RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for July 1, 2023
Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada with this week’s bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. July-August 2023 eTCA is now available
The digital (eTCA) version of the July-August 2023 TCA is now available for viewing or download.
The paper version is now at the printer.
To download your copy please visit: https://www.rac.ca/digitaltca/
— Alan Griffin, RAC MarCom Director
2. WRTC 2022 (delayed by 1 year) to be held July 8th – 9th, 2023
A sub-contest for WRTC “hunters” with awards for non-WRTC competitors was just announced.
See the rules at the link below. In a first, all competing stations will be spotted automatically by the
organizers, SSB as well as CW, so it should be relatively easy to find the special stations.
Logs and all sorts of real-time information will be available on the website in almost real time.
Etiquette: no competitor is allowed to say anything that may identify themselves. It is strongly suggested
that you DO NOT greet by name or show recognition even if you recognize a voice on SSB. Doing so
robs the competitor of seconds when seconds count, and the competitors are prohibited from
acknowledging you in any fashion. Just a quick report is the best response. Note that a referee is present
and listening at all times, as well as recordings being made for later checking. The operators will have
unique callsigns and are supposed to remain anonymous until identified on the website shortly after
the contest.
Finally, WRTC requests that you PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR LOG IMMEDIATELY to ARRL for
the IARU Championship. A link for this purpose is on the WRTC webpage. WRTC log checking
commences immediately after the contest and the results are announced the next evening (afternoon
on East Coast USA), so your log is needed ASAP for cross-checking. The judging committee will
have access to logs submitted through the normal ARRL process. Your log will be used for checking
the competitors’ logs. Your own log checks will be done by ARRL for the IARU Championship using
their normal process.
View the WRTC2022 website for award rules and categories, announcements about live streams,
and all other information as it becomes available: https://tinyurl.com/yhvjx6zv.
— Dave K3ZJ
3. Canadian Prairies QSO party 2023 results are now Online
The results of the 2023 Canadian Prairies QSO Party are now official and online at:
https://cpqp.ve6hams.ca/scores-2023/
The certificates are available for download at: https://cpqp.contesting.com/cpqpcertificates.php
Thanks to all those that participated in the contest.
— Sam, VE5SF
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
4. Ontario Qso Party Scores / Writeup will be posted shortly
The preliminary scores are out, and awaiting final confirmation of one rover score, will be posted shortly.
The certificates are in process, and will be posted on the Contest Club Ontario website shortly.
— OQP committee.
This concludes this week’s bulletin.
Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC
RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for July 1, 2023
