Alex Colpitts, VE9LEX (left) and RAC Atlantic Director Dave Goodwin, VE9CB. Photo courtesy of UNB and Cameron Fitch. It is with great pleasure that RAC Atlantic Director Dave Goodwin, VE9CB and Scholarship Chair Bill … [Read More...]
News and Features
Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) Bulgaria: August 11-17
The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU): The 9th edition of Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) will be held in Bulgaria, close to the capital city of Sofia. The Bulgarian Federation … [Read More...]
Winter Field Day 2019 is January 26-27
Winter Field Day, sponsored by the Winter Field Day Association (WFDA), will take place over the January 26-27 weekend. The following is an extract from their website: The Winter Field Day Association (WFDA) is a … [Read More...]
SPAM notifications to RAC Email Alias Accounts
We have had notifications from several members that they are getting emails to their RAC email alias accounts with the following: Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Hackers are spoofing the RAC email … [Read More...]
New D-Star ONE Nanosatellites Launched
The following news items is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: A December 27 Soyuz launch deployed the two German Orbital Systems D-Star ONE satellites D-Star ONE – Sparrow and D-Star ONE – iSat. Beacons have … [Read More...]
RAC Amateur of the Year Award 2018 Presented to Gabor Horvath, VE7JH
For immediate release: Through the Amateur of the Year Award, Radio Amateurs of Canada recognizes the outstanding contributions made by Canadian Amateurs. The RAC Board of Directors takes great pleasure in selecting … [Read More...]
International News
Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) Bulgaria: August 11-17
The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU): The 9th edition of Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) will be held in Bulgaria, close to the capital city of Sofia. The Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs (BFRA) will be hosting the event, which will take place from August 11 to 17. In this YOTA Camp we will be continuing with our train-the-trainer (TTT) program, which will be the main theme of the week. … [Read More...]
New D-Star ONE Nanosatellites Launched
The following news items is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: A December 27 Soyuz launch deployed the two German Orbital Systems D-Star ONE satellites D-Star ONE – Sparrow and D-Star ONE – iSat. Beacons have been successfully received from both satellites, which carry a D-Star repeater with an uplink at 437.325 MHz and downlink at 435.525 MHz. The D-Star ONE – Phoenix 3U CubeSat, launched last February, was lost. This winter’s D-Star … [Read More...]
The Canadian Amateur
The Canadian Amateur (TCA), Canada’s premiere national magazine devoted to Amateur Radio, is published six times per year and is the membership journal of the Radio Amateurs of Canada. For more information about TCA including an Author's Guide and an Advertising Rate Sheet visit the TCA webpage.
Publications
January-February 2019 eTCA now available
janvier-février 2019 eTCA est disponible Welcome to the January-February 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur. The electronic TCA (eTCA) … [Read More...]
RAC Bulletins
RAC Scholarship Awarded
Alex Colpitts, VE9LEX (left) and RAC Atlantic Director Dave Goodwin, VE9CB. Photo courtesy of UNB and Cameron Fitch. It is with great pleasure that RAC Atlantic Director Dave Goodwin, VE9CB and Scholarship Chair Bill Unger, VE3XT, announce the awarding of a $500 scholarship to Alex Colpitts, VE9LEX, on behalf of all Radio Amateurs of Canada members. Alex is a graduate student from Electrical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in … [Read More...]