With the wind blowing and rain pounding down outside during the first serious storm of the Fall season, it was a perfect weekend for contesting. Despite poor propagation predictions for the higher bands, we nevertheless anticipated promising conditions under rising sunspot numbers, and were not disappointed. Our 9-member team was comprised of Sheldon VA7XH, Thomas … Read more
The first Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio (SEPAR) ‘Mobile Cruise -In’ took place on August 14, 2022. As far as we could determine in planning, it was the first such event in Canada. The idea originated from an article that I spotted in ‘The Radiogram’ newsletter of the Portage County (Ohio) Amateur Radio Service. Curious … Read more
We were recently offered the callsign of VE7RAC for this contest and decided that we would take it on. Any Canadian callsign ending in “RAC” earns double points for the other station so the expectation was that activity would be brisk. The contest is only 24 hours long and to fill the hours we needed … Read more