in Winnipeg and St. Johns as well as wish you fellow Canadians...

Announcing the 2015 CQ WW DX Contest SSB 2015 We will be operating VE3DC at the Contest Site and will have a station on every band. This is the fun contest where we work everyone we can all over the world, including strange Islands and call signs. This is usually the contest where we are always checking to see what Country or Area we worked because of unfamiliar Call Signs. Contest time is October 23–25, 2015. Starts 0000 UTC Saturday Ends 2359 UTC Sunday, which is October 23, 8pm local time to October 25, 7:59pm local time. The objective of...

Announcement: the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2015 (ILLW) will be on August 15th and 16th, 2015 this year and we will be at the same place on the Beach Strip. This has been a great spot for us with lots of interest from the public. We will be running VE3DC as usual on whatever bands we can. This year is the 157th Anniversary of the Burlington Lighthouse. We have been operating on adjacent property on the Beach Strip for the last 9 years. We will be looking for participants to help operate and set up temporary antennas again this year. Let...

The Canada Day Contest will be here soon, right after Field Day this year. Field Day is on the Saturday and Sunday of June 27-28 this year with Canada Day starting at 00:00 UTC or 8pm locally on the Tuesday June 30th, 2015, a day and a half after Field Day, and running till 23:59 UTC or 8pm locally on Wednesday July 1st, 2015. This year it is on the Tuesday and Wednesday so everyone will likely have the Wednesday off for the holiday……..no reason not to come out, run a station, or have fun operating one we have set up. You will have most...

Hi Contesters, Don’t forget the RAC Winter Contest. It is a 24 hour contest that starts at 0:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC December 27, 2014 this year. That means that because of the time difference with the 5 hour difference now for the Winter months, this actually means that we start at 7 pm local time on December 26 and go till 6:59 local time on December 27, 2014. This is another one of those fun contests where you get to see what the weather is like in Winnipeg and St. Johns as well as wish you fellow Canadians “Happy...