RAC Winter Soapbox built 2-11-2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA3B Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 107,730 QSO Pts: 160M 390 80M 592 40M 1026 20M 776 15M 294 Total 3078 I got caught up on my outgoing QSLs while operating the contest. Lots of fun. Very Happy New Years to all. 73 Bud AA3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL2F Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 1,428 Found this contest late. It's nice to have some signals back. Happy New Year 73-AL2F Kris in Anchor Point AK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CF2PIJ Class: SOSB/6 LP Total Score = 160 1 RAC station worked = 20 pts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CF2SG Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 142,344 Slow start first night, then not bad condx in daytime. God! I finally worked Yukon! Tnx to the VY1RAC crew! Tnx to you! Happy new year to everyone! Bonne année à tous! 73 de CF2SG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CF3RCS Class: M/S LP Total Score = 46,860 C F 3 R C S (Canadians Freezing - 3 - Real Cold Spot) And we were! We operated 19 hours of the RAC Canada Winter Contest from Bate Island in the Ottawa River. We set up tarps to break the wind and we used a propane heater to ward off the cold. We ran two radios, an FT-897 and an FT-857. The FT857 was used on VHF and the FT897 on HF. We earned Bate Island a number in the Canadian Island Award Program (CISA) - Number ON283. We operated from battery power and the antennas in use were a 275ft Carolina Windom up about 30/40ft in the trees for HF, a rotate-able dipole for 6m and a halo loop for 2m. We operated VHF only for the C.I.S.A. activation during the first few hours of the expedition. We all had a great time on the island. Some of the highlights were making contact with Garry Hammond (VE3XN), who manages the C.I.S.A. program. Garry issued us a new island number right there on the air to much jubilation on the island. We also made contact with two of the USA special event stations celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast of voice and music over radio by Fessenden. We were using the CF prefix to mark the same event. We also ran a 40m phone net from the island, that was great fun and we had great QSOs in the net. And we had some visitors who enjoyed working some new contest contacts. We made contact with other islands as well. We contacted VE2IDX on CISA QC-027 Blizzard Island and GM3PPG/P on South Uist, IOTA EU-010 in Scotland. For many of us, it was our first try at top band, and we were amazed at how well top band performed. 73 and Thanks! from the Bate Island DXpedition team. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CG3KI Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 98,792 I decided to remove 10 years' worth of dust from my microphone and operate Mixed for a change. That wasn't so bad, I might even do it again some time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5IN Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 3,096 Powered by Win-Test 3.7.0 http://www.win-test.com http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5UKL/QRP Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 96 The worst RAC I've ever worked. Really poor propagation but still enjoy this contest. Best 73 and Happy New Year 2007. Andre - f5ukl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: I2WIJ Class: SOSB/20 LP Total Score = 400 HNY! Bob, I2WIJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0HW Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 80,920 Another "SUPERB" RAC Contest. I had planned to work this contest in both modes but after I found the conditions with lots of QRN on 75/80 and 160 Meters I decided to stick with SSB only. I really didn't have much luck on Friday evening/night as there was a lot of QRN static crashes with the major weather system moving through. I had forgotten to look on 40 down in the area below 7.1 MHz so I missed a few VE stations there. I finally caught up with it on Saturday and made a few contacts split but not many and there were many stations there but they were not listening up. I think since out of Canada stations are not worth much for points they just didn't set up to listen up. I even worked a few split on 20 meters as there were quite a few stations working below the USA phone band and again not many listening up. I had most of my luck on 20 meters and it didn't seem to matter which way the beam was pointed NW or NE they called from all directions and I called CQ more than I usually do in a contest. Saturday was really good compared to Friday night but 160 just didn't open up for me toward the end of the contest. I like this contest when it is between the Christmas and New Year holidays. It makes a good reason to say "Happy New Year" on every contact. ICOM 756PROII, Ameritron AL-1200, HyGain TH11DX, Dipoles on 40 & 80, Double Bazooka on 160, and trusty Writelog doing the logging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RC Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 24,640 Low-lite: There's nothing to set you up in the chair better than finding yourself calling a VE station on 14.125 MHz! Unfortunately the US 20m band was not expanded below 14.150 so we quickly changed to split and completed the contact! High-lite: Nothing broke and I enjoyed a relaxing, casual, contesting event! 