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2009 RAC CANADA DAY CONTEST
Each year on July 1, the anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, Radio Amateurs
of Canada sponsors the Canada Day Contest. Amateurs all over the world are
invited to Canada’s Birthday Party on the air.
Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC July 1, 2009.
Bands and Modes: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters, CW and phone (SSB,
FM, AM, etc.)
Suggested frequencies: CW – 25 kHz up from the band edge and for SSB – 1850,
3775, 7075, 7225, 14175, 21250, 28500 kHz. Check for CW activity on the
half-hour.
Exchange: Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province or territory. VEØ’s and
stations outside Canada send RS(T) and a serial number.
QSO’s: Contacts with stations in Canada or VEØ’s are worth 10 points. Contacts
with stations outside Canada are worth 2 points. Contacts with RAC official
stations are worth 20 points. RAC official stations are:VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC,
VE4RAC, VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC, VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC, VY0RAC, VY1RAC
and VY2RAC.You may work any station once on each of the two modes, on each of
the eight contest bands.
It is prohibited to make CW contacts in the conventional phone sub-bands, phone
contacts in the conventional CW sub-bands, or to make or solicit QSO’s through
a repeater during the contest period.
Multipliers: Thirteen in total, Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories.
Each multiplier may be counted once on each mode on each of the eight contest
bands. The multipliers, with their postal abbreviations and prefixes are:
Nova Scotia [NS] (VE1, VA1, CY9, CYØ); Quebec [QC] (VE2, VA2); Ontario [ON]
(VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4, VA4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5, VA5); Alberta
[AB] (VE6, VA6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7, VA7); Northwest Territories [NT]
(VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador [NL] (VO1, VO2);
Nunavut [NU] (VY0);Yukon [YT] (VY1); and Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2).
Certain special Canadian prefixes in use at the time of the contest may also
apply; however there may be no more than 13 multipliers on each band/mode.
Please use the multiplier abbreviations noted above.
Final Score: The total QSO points from all bands multiplied by the total number
of multipliers from all bands.
Categories: The following 9 categories are eligible for a certificate or award.
Plaques will be awarded to the top-scoring entrants in each category. Thanks to
the following for their sponsorship:
• Single Operator All Bands High Power (>100 watts) – Radioworld
• Single Operator All Bands Low Power (max. 100 watts output) – Contest Club
Ontario
• Single Operator QRP (max. 5 watt output) All Bands & Single Band ** – QRP
Canada
• Single Operator All Bands CW only, any authorized power – Maritime Contest
Club
• Single Operator All Bands PH only, any authorized power – Saskatchewan
Contest Club
• Single Operator Single Band, any authorized power *** – Elkel Products
• Multi-Operator Single Transmitter High Power (>100 watts) * – Alfa Radio
• Multi-Operator Single Transmitter Low Power (max. 100 watts output) * – Tony
Allsop VE3FTA Memorial by the Mississauga ARC
• Multi-Operator Multi-Transmitter, any authorized power – Radioworld
For the Canada Day Contest a special trophy is awarded for the highest Single
Operator (no power classification) Foreign Entrant – Larry Kayser VA3LK
Memorial by Alan Goodacre, VE3HX
Notes:
Where the categories have a power class and the submitted log does not clearly
identify the power class entered, then the log will be treated as if the
highest power class for that category was entered. Where logs do not properly
indicate the entry category, they will be classified into the highest
category.
Single operators who receive assistance from a DX spotting system or Packet
Cluster network during the contest must classify themselves as Multi-ops.
* In the Multi-Single category only one transmitter and one band are permitted
during the same time period (defined as 10 minutes.) Exception: One, and only
one, other band may be used during any 10-minute period, if and only if the
station worked is a new multiplier. In other words the Multi-Single Transmitter
class allows a second station to “huntö and work multipliers only on a separate
band.
* Multi-Multi category stations may operate on several bands simultaneously.
** Although there is only one QRP category, which qualifies for a certificate
or award, it is intended that the published results would show All Bands or the
Single Band of operation. To facilitate this break out of the listings, your
entry should indicate the power class you used.
*** Although there is only one Single Operator Single Band category that
qualifies for a certificate or award, it is intended that the published results
would show High Power or Low Power. To facilitate this break out of the
listings, your entry should indicate the power class you used.
Awards: Plaques will be awarded to the top-scoring entrants in each category,
as noted above with the sponsor name in bold text. Special thanks to our
sponsors for their ongoing support! Certificates will be awarded to the
top-scoring entrant in each category in each province, territory; US call
district, and DXCC country. To facilitate the proper allocation of
certificates, all US stations should indicate their actual US call district if
different than indicated by their call prefix. DX stations should indicate the
actual country of operation if different than indicated by their call prefix.
Results: Will be published in The Canadian Amateur magazine published by the
Radio Amateurs of Canada. The results will also be published on the RAC website
at <www.rac.ca> in the contest section.
Entries: All entries (electronic or paper logs) must be postmarked or
electronically submitted by July 30, 2009. Electronic entries will be confirmed
by return email.
Send paper entries to:
Radio Amateurs of Canada
720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 0Z5
Paper mail entries must contain a summary sheet showing score calculation, a
dupe sheet listing calls worked on each mode on each band, a multiplier check
sheet and log sheets.
Logsheets must show time, band, mode, call of station worked, exchanges sent
and received and points claimed for each QSO. New multipliers must be clearly
marked in the log.
Contest entry forms are also available on the RAC website at <www.rac.ca>.
Send email entries to <canadaday@rac.ca>.
Any entry with 200 or more contacts should be submitted in digital form, either
submitted
by email or mailed in via 3.5" MS-DOS/ Windows formatted diskette. The
preferred format is RAC Cabrillo in plain ASCII/Text format. While the contest
committee prefers Cabrillo formatted submissions, we will continue to accept
electronic logs from older versions of contest software, but your file must be
in ASCII/Text format.
Given there are several free programs that support the RAC contests and
generate an acceptable entry, we encourage you to seek out one of these
programs. The RAC Cabrillo format is described and its detailed layout is shown
on the RAC website at <www.rac.ca/downloads/raccabrillo1.pdf>.
Electronic logs should provide a summary sheet with the same information as
shown for the paper log entries. The standard summary sheet provided by the
typical logging program is generally acceptable, but you should confirm that it
contains the same information as shown for paper log entries. A properly filled
out Cabrillo header section will be sufficient for logs submitted in that
format.
Please ensure that you completely fill out the header information in the
Cabrillo file. Name your file with your Call Sign and the file extension .LOG
(e.g., yourcall.LOG). If you email your log, please send the file(s)
as attachments. Do not paste the log file into the text of your message. This
is often impossible to extract correctly.
Large files may be zipped if necessary. If you need help with preparing or
emailing your log, please contact Bart Ritchie at <ve5cpu@rac.ca>.
For the previous year’s contest results, visit the RAC website in the
contesting sections. We will also be publishing a list of submitted logs and
the categories entered on the RAC website after the cut-off date to assist in
correcting any entry categorizations.
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