
January 20, 2025 –
A summary of logs received for the 2024 RAC Canada Winter Contest is now available for viewing on the right.
The log categorization found within the summary is based on the contents of log files submitted in accordance with the contest rules.
A total of 1217 electronic logs were received.
Please direct any inquiries to
Sam Ferris, VE5SF
RAC Canada Winter Contest Manager
Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU
RAC Canada Day Contest Manager
RAC Canada Day Contest 2024 Results:
Updated December 20, 2024
RAC Contest Managers: Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU and Sam Ferris, VE5SF
Web Update December 20, 2024 – We had a misplaced log for Igor Mordick, VA3FF, in the SOABCW category and as a result he will now move into third place in the category with a score of 111,112. This bumps Mark Mattila, VA7MM, out of third place in the category moving him to fourth place.
While responding to an inquiry it was noted that a certificate for SOSB-20M in British Columbia had been awarded to Gary Caldwell, VA7RR. This was in error as the plaque winner for SOSB was from BC and also was a SOSB-20M entry. This results in no certificate qualifying for the SOSB-20M British Columbia entry.
The log for Donald Greene, VE3IGN, was missed during log processing. We have added Don’s SOABPH log to the results.
Our apologies to all those who were impacted by this error. Please see the updated results in the PDF file on the right.
The RAC Canada Day Contest is Radio Amateurs of Canada’s way of celebrating the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation which took place on July 1, 1867. This year, Canada Day (July 1) fell on a Monday so we started the contest on a Sunday evening in Canada (Monday UTC time). Since it was not a holiday or a weekend for those outside of Canada, we did not expect another record-breaking year, but we were pleased to see a continuation in the overall trend of improved participation.
Despite it being a Monday, one of the factors contributing to high levels of activities was the improved propagation resulting from Solar Cycle 25 as the window for those outside of North America to get some propagation into Canada was even better than last year.
We continue to see Single Op All Band CW (22% of logs) and Single Op Assisted Low Power (18% of logs) as the two most favoured entry categories. The entry mix was very similar to last year across all the categories. The only new record this year was set by Igor Slakva, VE3ZF, in the relatively new Single Op Assisted Low Power (SOALP) category.
The results are available as a PDF document on the right.
RAC Canada Winter Contest Results: Updated February 7, 2025
RAC Canada Day and Canada Winter Contest updates:
RAC Canada Winter Contest Results 2023: PDF
RAC Canada Day Contest Results 2023: Updated December 20
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2023 Rules: English | French
RAC Canada Day Contest Results 2023: PDF
RAC Canada Day Contest Rules 2023: English | French
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 Results: PDF
RAC Canada Day Contest 2022 Results: Updated June 22, 2023
RAC Contest Log Submission System
Cabrillo specification document: Updated
RAC Canada Day Contest 2023 Results
Thank you for participating! Don’t forget the RAC Canada Winter Contest is coming up soon! It will be held on December 30.
Updated December 20, 2023
RAC Contest Managers:
Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU and Sam Ferris, VE5SF
The RAC Contest Management Team is pleased to present an updated version of the RAC Canada Day Contest 2023 Results in the following pages.
We would like to acknowledge a couple of errors in the results.
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- In the listing for Multi-Operator Multi Transmitter Any Authorized Power Level the call sign for VE6TL was incorrectly listed as VE6RL as was the same error in the operators list.
- We were advised by Rob Noakes, VE3PCP, that there was an issue with the original scoring of his CJ3YLR entry. After reviewing we noted some formatting issues that were not identified which caused the incorrect scoring. We have corrected his result in the Multi Operator Single Transmitter High Power (MOSTHP) updating his score to 17, 366.
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It was certainly nice to see the solar cycle continue on its upswing, leading to better conditions on 10 and 15 metres for the RAC Canada Day Contest 2023. With improved solar conditions and a weekend Canada Day event there was a record 835 logs submitted – a 12% increase over last year’s record performance.
With a total of 108,225 QSOs logged, it was not only the best entry turnout but the highest number of logged QSOs we have ever recorded! Three new records were established this year with all of them in the new assisted categories. Please see inside for all of the details.
Thank you for participating in the contest! We would also like to thank all of our great sponsors for continuing to support the contest and Amateur Radio in Canada and internationally!
Don’t forget the RAC Canada Winter Contest is on December 30. See you on the bands!
RAC Canada Day Contest Manager:
Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU –
RAC Canada Winter Contest Manager:
Sam Ferris, VE5SF –
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Click here: RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules: English and French
RAC Canada Day Contest Results 2023: Updated December 20
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2023 Rules: English | French
RAC Canada Day Contest Results 2023: PDF
RAC Canada Day Contest Rules 2023: English | French
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 Results: PDF
RAC Canada Day Contest 2022 Results: Updated June 22, 2023
RAC Contest Log Submission System
Current Items
- RAC Cabrillo V3.4 (posted February 1/24)
- RAC Canada Day Contest Rules 2023: English | French
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 Results: PDF
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 logs received January 4, 2023: Word | PDF
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2022 Results: December 24, 2022
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 Rules: English | French
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2021 Results: Updated December 20
- RAC Contest Entry Form (Canada Day & Canada Winter) (pdf)
Contesting Hints
RAC Contest Entry Form and Logging Information
- New RAC Contest Log Submission System
- RAC Cabrillo V3.3 (posted December 25/21)
- RAC Contest Entry Form (Canada Day & Canada Winter) (pdf)
- RAC Cabrillo V3.2 (posted November 3/20)
- RAC Cabrillo Format (V3.0 revised 2010) (pdf)
- Download RAC Contest Logging Software (.ZIP)
RAC Canada Day Contest Rules
- RAC Canada Day Contest Rules 2023: English | French
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2022 Rules: English | French
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2021 Rules: English | French
RAC Canada Day Contest Results
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2022 Results: Updated June 22, 2023
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2022 Results: December 24, 2022
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2021 Results: Updated March 25, 2022
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2021 Results: Updated February 2022
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2020 Results: Updated May 28
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2020 Results: Updated January 15
- RAC Canada Day Contest 2019 Results: Updated March 2020
RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 Rules: English | French
- RAC Canada 2021 Rules: English | French
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2020 Rules (English | French)
- RAC 2019 Canada Winter Contest Rules (English / French) (pdf)
RAC Canada Winter Contest Results
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 Results: PDF
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2022 logs received January 4, 2023: Word | PDF
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2021 Results: Updated July 13
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2021: Logs received as of January 31, 2022
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2020 Results
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2020: Logs received as of March 15, 2021
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Results (updated October 11/20)
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Results (posted August 31/20)
- RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019: Logs received as of February 12, 2020
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