73 de Bob - K0RC in MN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BAI Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 9,548 FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 1 KW output, dipole, zepp, TH6DXX. Time was limited this year. 73, John, K4BAI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GEP Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 3,960 This was a part-time effort. I was working the Feld Hell QSO party at the same time. I lumped all the Q's into CW. Where were all the VE's on 40 SSB? I looked in the 7075-7100 segment, and above 7125. Only worked 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9ES Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 21,750 IC-756 Pro-2 Gap Challenger, 80M Doublet (60 feet high), 80M 4-Square ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2MX Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 9,756 A good time. Missed out on spending much time on 80M as I was out Friday night. Wanted to break 10K but the family was waiting to go out to dinner on Saturday so I missed by a couple of Qs. Not much happening on 15M even though VE6RAC was very strong here for most of the day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN0V Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 44,942 I was surprised at the number of DX stations calling. MI0SDX had a nice sig into MN. This was a lot of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 103,280 The winter storms were churning up the QRN which was fierce on the low bands Friday evening. Still managed to get a few stations in the log even on 160. Missed some prime time on 20 Saturday morning while digging out of the snow and running some errands in town. Saturday afternoon was interesting with Europe and Africa calling in at late hours on 20. Nothing heard on 15 or 10. Happy 2007 to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KV0Q Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 135,574 the RAC contest was a nice break from snow removal. We received another big snow fall on Friday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: M/S LP Total Score = 73,876 N2CU + Packet Happy New Year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DO Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 337,200 I last operated in the RAC Winter Contest several years ago; it was like discovering an old friend who you haven't seen in a long time! Great fun. For awhile it seemed like the Ontario QSO Party and I ended up with 242 Ontario contacts. Late in the contest I moved the beam to the northwest and it became the BC QSO Party; I ended up with 58 BC QSOs. The only down side was that I had forgot how difficult it is to get an SSB contact with VE on 40M. Multiple stations(lots of needed multipliers)were booming in from 7050 to 7100, but I only heard 6 of them working split. I remembered late to move multipliers to SSB on 40M and only was able to move two stations. The storms to the north of me made for lots of QRN on the low bands, but it was still a great time. HNY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6RO Class: SOSB/160 HP Total Score = 5,976 Good warmup and antenna checks for Stew Perry test. New reversible beverages play OK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8BJQ Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 65,736 Fun as usual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG7Z Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 10,152 Just got on for a little while this year. Had to spend time fixing the delta loop which got entangled in the trees after the big windstorm two weeks ago. Lost my beam in the carnage on my property. A 100 foot fir destroyed it. Can't put up another one until the spring or summer. Have to clear the trees and cut them up first. Big job. Thanks for the q's and 73 Paul NG7Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS3T Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 25,254 Always happy to help my VE contest friends in what is also a nice break from the holidays. Operated most of the time with my four month old in my lap. Thanks for all the Q's. 73 Jamie NS3T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DF Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 85,914 Based on the propagation forecast, I had hoped for better condx. However, it was fun anyway! All the best to everyone in 2007! 