The RAC Canada Day contest will be held on 01 July 2010 (UTC). NARA will be participating in the contest starting at 5 PM Wednesday until 5 PM Thursday. ... read more

NARA will again be participating in Field Day this year. It will be held at our usual location at Beban Park. Al, VA7ACL will be organizing the details this year. It is planned to have work party to test all equipment prior to Field Day. A work party is scheduled for Saturday, June 19th at the club station @ approximately 10:30 to prepare for field day. ... read more

ARRL June VHF QSO Party is the second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday (June 12-14, 2010). ... read more

Great band conditions! Read on to see results. ... read more

Greg Keller, VE7GBK, is organizing an expedition to the top of Mount Washington. This expedition coincides with the Hawaii State QSO party, and the Ohio State QSO party on Saturday August 22nd.

We will meet at 07:30 at the club station for a 08:00 departure to Mt. Washington. ... read more

The Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association (NARA) will once again participate in the annual FIELD DAY amateur radio exercise which will be held this year from Saturday June 27 to Sunday June 28. ... read more

251 QSO's
186 multipliers
Grand total: 118,854 ... read more

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**CQ WPX 2010 VC7C**

Over 900 QSO's
Over 400 multipliers
Grand total: Over 1,200,000 points

Fantastic.
Many thanks to everyone who took part.

Bands worked: 80 meters, 40 meters 20 meters and 15 meters. Roger worked Australia on 80 meters.

Here is how we finished the ARRL DX contest:
229 QSOs
62 Multipliers
Grand score: 42594
The majority of the activity was on 20 meters with a few on 15 meters. The MUF hovered between 20 and 15 meters over the weekend permitting a few openings on 15 meters. Pretty good considering the solar cycle is so quiet (in our favor we didn't have to content with solar flares/magnetic storms to knock out the bands. The Yeasu FT101ZD and the FL2100 amp got a good workout.

Contesting Links

Radio Sport Canada
WIKI entry on contesting
WIKI entry on contesting controversies
RAC Contest Site
ARRL Contest Site
Swedish Contest Service - Great english site
Information on Contesting
Contest Calendar
N1MM Contest Logging Software
Cabrillo Web Forms
Contesting FAQ Page
CW Contesting Article
National Contesting Journal

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Welcome to the world of HF/VHF contesting.

Contests are held throughout the year, and use a variety of modes and bands. Contests can vary in length, from a sprint (1/2 hour to an hour), a full weekend, or an entire month. Check a contest calendar such as http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ for the dates, times, rules, and scoring. Some contests may be a single mode such as SSB Phone (Voice), or multi-mode such as SSB, Rtty, and CW. The club has HF gear for your use, don't be shy, come down and try it out.

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