[CQ-Contest] RAC Winter Contest

[Doug Richardson]

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  4,000 Plus QSOs in 24 Hours Can't be Wrong!!
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Last year the M/M giant VE6JY "rac"ed up abt 4,300 QSOs in 24 Hours in 
the RAC Canada Winter Contest! Activity in this event is growing each 
year and the RAC Winter Contest runs again right after Christmas!

TRLog supports this contest.

RAC CANADA WINTER CONTEST (www.rac.ca/CANWIN.htm)
Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC 27 December 1998.

Bands and Modes: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 6 and 2 meters, CW and 'Phone 
(SSB, FM, AM, etc.) Suggested frequencies: on CW - 25 kHz up from the 
band edge; on SSB - 1850, 3775, 7075, 7225, 14175, 21250, 28500kHz. 
Check for CW activity on the half-hour. 

Exchange: Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province or territory. VE0s 
(Marine Mobiles) and stations outside Canada send RS(T) and a serial 
number. 

QSOs: Contacts with stations in Canada or VE0s 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, 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 contest 
QSOs through a repeater during the contest period. 

Multipliers: are Canada's ten provinces and two territories, and 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, CY9, CY0); Quebec [QC, QU or PQ] (VE2, VA2); Ontario 
[ON] (VE3, VA3); Manitoba [MB] (VE4); Saskatchewan [SK] (VE5); Alberta 
[AB] (VE6); British Columbia [BC] (VE7); Northwest Territories [NT] 
(VE8); New Brunswick [NB] (VE9); Newfoundland and Labrador[NF] (VO1, 
VO2); Yukon [YU or YT](VY1); and Prince Edward Island [PE] (VY2).

Final Score: Total your QSO points from all bands, and multiply by the 
total multiplier points from all bands. 

Categories: 
Single Operator QRP;
Single Operator All Bands (High Power); 
Single Operator Low Power (max. 100w output); 
Single Operator Single Band; 
Multi-operator (Could be M/M M/S LP or HP. 
Single operators who receive assistance from a DX Spotting system of 
Packet Cluster network during the contest must classify themselves as 
Multi-ops. There are no single-mode categories. Multi-opertor stations 
may operate on several bands simultaneously. 

Awards: Plaques will be awarded to the top scoring entrants in each 
category. Thanks to the following for their sponsorship: 
Single Operator All Bands - Atlantic Ham Radio 
Single Operator Low Power - Durham Radio Sales and Service 
Single Operator Single Band - H.C. MacFarlane Electronics 
Multi-operator. - Norham Radio Inc. 

As well, the top-scoring foreign entrant will win the Jorge Bozzo LU8DQ 
memorial plaque sponsored by Alan Goodacre VE3HX/VE2AEJ. Certificates 
will be awarded to the top-scoring entrant in each category in each 
province, territory, USA call area, and DXCC country.
Results: will be published in the May or June issue of "The Canadian 
Amateur", and will be sent to certificate winners.
Entries: Send entries by 31 January 1999 to: 
Radio Amateurs of Canada
720 Belfast Road, Suite 217
Ottawa Ontario Canada 
K1G 0Z5

Entries must contain a summary sheet showing score calculation, a dupe 
sheet listing calls worked on each mode on each band, a multiplier 
checksheet and loghsheets. Logs sheets 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. 

Feel free to pose any questions you may have to TCA's contest columnist, 
Dave Goodwin at
ve2zp at va3tcp.ampr.org .


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