2015 RAC Canada Day Contest We used VE3DC and ran as a Multi-multi station from Haldimand county. List calls of all operators and loggers: VA3API VE3BK VE3DCU VE3JS VE3QEE VE3QU VE3RIA VE3VWJ Our results: CW PHONE BAND QSOs Points Multipliers QSOs Points Multipliers 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 3 6 0 3 14 1 40 232 1136 10 428 2000 10 20 119 402 9 422 2234 13 15 10 38 1 22 152 8 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5984 ...
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...
Announcing The 18th Annual Ontario QSO Party 2015 Held on the third full weekend of April: 1st Part is 1800Z April 18 to 0500Z April 19, this means 2pm Saturday April 18 to 1am Sunday and 2nd Part is 1200Z to 1800Z April 19 which means 8am to 2pm on Sunday April 19, 2015. The Ontario QSO Party is coming up this month! Please clear your calendars for the weekend of April 18/19. The snow should be all gone and the mobiles and rovers will be in full operation, enjoying the Springtime conditions we usually have this time of...
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...
Jamboree on the Air 2014 by Enrico Fala VA3ENF 2014 marks the 57th year of Jamboree on the Air (JOTA). This was 1st Winona’s second year involved with JOTA. We invited scouts and cubs from 1st North Grimsby and 2nd Dunnville to the event. For those not familiar with JOTA, Jamboree on the Air puts scouts on the air talking to other scouts around the world therefore getting a taste of our wonderful hobby, Ham Radio. JOTA is held every year, the third week in October and brings more than 500,000 scouts together. Since I (VA3ENF) a scout leader...
Announcement: the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2014 (ILLW) will be on August 16th and 17th, 2014 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 156th Anniversary of the Burlington Lighthouse. We have been operating on adjacent property on the Beach Strip for the last 8 years. We will be looking for participants to help operate and set up temporary antennas again this year....
The Early Years of the Contest Site and Activities before the Contest Group existed. Archived Photos of the Contest Site The Contest Group in Subsequent Years Raising the Towers This site is still under construction. Please be patient . Examples of seasoned Hams at the Rigs Fred VE3GCP Scott VE3QU