[CQ-Contest] FW: RAC "Get on the Air for World Amateur Radio Day" Special Event

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

Hello contesting friends.  Although W.A.R.D is not a contest, it is an activity event…..and as a bonus there are downloadable certificates for the VE/VA/VY stations after the event!

CU all tmw (on CW) I’ll be part of the VE9RAC distributed (maintaining social distancing thing) Multi Multi !

Mike VE9AA








RAC "Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day" Special Event is tomorrow!



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For immediate release:

RAC “Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day” Special Event is tomorrow: Saturday, April 18
https://www.rac.ca/ward2020/

On Saturday, April 18, 2020 (1200Z to 2359Z), Radio Amateurs of Canada is organizing a special on-air event to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day.

Every year on April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of Amateur Radio and to commemorate the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) on April 18, 1925.

Radio Amateurs of Canada has decided to hold a new “Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day” special event in which we encourage as many Amateurs as possible to get on the air and contact as many RAC stations as possible.
1) RAC official stations will operate across Canada from 1200Z to 2359Z on April 18. The RAC official station call signs are VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC, VE4RAC, VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC, VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC, VY0RAC, VY1RAC and VY2RAC.

2) Those contacting one or more of these stations will be eligible for a special commemorative certificate noting their participation in RAC’s Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day Event.

3) Participants simply need to complete one or more contacts, on any band and mode, with RAC official stations to earn their certificates.

4) No logs need to be submitted, simply check back on the RAC website after May 1, 2020 and enter your call sign to download your certificate. 

Note: Starting at 1800Z, VA3RAC will be active in the Ontario QSO Party and will be sending the contest exchange. Stations contacting VA3RAC after 1800Z are encouraged to send their contest exchange in return (state/province/country or Ontario county).

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this time of crisis. Please take care of yourself and your loved ones. Stay safe and, wherever possible, let us help one another during this extraordinary time.

For more information on World Amateur Radio Day and the RAC “Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day”  special event please visit: 

https://www.rac.ca/ward2020/

Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA
President, Radio Amateurs of Canada



Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director

www.rac.ca
720 Belfast Road, #217 
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5
613-244-4367, 1- 877-273-8304
raccomms at gmail.com
  
 





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