HARC has a long heritage of contesting, with our club call sign VE3DC
Contesting, or Radio Sport, is a major component of HARC’s activity. The club holds one of the last two-letter call signs in Canada, VE3DC. Being a small club with limited resources, we cannot maintain a club station for contesting, so a sub-group of members, currently led by Rick – VE3BK, maintain a dedicated contest site to keep this tradition alive. Operational expenses are not covered by the club, but by contributions by those contesters who use the site. Please contact Rick for more info at ve3bk@hamiltonarc.ca.
The Contesting menu item above has some historical articles and photo archives. Following is a blog of recent contesting related posts.
Contesting Blog
Announcing the 23rd Annual Ontario QSO Party (new operating procedure:Covid-19) 2020
Announcing The 23nd Annual Ontario QSO Party 2020, To be held on the third full weekend of April 1800Z April 18 (which is 12 Noon local time) to 0500Z April 19, 2020 (to 1am local time) and then sleep time and back at it at 1200Z (that is 8am on the Sunday) to 1800Z...
Announcing the CQWW160SSB 2020 Contest (Cancelled)
Join us for this fun contest. Contact Rick if you’d like to work this contest from the contest site.
Announcing the R.A.C. Winter Contest 2019
Announcing the R.A.C. Winter 2019 to all you Contesters and would be 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 28, 2019. That means that because of the time difference with the 5 hour...
CQ World Wide DX Contest for 2019
2019 CQ WW DX Contest SSB We operated VE3DC this year at the Contest Site will had a station on every band that we could. This is the fun contest where we work everyone we can all over the world, including strange Islands and call signs. This is the contest where we...
RAC Canada Day Contest, July 1 2019
Mardy VE3QEE and Parker VA3WPS past Canada Day, The Canada Day Contest will be here soon, starting Sunday, right after Field Day. We will be using VE3DC our well known Club Callsign. Some of the guys have been out to do antenna work in preparation for this event, two...
Announcing the 22nd Annual Ontario QSO Party 2019
The Ontario QSO Party is always held on the third full weekend of April. The first part is 1800Z April 20 to 0500Z April 21, this means 2pm Saturday April 20 to 1am Sunday April 21 and second part is 1200Z to 1800Z April 21 which means 8am to 2pm on Sunday April 21,...
Announcing the R.A.C. Winter Contest 2018
Announcing the R.A.C. Winter 2018 to all you Contesters and would be 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 29, 2018. That means that because of the time difference with the 5 hour...
Announcing The 20th Annual Ontario QSO Party 2017
20th Annual Ontario QSO Party – April 15 – 16
Announcing the CQWW160SSB 2018 Contest
Announcing the CQWW160SSB 2018 Contest VE3DC has won many Certificates for this contest in our Class in Canada and in Ontario. So let’s do it again this year in 2018. You can check the official results for us on the official webpage at: https://www.cq160.com This is...
Announcing the RAC Winter Contest 2016
Hello Ham Radio Contesters and would be 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 17, 2016 this year. That means that because of the time difference with the 5 hour difference now for the...
Announcing the Canada Day Contest, on July 1st, 2016, the 149th Birthday of Canada
The Canada Day Contest will be here soon, after Field Day again this year. Field Day is on the Saturday and Sunday of June 25-26 this year with Canada Day starting at 00:00 UTC or 8 pm locally on the Thursday June 30th, 2016, 5 days after Field Day, and...
Announcing The 19th Annual Ontario QSO Party 2016
Announcing The 19th Annual Ontario QSO Party 2016 Held on the third full weekend of April. First part is 1800Z April 16 to 0500Z April 17, this means 2pm Saturday April 16 to 1am Sunday April 17 and second part is 1200Z to 1800Z April 17 which means 8am to...
CQ World Wide 160 meter SSB 2016
VE3DC was #2 in our Class in Canada and #2 in Ontario in 2015, right behind of VA3ZV and 6th in our Class in North America again. A great job for 2015, so let's do it again this year in 2016. VA3ZV and VE3DC clashed for top Ontario Multi and ZV was the winner by only...
RAC Winter Contest 2015
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...
Announcing the 2015 CQ WW DX Contest SSB 2015
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...
Announcing the 157th Anniversary of the Burlington Lighthouse
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...
148th Canada Day Announcement
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...
CQWW 160 Meter Contest – 2015
VE3DC was #1 in our Class in Canada and #1 in Ontario in 2014, right behind of VE3VV and 6th in our Class in North America. A great job for 2014, so let's do it again this year in 2015. This is our next contest. Rules are here. We will be doing the SSB once again from...
RAC Winter Contest 2014
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...
147th Canada Day 2014
The Canada Day Contest will be here soon, right after Field Day this year. Field Day is on the Saturday and Sunday of June 28-29 this year with Canada Day starting at 00:00 UTC or 8pm locally on the Monday June 30th, 2014, a day and a half after Field Day, and...