73, Doug VA3DF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DX Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 403,728 POINTS FOR CONTEST CLUB ONTARIO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3EC Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 68,544 Thanks to VE3HG for getting rid on the noise in the neighborhood and making the the bands useful. He hounded Oakville Hydro once he found the offending lightning arrestor. I was surprised on 15 when I was about to give up and got called by a ZL! Lots of Fun, Harry VA3EC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3KA Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 295,740 Started late and slow on Friday night. Picked up the pace on Saturday. Glad to work all 13 Canadian areas on 20M Saturday, the first time I have done this in a RAC contest! Should have spent more time on CW and on 40M as my score shows! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3NR Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 237,380 Mk-V, HF6V vertical, 40m dipole at 30', 160m inv-L. Had fun at times. Low bands noisey Friday and signal levels up & down. This test sure is a lot more interesting when there's more band openings to find. I thought activity was down- like maybe there are fewer full-time entrants. (...and now some of the entrants are only on one mode which also makes for fewer QSOs.) 160m used to make a bigger contribution to my RAC total before there was scheduling conflict there. After the RAC I dabbled in the other test a bit, but like most people I can't clear enough time to be serious in two contests in one weekend. Thanks all that stopped by - I do appreciate the QSOs. Happy New Year. 73, Chris. QSO/Mul by hour Hour Hour Cumm OffTime D1-0000Z 42/9 42/9 D1-0100Z 43/7 85/16 D1-0200Z 47/2 132/18 D1-0300Z 23/3 155/21 D1-0400Z 59/2 214/23 D1-0500Z 33/1 247/24 D1-0600Z 19/0 266/24 D1-0700Z 11/1 277/25 31 D1-0800Z 0/0 277/25 60 D1-0900Z 2/0 279/25 55 D1-1000Z 0/0 279/25 60 D1-1100Z 0/0 279/25 60 D1-1200Z 0/0 279/25 60 D1-1300Z 6/5 285/30 54 D1-1400Z 55/10 340/40 7 D1-1500Z 0/0 340/40 60 D1-1600Z 3/3 343/43 54 D1-1700Z 44/8 387/51 D1-1800Z 14/3 401/54 37 D1-1900Z 39/5 440/59 D1-2000Z 46/1 486/60 D1-2100Z 36/1 522/61 D1-2200Z 22/0 544/61 50 D1-2300Z 16/4 560/65 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3RKM Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 58,876 K2, FT817, 5W, dipoles and vertical. Great event for casual contesters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 96,060 Gear: FT920 N1MM Logger 1 x 160M inverted-L 1 x 80M inverted-V 2 x 40M delta loops (parasitic array, aimed E) 1 x 3-element tribander at 50' 1 x SB221 amplifier @ ~500W First contest using the Harbach-modded SB221 amp I acquired the weekend before Christmas. Drove 16 hours through horrible winter mountain passes to get it, so it had to be good, hi. Contesting is good training for long drives. The unit ran like a top, and as I only ran it at 500W the thing ran cool all night and day. Wanted to work HP in RAC CW-only now that it's an official category, with any allowed power. Figured I wouldn't have a sniff running 100W. Probably don't have a sniff anyway, but sure felt good. Lack of mults killed me, as usual... should have had several more on 15M but that band was pretty much dead from here to the east, and 80M wasn't as generous as it usually is. Mults were down by 2 from last year, but Qs are up by 250 or so. QSO points were up exactly 1,000. Surprise was running a bunch of new-to-me EU stations on Saturday morning over the pole. Lots of extra Qs picked up there on 20M. Was also pleased to work a bit of EU on 40M. Great fun. Must thank VY0DU for NU on 20M and 40M. What a nice surprise that was! 160M was down on Qs, up on mults (by +1) 80M was way up on Qs, down on mults (by -2) 20M was way up on Qs, up on mults (by +2) 15M was up on Qs, down on mults (by -3) 2005 Band QSOs Pts Sec 1.8 47 264 3 3.5 45 284 7 7 131 752 9 14 154 670 8 21 47 232 5 Total 424 2202 32 70,464 2006 Band QSOs Pts Sec 1.8 36 202 4 3.5 101 476 5 7 211 1046 9 14 272 1096 10 21 62 382 2 Total 682 3202 30 96,060 Thanks to RAC (and all the RAC stations on CW) for the contest -- and special thanks for adding the CW-only category. