Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) is the national association for Amateur Radio in Canada. It is a not-for-profit membership association with its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representing the interests of Amateur Radio across Canada.
Radio Amateurs of Canada represents all Canadian Amateurs at all levels of government. Speaking on behalf of Canadian Radio Amateurs, RAC provides liaison with government agencies and carries the Amateur voice about regulatory and spectrum issues to the discussion table with government and industry leaders, nationally and internationally. RAC is the Canadian voting member society of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).
For more information “About RAC” please see the “We Are All About Amateur Radio” brochure.
For immediate release | May 25, 2026
Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that RAC Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, became a Silent Key on May 21, 2026, at the age of 66.
The sudden loss of Brent has deeply shocked Radio Amateurs of Canada and the Amateur Radio community across Canada and beyond. RAC extends its sincere condolences to Brent’s wife Janice, his family, friends, and the many people whose lives he touched through his years of service to Amateur Radio and public life.
His death has come as a tremendous shock and represents a deep personal and organizational loss – not only of a trusted colleague, but also of a close friend.
Brent Taylor, VY2HF, will never be forgotten by the Amateur Radio community and by everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
– 73, Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM
President, Radio Amateurs of Canada
Radio Amateurs of Canada once again operated a booth at the Dayton Hamvention, the world’s largest Amateur Radio gathering,at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center.
The theme at Hamvention 2026 is “Radio Adventure”.
The RAC booth 2504 was located in Building 2 along with the International Amateur Radio Union, the American Radio Relay League and other national organizations.
Thank you to everyone who dropped by our booth. We also had a great time visiting the booths of other Amateur Radio organizations.
Dayton: https://hamvention.org/
It could be a teacher in Nova Scotia making friends over the radio with another Radio Amateur in New Zealand; an Alberta teenager using her computer to upload a chess move through her radio which is retrieved by a fellow chess fan in Florida via an Amateur Radio space satellite; or a truck driver in Manitoba contacting Radio Amateurs in a hundred countries during a single weekend contest.
The appeal of Amateur Radio is the ability to communicate across the country, around the globe, and even with astronauts on space missions. Many Radio Amateurs build and experiment with radio.
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If you answered maybe or yes to any one or a few of these questions, then Amateur Radio may be for you!
