Welcome to the January-February 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the January-February 2020 TCA is now available for viewing or download. The print version is now at the printer but will be delayed due to the closure – both at the printer and at Canada Post – for the […]
Archives for December 2019
RAC Canada Winter Contest 2019 Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC December 28, 2019.
RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules 2019 Note: the RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules are provided on this page. The rules don’t usually change from year to year and we will highlight any changes if they do happen. In December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsors the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs all over the […]
Commemorative ARISS Slow-Scan TV Transmissions Event starts tomorrow Saturday, December 28 to Wednesday, January 1
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program will support slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions worldwide in memory of cosmonauts Alexei Leonov, Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jähn. This event is currently scheduled to begin tomorrow, Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 11:00 UTC and will end at 18:20 UTC on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 when the system is […]
Former RAC Ontario South Director Geoff Smith, VA3GS SK Celebration of Life to be held in the Spring
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC Ontario South Regional Director Geoff Smith, VA3GS, became a Silent Key on December 4, 2019 at age 77. Geoff was formerly a Director and Vice-President of the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) and was the Ontario South Director for Radio […]
Youth On The Air (YOTA) Month Expanding into the Americas VE7YOTA will be on the air from Canada
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: December is Youth on the Air (YOTA) Month, when stations operated by young Radio Amateurs around the world will get on the air to celebrate youth in Amateur Radio. YOTA Month began a few years ago in International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region […]
RAC Appoints New Deputy Director – Alberta/NWT/NU Region
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to welcome Stephen Lee, VA6SGL, as the Deputy Director for the Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Region. RAC Alberta/NWT/NU Director, Ernest Clintberg, VE6EC/VE6ECK, appointed Stephen as Deputy Director on December 1, 2019. As illustrated in the bio provided below, Stephen has extensive experience in Amateur Radio […]