Very fine words. Congratulations on the win. Sad to hear about VE3HX. Only
good news in future.
Barry WA2VIU
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Barry Jacobson
bdj@alum.mit.edu
WA2VIU
@bdj_phd
On Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 10:20 PM Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com> wrote:
> Monday evening, November 10, just as I was heading out for the
> monthly meeting of PVRC's Maryland Metro Chapter, I received an exciting
> package: the "Larry Kayser, VE3LK memorial" plaque for "Top Scoring Single
> Operator Foreign Entry" [i.e., non-Canadian] in the 2025 RAC Canada Day
> Contest.
>
> The RAC Contests -- Canada Day and Winter -- are run by VE5SF and VE5CPU,
> themselves well known in the contest world. These contests are a lot of fun
> (well, if you like 'domestic' contests, as I do). The format and broad
> spectrum of entry classes give casual op's a reason to put in a few hours,
> and give 'serious' competitors a real challenge. You have to work hard to
> come out on top. In my case, in addition to heavy BIC you need to have
> some regular competitors sit one out.
>
> Sam and Bart do a great job of evolving the rules as operating evolves,
> publicizing the 'Tests, adjudicating and scoring the entries, and
> publishing the results and distributing the awards. I thank them for their
> efforts as much as I thank them, and RAC, for the plaque.
>
> I'd also thank the sponsor of the plaque, Alan Goodacre, VE3HX. He's been
> sponsoring this award for as long as I can remember. But when I went to
> QRZ.com to get his postal address for a letter of thanks, I found that he
> became a Silent Key just two weeks before Canada Day.
>
> I am surprisingly saddened by the loss of a fellow I never met, a ham with
> whom I never had a QSO. Reading his obituary, he seems like the kind of
> person we all should emulate.
>
>
> https://colefuneralservices.com/tribute/details/9765/Alan-Goodacre/obituary.html
>
> I'll certainly have him in mind when I participate in future RAC contests.
>
> 73, Art K3KU/VE4VTR
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