For immediate release RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is in Washington, DC attending meetings for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. On October 15 and 16, the meetings … [Read More...]
News and Features
US Amateur-Astronaut, Russian Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch Failure
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft crew launch to the International Space Station (ISS) suffered an emergency booster failure shortly after lift-off from … [Read More...]
Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA): weekend of October 19-21
The following information is courtesy of the Scouts JOTA-JOTI website: Some 20,000 licensed Amateur Radio operators will put 12,000 radio stations on the air with state-of-the-art technology for the upcoming JOTA-JOTI … [Read More...]
Northern Ontario High School Students to Launch High Altitude Balloon West Ferris School High Altitude Balloon Launch
The students in the Grade 11 University Physics Class at West Ferris Intermediate Secondary School in North Bay, Ontario will be launching a weather balloon into Earth’s Stratosphere with a payload of camera-toting mini … [Read More...]
Presentation of RAC Amateur of the Year Award for 2017 Don Studney, VE7DS and Keith Witney, VE7KW
For immediate release: On September 11, 2018, RAC Director Allan Munnik, VA7MP/VE7RMP (British Columbia & Yukon Region) presented the RAC Amateur of the Year Award for 2017 to Don Studney, VE7DS and Keith Witney, … [Read More...]
International News
RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, attends ARISS-US Education Summit in Washington
For immediate release RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is in Washington, DC attending meetings for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. On October 15 and 16, the meetings are devoted to an ARISS-US Education Summit during which individuals share their experiences using ARISS contacts to stimulate an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among students. Many of the … [Read More...]
US Amateur-Astronaut, Russian Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch Failure
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft crew launch to the International Space Station (ISS) suffered an emergency booster failure shortly after lift-off from Kazakhstan on October 11, but the crew is safe. On board the Soyuz MS-10 were US Astronaut Nick Hague, KG5TMV, and Russian Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was in attendance at the launch in order … [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
September-October 2018 eTCA is now available septembre-octobre 2018 eTCA est disponible
The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the September-October 2018 TCA is now available for viewing or download. For more information … [Read More...]
TCA Contents: September-October 2018 Table des matières: septembre-octobre 2018 TCA
Welcome to the September-October 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur. The electronic TCA (e-TCA) version of the September-October 2018 TCA … [Read More...]
RAC Community
Upcoming Hamfests and Fleamarkets June to November 2018
The Hamfests and Fleamarkets season is well underway and we are pleased to help you promote your events: on the RAC website at the RAC’s Events Database: just click on “Submit New Event” and complete the form in the pages of The Canadian Amateur magazine by sending them to the Editor at … [Read More...]
RAC Bulletins
RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, attends ARISS-US Education Summit in Washington
For immediate release RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is in Washington, DC attending meetings for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. On October 15 and 16, the meetings are devoted to an ARISS-US Education Summit during which individuals share their experiences using ARISS contacts to stimulate an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among students. Many of the … [Read More...]
Simulated Emergency Test: October 2018 Test d’urgence simulée : octobre 2018
Disponible en français Date: Saturday, October 13 Note: In Ontario the Simulated Emergency Test will be held on Saturday, October 13 but at Emergency Operations Centres that are located in Municipal offices, that can’t get access on the weekend, the SET will also be held on Wednesday, October 10. The Simulated Emergency Test is a North America-wide exercise in emergency communications, administered by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) … [Read More...]