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RACCanada Day Contest 2021: Thursday, July 1

Forimmediate release:

Each yearon July 1, the anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, Radio Amateurs ofCanada sponsors the Canada Day Contest and Amateurs all over the world areinvited to Canada’s Birthday Party on the air.

ContestPeriod: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC July 1, 2021.

Bands andModes: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 metres, CW and phone (SSB, FM,AM, etc.)

Suggestedfrequencies: 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.

*Note: For7075 kHz please watch for conflicts in the band plan where there are overlapswith other modes of operation.

Exchange: Stationsin Canada send RS(T) and province or territory. VEØs and stations outsideCanada send RS(T) and a serial number.

QSOs: Contactswith stations in Canada or VEØs are worth 10 points. Contacts with stationsoutside Canada are worth 2 points. Contacts with RAC official stations areworth 20 points. RAC official stations are: VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC, VE4RAC,VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC, VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC, VY0RAC, VY1RAC andVY2RAC. You may work any station once on each of the two modes, on each of theeight contest bands.

Itis prohibited to make CW contacts in the conventional phone sub-bandsand phone contacts in the conventional CW sub-bands. Contacts or solicitingQSOs through a repeater during the contest period is not allowed.

Multipliers: Thirteenin total, Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories. Each multiplier may becounted 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 prefixesin use at the time of the contest may also apply; however there may be no morethan 13 multipliers on each band/mode. Please use the multiplier abbreviations,in square brackets, noted above.

Note: inthe event a station is unable to make a contact with a Canadian station, therewill be granted a multiplier count of 1 to facilitate the proper calculation ofthe final score since a multiplier of zero (0) would not create a validcalculation of a final score.

Final Score: Thetotal QSO from all bands multiplied by the total number of multipliers from allbands.

Categories: Thefollowing nine categories are eligible for plaques or certificates as detailedin 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 ** – Radioworld

• Single Operator All Bands CW only, any authorized power – Gary Bartlett VE1RGB Memorial by the Maritime Contest Club

• Single Operator All Bands PH only, any authorized power – Saskatchewan Contest Club

• Single Operator Single Band, any authorized power *** – Radioworld

• Multi-Operator Single Transmitter High Power (>100 watts) * – Alfa Radio Ltd

• Multi-Operator Single Transmitter Low Power (max. 100 watts output) * – Tony Allsop VE3FTA Memorial by the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club

• 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.

Specialthanks to our sponsors for theirsupport of the RAC contests.

If you needhelp with preparing or emailing your log or have any other questions, pleasecontact Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU, ve5cpu@rac.ca

For theprevious year’s contest results, visit the RAC website at /contesting-results/ inthe Contest section.

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