n December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsors the
Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs all over the world are invited to
participate.
Contest Period:
0000 UTC to 2359 UTC December 28, 2013.
Next year the contest will be held on December 27, 2014.
Bands and Modes:
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 metres, 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.
VEØs and stations outside Canada send RS(T) and a serial number.
QSOs:
Contacts with stations in Canada or VEØs 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 and phone contacts in the conventional CW sub-bands.
Contacts or soliciting QSOs through a repeater during the contest
period is not allowed.
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] (VYØ);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, in square
brackets, noted above.
Final Score:
The total QSO from all bands multiplied by the total
number of multipliers from all bands.
Categories:
The following 9 categories are eligible for plaque’s or
certificates as detailed in the Awards section of the rules.
•
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 Winter Contest a special trophy is awarded for the
highest Single Operator (no power classification) Foreign Entrant –
Russ Coleston VK4XA Memorial by Alan Goodacre, VE3HX
.
Special thanks to our sponsors for their support of the RAC contests

Termin 2014:


27.12.2014, 0000-2359 UTC

Veranstalter:


RAC - Radio Amteurs of Canada

Ziffernaustausch:


Originalauschreibung 2013

zu arbeitende Stationen:


alle, jede Station einmal pro Band und Mode

Bänder:


1,8 - 144 MHz (ohne WARC)

Betriebsarten:


CW, Fone (AM, FM, SSB)

Ziffernaustausch:


VE-Stationen: RS(T) + Provinz
alle anderen Stationen: RS(T) + lfd. Nr.

Klassen:


Single Op/All Band/High Power (>100W)
Single Op/All Band/Low Power (100W)
Single Op/QRP/All Band und Single Band (5W)
Single Op/All Band/CW
Single Op/All Band/Phone
Single Op/Single Band
Multi OP/Single TX/High Power
Mult Op/Single TX/Low Power (