RAC Canada Day Contest

RAC's Canada Day contest: 24 hours on July 1, CW and phone from 160 to 2 metres, with Canadian stations sending their province.

Rules at rac.caThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

July 1, every year

0000Z → 2359Z

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0000Z Thu 1 Jul → 2359Z Thu 1 Jul · 23h 59m2027
in 272 days
Logs due 2359Z Thu 15 Jul
0000Z Sat 1 Jul → 2359Z Sat 1 Jul · 23h 59m2028
in 638 days
Logs due 2359Z Sat 15 Jul
0000Z Sun 1 Jul → 2359Z Sun 1 Jul · 23h 59m2029
in 1003 days
Logs due 2359Z Sun 15 Jul
0000Z Mon 1 Jul → 2359Z Mon 1 Jul · 23h 59m2030
in 1368 days
Logs due 2359Z Mon 15 Jul

Operating

Modes: CW / SSB
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m10m6m2m
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 metres, CW and phone (SSB, FM, AM, etc.)
Exchange: Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province or territory; stations outside Canada, and Canadian maritime mobiles, send RS(T) and a serial number
Power categories: High PowerLow Power 100 WQRP 5 W
Logs: Cabrillo · due 14 days after the end · contest.rac.ca
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
RAC: 'Amateurs all over the world are invited to join us in these celebrations.'

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off RAC's own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-17.
What the source says: RAC Contest Rules 2026 (https://www.rac.ca/mivahih/2026/06/RAC_CanadaDayContestRules_2026.pdf, linked from https://www.rac.ca/contesting-results/): 'Contest Periods: RAC Canada Day Contest: Canada Day Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC to 23:59:59 UTC'. The contest is Canada Day, so the rule is the fixed date; the 2025 rules PDF says the same for 'Canada Day Tuesday, July 1, 2025'. Log deadline: 'all entries must be electronically submitted by 23:59 UTC 14 days after the end of the contest (July 15, 2026)' -- July 1 plus 14 days is July 15, so RAC's own arithmetic checks out and the interval is encoded. rules_url is RAC's stable results-and-rules hub rather than the year's PDF, whose path embeds the month it was uploaded. Logs also go to canadaday@rac.ca.

Something wrong? How to report it — a link to the sponsor's own page is all it takes.

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