Welcome to the May-June 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur. The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the May-June 2019 TCA is now available for viewing or download. The print version is now being delivered. To download your copy please visit: https://www.rac.ca/digitaltca/ Note: the May-June 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine refers to an article by […]
Archives for April 2019
International Marconi Day 2019: Saturday, April 27
The following information is courtesy of the Cornish Amateur Radio Club: International Marconi Day celebrates the huge part Guglielmo Marconi played in the invention of radio. International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour Amateur Radio event that is held annually held annually by the Cornish Amateur Radio Club in the United Kingdom to celebrate the […]
Amateur Radio in Space Pioneer Astronaut, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK
Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut and First Amateur in Space Scientist-Astronaut-Amateur Owen K. Garriott, W5LFL, science pilot of the Skylab 3 mission, is stationed at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) console in the Multiple Docking Adapter of the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. From this console the astronauts actively control the ATM solar physics […]
ARISS contact with L’École internationale de Saint-Sacrement in Quebec City Contact on Thursday, April 18 was a success!
An International Space Station school contact that was planned with participants at École internationale de Saint-Sacrement in Quebec City on Wednesday, April 17 has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 18. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:04:24 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will […]
More ARISS SSTV Transmissions Scheduled
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: ARISS-Russia is planning to transmit slow-scan television (SSTV) images from the International Space Station. Transmissions will begin on April 11 at approximately 1800 UTC and run continuously until approximately 1800 UTC on April 14, 2019. A computer in the ISS Russian Segment stores […]
Special Event Prefixes for the 50th Anniversary of the Official Languages Act of Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, at the request of Gerry, VE1RM/VY1AAA, has granted special event prefixes to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Official Languages Act of Canada. The Official Languages Act of Canada came into effect in 1969, making English and French the two official languages, and equal status in government. The following special event […]
ARISS Contact in Winnipeg: Shaftesbury High School on Wednesday, April 10
An International Space Station (ISS) school contact has been planned between participants at Shaftesbury High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba and astronaut David St-Jacques, KG5FYI. A telebridge contact via VK6MJ is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10 at 10:57:13 am local time MST (15:57:13 UTC) and the scheduled ISS call sign is NA1SS. The ARISS Mentor on site […]
World Amateur Radio Day: April 18, 2019 Theme: "Celebrating Amateur Radio's Contribution to Society"
The following information is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union. Every April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on that day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was formed in Paris. Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that […]