Maple Leaf Operator Advanced Amateur Radio Course Registration: Fall 2025

Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio Course so that individuals can upgrade their qualifications.

The registration form is provided below.

Course Requirements:

The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at no charge to RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members – both current and future.

Participants in the course will need to meet all of the following requirements:

1. Participants must already have the Canadian Basic Certificate of Proficiency in Amateur Radio and a Canadian call sign.
2. Participants must already be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member or become one by joining RAC at the Maple Leaf Operator level or upgrading to that level.
3. Participants must have a copy of the Canadian Amateur Radio Advanced Qualification Study Guide provided by Coax Publications. For more information please visit the RAC Study Guides webpage.
4. Participants must have a computer and Internet connection capable of using the Zoom conference platform. You do not need your own account Zoom to take part in this course.
5. Participants must have a working email address to receive course materials and links to the sessions.

Note: There is room on the conference server for 100 participants in each session.  Advanced Amateurs who are RAC Maple Leaf Operator members are welcome to audit the course on a space-available basis.

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Course information:

The course will be 10 sessions in length and each session will be two hours long.

In order to offer maximum flexibility, we will be running two Advanced courses so students will be able to choose one of the following two options:

Courses are offered on Sunday afternoons or Monday evenings and two hours in duration.

Sunday afternoons:

Sunday afternoons at 1 pm Eastern Time (10 am PT / 2:30 NT) starting on Sunday, September 7 and ending on Sunday, November 23

Monday evenings:

Monday evenings from 8:30 pm Eastern Time (5:30 pm PT / 10 pm NT) starting on Monday, September 8 and ending on Monday, November 24

Note: There will be no classes on these dates:

• Sunday, October 12 and Monday, October 13 due to Thanksgiving.
• Sunday, October 26 and Monday, October 27 due to the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.

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For detailed information about the Advanced course including a Course Syllabus please visit the course webpage. 

Important note: Please ensure you are logged into the website and that you are a Maple Leaf Operator Member so you will be able to see the registration form below. (Note: registration has now closed so the registration form is not available.)

If you are a Donated Maple Leaf Operator, please contact the course instructor directly if the form does not load.

Please contact course instructor Dave Goodwin, VE3KG at  or Alan Griffin (MarCom Director) at  if you have any problems.

Please ensure you are logged into the website and that you are a Maple Leaf Operator Member.