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7XX Class: SOSB/80 HP Total Score = 15,652 Great time for a few hours on 80 meters. Thanks for all who I had a chance to work this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1OP Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 93,632 11 hours in the chair, CW only...Resisted the temptation to put the Heil on during times of endless CQ'ing to myself... Average of only 4.3 points/QSO, which means many more non-VE stations worked than VE...As much as I like the seperate CW/SSB classes this year, it sure took many VE op's away from CW, including many of the RAC stations...Maybe they were on when I wasn't...Had multi-band QSO's with mant stations... 80 and 160 were in great shape, must put up a 160 antenna one of these years... Always fun, look forward to next year when maybe we will have a few sunspots... 73, and HNY to all... Scott VE1OP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2HIT Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 74,400 Plenty of fun for my very first RAC winter contest! Wish the higher bands could have been more active, but I'm quite happy that 80 was kind enough in terms of noise levels during the holiday season. Happy New Year to all contesters and see you next year! Greg VE2HIT. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3DZ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 769,012 Thanks a lot to Paul VE3SY and Marg VE3RE for their hospitality. Came a bit late, so had to set the station up "on the fly". Everything worked great though. Thanks for all the QSOs and Happy New Year to everybody. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3ESH Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 99,764 Lots of fun, lots of good wishes, see you next year ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3FH Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 17,028 The only RAC stations worked were VE6RAC and VE7RAC, where were the rest? phone only? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GLO Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 37,080 Poor Prop. Maybe better next year. Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3HG Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 118,722 Not the best of conditions. On Friday night couldn't hear anyone in Ontario on 80 but could clearly hear SM0W working Americans. Used the Icom SM-20 microphone for the first time in a contest and really enjoyed the good audio reports. Also got the voice keyer working again (I forget how to set it up from one voice contest to the next) to great advantage. See everyone in the ARRL RTTY RoundUp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3JAQ Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 17,136 Could only spend about 4 hours but had fun. Good to hear all the club members on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 33,600 Looked like a fun contest, but still trying to shake a sore throat and a head cold. Looking forward to RTTY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RM Class: M/M HP Total Score = 448,512 Great Contest as always , had a good time with all the operators , a real nice day. Upper bands where dead in our area. Happy New Year to all and hope to work you futher down the bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3SS Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 23,736 Could not operate full-time so did 100% S&P just to test out a new amp. Reports from other ops were excellent. I had alot of fun working a lot of familiar calls. Thanks to all who worked me. Happy New Year. Ted VE3SS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3TA Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 15,720 Many thanks to VE3FAS for his generous hospitality and the use of his excellent antennas. 80 M dipole at 130 ft 130 ft Vertical with 2 Miles of Nr 6 Radials. 3 Beverages toward EU, ZL/W6 and AK/JA - 1/4 mile each Only 2 hrs on 80 and one hr on 160; this was primarily an antenna, equipment and software evaluation session for me. Orion I with A2000 Wintest Software and WinKey 2 USB Keyer Thanks to all for the Qs 73, Paul, VE3TA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3VZ/W8 Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 3,410 I went to visit my daughters family in Toledo, Ohio for the Christmas season. I was only able to operate a very short time, due to family priorities. But it was nice to work some familiar calls. Was operating with a mobile whip and autotuner, IC 706. Tried to run but no one heard me so all QS are S&P. Very noisy location in the midle of the city. 8o was noisy but ok, could not hear any contesters on 40m in the American portion of the band. 20 was usable but open for a very limited time. Could not hear anyone on the other bands. Happy New Year Don VE3VZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3YAA Class: M/M HP Total Score = 813,288 Thanks all who called us. Happy Vew Year to everyone! 