Richard Ferch, VE3KI (RAC Regulatory Affairs) and John Grow, VE2EQL (CARHOF Trustee) present the Hall of Fame plaque to a smiling Neil Carleton, VE3NCE (centre) On Saturday, January 19, 2019, with temperatures hovering at -24 Celsius, 50 Almonte Amateur Radio Club (AARC) members and friends gathered for their annual dinner evening in Almonte, Ontario. The […]
Archives for January 2019
Amateurs in the News: “Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal”
CBC news story: “Like ‘human hair in the ocean’: Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal” The following article was written for CBC Newfoundland by Paul Colbourne, a film and video producer now living back home in Newfoundland. His career spans 30 years and he has won and been nominated for several awards, included a […]
RAC President Attends Annual ARRL Board Meeting: January 18-19
The annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), is underway in Windsor, Connecticut and will conclude tomorrow Saturday, January 19. The above photo shows (from left): Jay Bellows, K0QB (ARRL International Affairs Vice-President), Rick Roderick, K5UR (ARRL President), Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA (RAC President) and Rick Niswander, K7GM (ARRL Treasurer). The […]
Upcoming ARISS Contact in Ottawa: Ashbury College Junior School Wednesday, January 23
January 23rd
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 […]
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. The […]
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 dedicated group of Amateur Radio Operators who believe that emergency communications in a winter environment is just as important as the […]
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 addresses and each sample sent is coming from a different web address mostly in Russia. Note: The very bottom of these emails […]
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 […]
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 Gabor Horvath, VE7JH, as the recipient of the RAC Amateur of the Year Award for 2018. In his President’s Message in the January-February […]