2020 W/VE Island QSO Party

Mark your calendars!!!   Coming up are 15 hours of good times.  August 22 & 23 are the dates for this years W / VE Island QSO Party.

Did you know there are over 54,000 islands in Canada?  Neither did I, and the list of officially activated islands is pretty small in comparison.  So let's get out in the fresh air and pick an island to activate.

The Rules for this event can be found HERE.

Please remember to follow your local rules and regulations regarding the Covid-19 situation in your location.....and stay safe!!

New Activation

We had a non-advertised activation done on Tuesday, July 21st.   Curt, VE3ZN, successfully activated  Lemieux Island in Ottawa.  This island is located in FN25dj, and will now be listed as ON-307.

Well done Curt!

Curt kindly sent along along a few photo's.......

Updates...

The master list of activated Canadian Islands was updated today, July 17th, 2020.

I have been updating the individual province or territorial list, but to be very honest, I forget to do the same to the master list.

There are also a number of provinces and territories that are still missing Maidenhead Grids for some islands.   Alberta, BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, are all missing a number of them, while Nunavut, PEI, and Yukon are only missing one each.  If you can help with these missing locations please email us at CanadianIslands "at" protonmail.com.

We have been slowly adding names and callsigns of the initial activators of the islands, however, we are still missing a number of them.  We want to give credit where credit is due, so if you can help fill in a few of the blanks we would love to hear from you.

Obviously it has been a quiet year for island activating, and given the current Covid-19 we would have it no other way.

Hopefully, by August 22/23 things will have eased up and we will be able to get out and activate a few for the Annual W / VE Island QSO Party - - - mark that date on your calendars!!  More details will be posted in a few weeks, until then, please stay safe!

Grand Manan Island

Coming up later this month we have the activation of Grand Manan Island, NB-003. 

This activation is being done by Len VE9MY, and Russ VE9FI.  They will be operating daily from 0900 - 1700 local New Brunswick time.  They will be using portable antennas.

Dates are July 13 - 18 inclusive.

Check the DX Cluster for their operations....HERE.

Good Information...

Planning your next summer island activation?   You need to read this:

Stay Safe...

We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these trying times.  But....it's a great time to start planning those island activations!!

Stay safe everyone!!

Prince Edward County Lights

We have just received word that Chris, VE3CBK, will be activating the following Prince Edward County Lighthouses on April 16 & 17.

CAN-864m

On Thursday, April 16th he will activate the old False Ducks Lighthouse, CAN-864m, currently located at the Mariners Park Museum ( FN13lw ).

On Friday he will activate the Prince Edward Point Lighthouses, CAN-788 and CAN-787 located at Point Travers ( FN13nw ).

Also on the agenda for Friday, if time permits, he also plans on activating the lighthouse at Point Petre, CAN-763 ( FN13ku ).

This will be a QRP event.  Timings and frequencies to follow, and will be posted here after we receive them.

Lighthouse Activations...

Given the unseasonably warm temperatures we're having here in Ontario, I'm not surprised to see this activity so early in the new year.......

This coming Friday, January 3rd, Chris VE3CBK will will activating the following 4 Ontario lights:

Graham Bay/Stillwater Park Light, CAN-1352.

Aylmer Marina Light CAN-1431.

Aylmer Island (New) Light CAN-867.

Aylmer Island (Old) Light CAN-1437.

Chris will start at 1500 UTC, and go until 1700 UTC.  If propagation is good he will continue until 1800 UTC.

Starting frequency will be 7.270 +/- QRM.  He will move to 14.270 +/- QRM around 1600 UTC.

Aylmer Marina Light CAN-1431