73, Alex, VE3KF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3ZIN Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 4,950 Nursing a bad cold and sore throat - wish I could have spent more time at it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE5CPU Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 447,860 Decent conditions and activity. Thanks to all those who worked the contest and stopped by for an exchange and a happy new year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE5KO Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 31,248 I had a few hours to do some contesting from my cottage in Saskatchewan between snowmobile rides with the kids. With just 150 qso's it wasn't very competitive but still a lot of fun nonetheless. Thanks for the fun! Barry VE5KO/VE6TN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6RAC Class: M/M HP Total Score = 1,622,616 Better than expected band conditions, and certainly better than they have been for quite a few weeks. Lots of work but lots of good fun. Thanks to all who dropped by... 73 Don VE6JY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9DX Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 91,872 All in all... Not bad considering the conditions seemed poor with lots of deep QSB especially on 160. Numerious times I was asked to QSY to SSB which I did but CW is where I spent most of my time. As a rule, I am always to QSY on request. If it wasn't for my voice keyer, I would have likely passed this weekend. Did work about 80 on SSB. Thanks to all that called. Happy New Year to all... See you in 07. 73 Andy (VE9DX) * All contacts uploaded to LOTW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1HE Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 58,512 I decided to go SSB only in this one to save on tuning between the modes. My low band antennae are not set up for CW operation anyway. Lots of activity but the bands weren't in great shape. Lots of QSB. Not as many Europeans heard here. It was nice to hear so many RAC stations on the air. More Qs than last year but less mults so next year we'll see what happens. I plan on upgrading my station again with a better low band antenna array but that could be hard given the space I have to work with. Thanks for the Qs and CU in the next one. 73 & HNY -- Paul VO1HE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1HP Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 17,974 1)Conditions poor. 2)N1MM did not compute score 3)N1MM displayed VE calls as greyed out until the province was manually eneterd 4)Never heard NU, NWT or PEI 5)Very restricted iotg time due to Xmas family events ....other then those issues ...had fun!! Happy New year 2007 73 Frank VO1HP www.vo1hp.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1KVT Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 67,686 My first RAC Winter contest. Enjoyed it very much and looking forward to next year. Happy New Year to All 73 Ken VO1KVT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1TA Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 15,054 Always a fun contest, Just did not have enough time to put in a real effort. Again there seemed to be very few Canadians on cw, Of the 265q's only 60 were Canadian. Maybe it was just the short amont of time that I put in, or bad timing. Happy New Year Wayne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1TX Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 7,170 This was my first Canada Winter Contest entry, although I never had a lot of operating time, I did indeed enjoy the short time qsoing... Have a great 2007. 73 VO1TX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2RAC Class: M/S HP Total Score = 290,864 First time operating the RAC bonus station from my home QTH.Thanks to Robby,VY2SS for providing the bulk of the CW Q's during his short stint in the chair.I made a few to some unsuspecting souls!! This raw score does not include NU mult from VY0DU.For some reason WL did not recogonize it.Will work that out later.Lots of activity from VY1-land.Surprised at the number of European stations that actually seemed to be active in the contest.Seemed to be lots of US activity as well. Missed way too many mults but hope we got into lots of logs.Thanks to the contest organizers and hope we held up our end in VY2-land.73 es Happy New Year de VY2LI es VY2SS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: M/S HP Total Score = 190,820 As the credit card commercial goes: New contest voice keyer from MFJ, $189.95. Newly 12-year-old enthusiastic contester-to-be named Coel from BC, priceless! And she almost didn't make it as Coel and her family (relatives from Langley BC) got stuck in the Denver airport overnight during the second big storm of the year. But she did make it and I found out driving everyone home from the Wichita airport on Saturday morning