Canadian National Parks On The Air

Log files must be Submitted by January 31, 2020

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:49:09 +0000

You have until the end of the month to submit log files to the cnpota.ca web site. In February 2020, our upload software will stop accepting files. If you participated in the Canadian National Parks on the Air event as either a chaser/hunter or an activator and would like to claim your CNPOTA award certificates, please be sure to upload your log files. There will be no cost for these certificates.

Many thanks to the CNPOTA chasers/POTA hunters and activators who helped make this event a success!

Happy New Year and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY

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In the News, TCA November/December

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:18:05 +0000

The Canadian National Parks on the Air event was featured in the November/December edition of “The Canadian Amateur” magazine.

In addition to the summary reproduced here, the November/December edition includes two articles about CNPOTA:

Part 2 of the Peter Kobak, K0BAK article detailing his May 11 – 18 Maritime Rove starts on page 31, and
On page 50, Marcy Lui, VE7JT and Fred Orsetti, VE7IO describe how “Amateur Radio Makes History at the Fort”.

The article is reproduced here with permission.

TCA November/December 2019 CNPOTA Article Download

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In the News, TCA September/October

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:47:43 +0000

The Canadian National Parks on the Air event was featured in the September/October edition of “The Canadian Amateur” magazine.

The article is reproduced here with permission.

TCA September/October 2019 CNPOTA Article Download

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In the News, TCA July/August

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 21:53:43 +0000

The Canadian National Parks on the Air event was featured in the July/August edition of “The Canadian Amateur” magazine.

The article is reproduced here with permission.

TCA July/August 2019 CNPOTA Article Download

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Five Star Activators

Thu, 30 May 2019 17:26:11 +0000

Five Star Activators engage in exceptional Amateur Radio outreach during their activations and receive a special “Five Star Activator” designation on their Activator certificate.

A new page on this website provides the list of activators who have qualified and will receive the special “Five Star Activator” recognition on their Activator certificates.

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In the News, TCA May/June

Fri, 17 May 2019 23:23:38 +0000

The Canadian National Parks on the Air event was featured in the May/June edition of “The Canadian Amateur” magazine.

The article is reproduced here with permission.

TCA May/June 2019 CNPOTA Article Download

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1,000 Log files!

Sun, 12 May 2019 17:15:40 +0000

The CNPOTA web site achieved a milestone on May 12th with over 1,000 log files successfully uploaded to the site. The site can accept files in either Cabrillo or ADIF format. However, to date, the vast majority of files uploaded have been in ADIF format.

Here are some of the log programs being used by participants:

ADIFMaster v2.7, v2.8, v2.9
Aether v1.6.6
BY-HAND
CQRLOG v2.3.0 (001)
DX4WIN v9.0.4.1176
DXKeeper v13.5.0, v14.4.6, v14.5.7, v14.7.9, v14.8.5, v14.9.2
FLE
GENLOG V8.31, V8.32
HamLog
HamRadioDeluxe v5.0 build 2777, v5.24.0.38, v6.4.0.886, v6.4.0.893, v6.4.0.902, v6.4.0.907, v6.5.0.183, v6.5.0.187, v6.5.0.199, v6.5.0.203, v6.5.0.207
K0HNC LOGGER 1.0
Log4OM v1.33.1.0, v1.35.0.0, v1.36.0.0
LOGGER32 v3.50.379, v3.50.381, v3.50.382
MacLoggerDX v6.21, v6.22, v6.23
Mircules HAM QuickLog v3.0
N1MM LOGGER+ v1.0.7422.0, v1.0.7523.0, v1.0.7542.0, v1.0.7576.0, v1.0.7047
N3FJP’s Amateur Contact Log v4.6, v5.6, v5.9, v6.1, v6.2, v6.3, v6.4, v6.5
N3FJP’s RAC Contest Log v3.1
QRZLogbook v2.0
RUMlogNG v2.5.2, v3.12.2, v3.6.2, v4.1, v4.2
VA3KGB CNPOTA 2019 Logger v1.0, v1.4
VA3KGB’s CNPOTA-2019 Band/Mode Logger v2.0
WINLOG32 V7.3
XMLog v6.88, v7.01

Thank you to all who are participating!

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Request from Parks Canada

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:27:10 +0000

We’ve been asked by Parks Canada to remind Activators that “they must operate independently. Parks Canada cannot provide power sources for their equipment nor be expected to allow them to do any kind of formal interpretation at any of Parks Canada’s Sites”.

Parks Canada has already received these kinds of requests.

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Updated FAQ

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:29:36 +0000

The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page has been updated and expanded. You’ll find answers to more of your CNPOTA questions here.

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QSO Times Must Match Within 10-Minutes

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 04:35:17 +0000

Pete Kobak’s Rove (K0BAK) exposed a problem in our plan to use 70-minutes as the required accuracy for QSO reporting. Our original thinking was to allow a variation of 10-minutes plus another 60-minutes for any daylight savings confusion. However, this doesn’t work when you have someone activating Historic Sites every hour.

We’ve changed the scoring algorithm to look for time differences within 10-minutes.

The QSO time difference is really important to us when matching QSOs because we don’t ask you to upload the Administrative Unit Id(s) in your log file as part of the contact exchange information. We do this to offer the widest possible range of support for logging programs which sometimes have problems with, or require special templates for, contest-specific elements.

This change to the scoring algorithm was implemented this evening and had a minor impact on counts in the leader boards. The counts now reflect QSOs matched with a 10-minute accuracy. This will more accurately reflect actual contacts with Pete’s rove and future roves that serially activate multiple units. Remember to allow a little time between activations to avoid any confusion.

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