RAC Bulletin 100612

RAC Ontario Section Bulletin for June 12, 2010
NATIONAL NEWS
1. 2010 Canada Day Contest
RAC's annual Canada Day Contest will be held from 0000 UTC to 2359
UTC on July 1.  Operations will be on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and
2 metres, CW and phone.  Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province
or territory; VE0's and stations outside Canada send RS(T) and a
serial number.  For more information and full contest rules visit
tinyurl.com/rac-contests
-- RAC Web Page

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
2. Canada Day Radio-Thon for Charity
In conjunction with the Canada Day Contest, members from the Niagara
Peninsula Amateur Radio Club will hold their third annual Canada Day
Radio-thon for Charity.  The more contacts NPARC members make during
the contest, the more money they will raise from their pledges. This
year's charities include the Canadian National Institute for the
Blind (CNIB) Amateur Radio Program and the St. Catharines General
Hospital Foundation.  For more information visit www.nparc.on.ca
-- RAC Events Database
3. Field Day Station Locator
The ARRL's Field Day Station Locator is an interactive map that helps
those interested in Amateur Radio find a Field Day site near them. It
is free to clubs or individuals who will be operating public Field
Day stations. If your group would like to be a part of the Station
Locator Service, just go to www.arrl.org/field-day-locator and
follow the instructions.  Note that this is a different web address
than was printed in the Field Day packets.
-- ARRL Web
4. 12 Out Of 48 Hours
A review of the 2009 CQ Worldwide DX SSB logs shows that while Single
Operators can be on the air for 48 hours, the average all-band
operator spent only about 12 hours in the contest last year. Of the
over 3500 Single Operator, All Band entries, 87 percent operated less
than half the CQ WW DX SSB contest.  Only 25 operators worked more
than 44 hours.  For details visit tinyurl.com/cqww09logs
-- Radio-Sport.net
5. Satellite Frequency Allocations
In preparation for frequency allocation negotiations, the IARU has
published a full specification at www.iaru.org/ac-09spec.pdf
Proposals include: an allocation for the Amateur Satellite Service in
the 50-54 MHz band; expansion of the satellite allocation in the
420-450 MHz band; retention of the 1240-1300 MHz band; and removal of
the "Earth-to-space only" restriction on 1260-1270 MHz.
-- AMSAT News Service