that she'd been looking forward all year to being able to get back on Uncle Bob's radio and helping with another contest. Music to my ears and then more to hers as she found out about the RAC Canada Winter Contest still going on for a few more hours. A chance to talk back to her home country! You all know the rest of the story since so many of you worked Coel. We started out with me handling the CQs / call signs and Coel doing the numbers. The voice change caused more than a few chuckles and some occasional confusion. We finished with me leaning back in the easy chair just typing in call signs and listening in amazement as she showed me how CQing really isn't necessary as she ran 131 Qs in just over two hours on 20 SSB. Not a bad way to spend part of your twelth birthday! MANY thanks to those of you with birthday wishes for Coel and helpful hints and encouragement along the way. She certainly learned her phonetic alphabet and also the meaning of the word "pileup"! Overall, we worked 8 RAC stations and all the mults except NT. We did hear a loud NT on SSB, but couldn't work him since he was below 14.150. Canadian Qs numbered 336 / 650 = 51.7%, so the band really was in to Canada from Kansas. Special thanks to VY0DU in Nunavut for a nice mult and QSO. Also VE4CCA who found us as well from Thompson MB. We met Peter last summer during our trip up to Churchill MB to see the beluga whales and polar bears. Happy New Year to all and here's to many more Qs in 2007. Perhaps we'll hear Coel on with her own license in 2007! 73, Bob, w0bh w/Coel on the side ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1AJT/VE3 Class: M/S LP Total Score = 7,560 Rig : TS-480SAT Antennas : Hamsticks Should have read the rules first; my 3 or 4 spots put me in multi-op. Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year to all. Art - W1AJT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1END Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 17,556 I enjoy this activity a lot. Nice way to end the year. Thanks to all and to all a happy new year. Eldon - W1END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LL Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 68,600 Thanks to RAC for another fine contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4AN Class: SOSB/160 HP Total Score = 10 FT100MP, Mk V, amp, 1.5 KW, vertical. I was prepared to give Canadian stations a QSO # and RST when worked in the TBDC between 2149 and 2359 UTC, but only VE3SWA gave me the RAC info back. 73, John, K4BAI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8JUI Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 70,078 Thanks to the RAC group for another fine Winter contest. Band conditions left a lot to be desired. Hopefully conditions will improve for the RAC Canada Day contest in July! Thanks to all for the QSOs. Now, on to the Stew! 73 - Rick WB8JUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WT9U Class: M/M HP Total Score = 10,470 Just playing around handing out some q's. Finally got packet hooked up in the shack and wanted to play around with it hence entering the Multi/Multi category. Happy New Year to all...Jim, WT9U Index of Calls Call: AA3B Class: SO CW HP Call: AA4FU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AD6WL Class: SO CW LP Call: AI2N Class: SO CW LP Call: AL2F Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: CF2PIJ Class: SOSB/6 LP Call: CF2SG Class: SO Mixed LP Call: CF3RCS Class: M/S LP Call: CG3KI Class: SO Mixed LP Call: F5IN Class: SO CW HP Call: F5UKL/QRP Class: SO CW QRP Call: I2WIJ Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: K0HW Class: SO SSB HP Call: K0PC Class: SO CW LP Call: K0RC Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K0UK Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K1VU Class: SO SSB LP Call: K1WO Class: SO SSB LP Call: K4BAI Class: SO CW HP Call: K4BK Class: SO CW LP Call: K4GM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K4LW Class: SO CW LP Call: K4WW Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: K4ZGB Class: SO CW HP Call: K5NZ Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6GEP Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6RB Class: SO CW HP Call: K8GT Class: SO CW LP Call: K9ES Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KD2MX Class: SO CW QRP Call: KH6GMP Class: SO SSB LP Call: KN0V Class: SO CW LP Call: KO7X Class: SO Mixed HP Call: KR4F Class: M/S HP Call: KS0T Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KU8E Class: SO CW HP Call: KV0Q Class: SO Mixed HP Call: KV7DX Class: SO CW HP Call: MI0SDX Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N2CU Class: M/S LP Call: N3UA Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: N4DW Class: SO CW LP Call: N4NTO Class: SO CW LP Call: