In 2018, the Belgian International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) society, Union royale belge des amateurs-emetteurs (UBA), celebrates its 70th anniversary. To celebrate the event, 59 special event stations will be active during the month of May. These call signs will be: OT70ACC, OT70ALT, OT70ARA, OT70AST, OT70ATH, OT70ATO, OT70BDX, OT70BFA, OT70BSE, OT70BTS, OT70BXE, OT70CRD, OT70CLR, OT70CPN, […]
Archives for March 2018
A Visit to Amateur station V55V in Namibia, Africa
The following item is courtesy of Rudi Klos, DK7PE: The Amateur Radio Station V55V in Namibia is known to have one of the biggest signals in the southern part of Africa. We were invited to visit this station and allowed to produce the above video about it. For more than 20 years Martin, V51MW, has been […]
VB18FIFA: World Cup 2018 Football Amateur Radio Marathon June 1 to July 15
For immediate release: The special call sign VB18FIFA will be on the air from June 1 to July 15 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Members of the Maritime Contest Club (MCC) will represent Canada and Radio Amateurs of Canada at the request of the Russian Amateur Radio Union (SRR), the national organization […]
Amateurs of the Year for 2017 Don Studney, VE7DS and Keith Witney, VE7KW
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, VE7KW, on behalf of Radio Amateurs of Canada. Please see the Presentation Ceremony page for more information. Through the Amateur of the Year Award, […]
TCA Contest Calendar: March to Early May 2018
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the March-April 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. NAQCC Sprint 0030 Mar 16 0230 Mar 16 BARTG HF Contest RTTY 0200Z Mar 18 0200Z Mar 20 Virginia QSO Party (Part 1) 1400Z Mar 18 0200Z Mar […]
Chinese Lunar-Orbit Amateur Radio Payload Could Launch this Spring
The following report is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: https://www.arrl.org/news/chinese-lunar-orbit-amateur-radio-payload-could-launch-this-spring-1 China’s twin-launch Chang’e 4 mission to the far side of the moon will place a pair of microsatellites in lunar orbit this spring “to test low-frequency radio astronomy and space-based interferometry.” The two satellites, unofficially called DSLWP-A1and DSLWP-A2 (DSLWP = Discovering the Sky […]
Swedish Regulator Proposes Amateur Radio Power Reduction
The following news report is courtesy of Southgate Amateur Radio News: Sweden’s International Amateur Radio Union’s member-society, Föreningen Sveriges Sändareamatörer (known as the SSA), reports that the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) is planning to introduce new Amateur Radio regulations on November 1, 2018. The current rules for Amateur Radio came into force in […]
Upcoming Events Hamfests, Fleamarkets and other events
The following events are featured in the Coming Events of the March-April 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine. For these and other upcoming events please visit RAC’s Event Database. You can also include your own event’s information by clicking on “Submit New Event” and completing the form. Ham-Ex 2018 Sponsor: Peel and Mississauga ARCs […]
DX News: March 1, 2018
The following information is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by W3UR, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. SPRATLY ISLANDS. A large group of operators […]
ARRL Requests Expanded HF Privileges for Technician Licensees
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-requests-expanded-hf-privileges-for-technician-licensees The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 metres, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, 15, and 10 metres. […]