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Well the contest is now over and it seems the “Propagation Ghods” were smiling on me (for the most part).

My only goal for this contest was to work across Canada from the East coast VO1 to the West Coast VE7. I was successful on this one.

In addition I had hoped to work the 3 Northern Territories VE8, VY0 and VY1, but I did not hear any of the 3. VY1 was seen on the cluster a couple of times but not when I was around it seems.

So at the end of it (at least till when I gave it up) I managed 66 contacts on 5 amateur bands across Canada. 10m, 15m and 20m were really good. 40m was good and 80m was as expected.

The Rig used was my Yaesu FT991a and the antenna used was my 40m End Fed Half Wave with the 64:1 unun and I was pleased with the results.

Remember that my EFHW is a “Stealth” antenna due to Condo antenna restrictions.

Thanks to RAC for running the contest and especially to those operating the RAC Bonus stations. I managed to get 12 of the RAC Stations on the air including VA3RHQ( RAC HQ station)

See you in 6 months for the RAC Canada Day Contest.

73bob