N4ZZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N5DO Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N6RO Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: N8BJQ Class: SO CW HP Call: NA2M Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NA7RF Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: ND2T Class: SO Mixed HP Call: NG7Z Class: SO CW LP Call: NS3T Class: SO CW LP Call: VA3DF Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: VA3DX Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VA3EC Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VA3GGF Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VA3KA Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VA3MAH Class: SO SSB LP Call: VA3NR Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VA3RKM Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: VA3YT Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VA7ST Class: SO CW HP Call: VA7XX Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: VE1OP Class: SO CW LP Call: VE2HIT Class: SO SSB LP Call: VE3CR Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: VE3CX Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: VE3DZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE3EJ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE3ESH Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3EY Class: SO CW LP Call: VE3FH Class: SO CW LP Call: VE3FZ Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3GLO Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3HG Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3JAQ Class: SO CW LP Call: VE3JM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3MGY Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3MIS Class: M/S LP Call: VE3RCN Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3RM Class: M/M HP Call: VE3SS Class: SO SSB HP Call: VE3TA Class: SO CW HP Call: VE3TPZ Class: SO SSB LP Call: VE3VZ/W8 Class: SO SSB LP Call: VE3XD Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3YAA Class: M/M HP Call: VE3ZIN Class: SO SSB LP Call: VE5CPU Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE5KO Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE5UF Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE6RAC Class: M/M HP Call: VE7NS Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE7UQ Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE9DX Class: SO CW LP Call: VO1HE Class: SO SSB HP Call: VO1HP Class: SO CW LP Call: VO1KVT Class: SO SSB LP Call: VO1RAC Class: M/S LP Call: VO1TA Class: SO CW LP Call: VO1TX Class: SO SSB LP Call: VY2RAC Class: M/S HP Call: W0BH Class: M/S HP Call: W1AJT/VE3 Class: M/S LP Call: W1END Class: SO CW LP Call: W2LHL Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: W3LL Class: SO SSB LP Call: W4AN Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: W4NZ Class: SO CW LP Call: W6TK Class: SO CW HP Call: W7WW Class: SO SSB LP Call: WB2AA Class: SO CW LP Call: WB8JUI Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WT9U Class: M/M HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/M HP Call: VE3RM Call: VE3YAA Call: VE6RAC Call: WT9U Class: M/S HP Call: KR4F Call: VY2RAC Call: W0BH Class: M/S LP Call: CF3RCS Call: N2CU Call: VE3MIS Call: VO1RAC Call: W1AJT/VE3 Class: SO CW HP Call: AA3B Call: F5IN Call: K4BAI Call: K4ZGB Call: K6RB Call: KU8E Call: KV7DX Call: N8BJQ Call: VA7ST Call: VE3TA Call: W6TK Class: SO CW LP Call: AD6WL Call: AI2N Call: K0PC Call: K4BK Call: K4LW Call: K8GT Call: KN0V Call: N4DW Call: N4NTO Call: NG7Z Call: NS3T Call: VE1OP Call: VE3EY Call: VE3FH Call: VE3JAQ Call: VE9DX Call: VO1HP Call: VO1TA Call: W1END Call: W4NZ Call: WB2AA Class: SO CW QRP Call: F5UKL/QRP Call: KD2MX Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K0UK Call: KO7X Call: KV0Q Call: MI0SDX Call: N4ZZ Call: N5DO Call: ND2T Call: VA3DX Call: VA3GGF Call: VA3KA Call: VE3DZ Call: VE3EJ Call: VE5CPU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AA4FU Call: CF2SG Call: CG3KI Call: K0RC Call: K4GM Call: K5NZ Call: K6GEP Call: K9ES Call: KS0T Call: NA2M Call: VA3EC Call: VA3NR Call: VA3YT Call: VE3ESH Call: VE3FZ Call: VE3GLO Call: VE3HG Call: VE3JM Call: VE3MGY Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3XD Call: VE5KO Call: VE5UF Call: VE7NS Call: VE7UQ Call: WB8JUI Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: VA3DF Call: VA3RKM Class: SO SSB HP Call: K0HW Call: VE3SS Call: VO1HE Class: SO SSB LP Call: K1VU Call: K1WO Call: KH6GMP Call: VA3MAH Call: VE2HIT Call: VE3TPZ Call: VE3VZ/W8 Call: VE3ZIN Call: VO1KVT Call: VO1TX Call: W3LL Call: W7WW Class: SOSB/160 HP Call: N6RO Call: W4AN Class: SOSB/20 LP Call: AL2F Call: I2WIJ Call: NA7RF Class: SOSB/40 LP Call: K4WW Call: W2LHL Class: SOSB/6 LP Call: CF2PIJ Class: SOSB/80 HP Call: VA7XX Call: VE3CR Call: VE3CX Class: SOSB/80 LP Call: N3UA