Course information | Instruction | Syllabus | Requirements | Registration The RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member Online Course is filling up quickly! RAC’s next online Advanced Certificate course for Winter/Spring 2021 is filling up quickly. Since May 2020, 400 Radio Amateurs across Canada have used this course to prepare for the Advanced exam. This instructor-led, 10-session course will […]
New Amateur VLF Transatlantic Record
Joe Craig, VO1NA, Antenna Support Tower The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL): Very low frequency (VLF) enthusiast Joe Craig, VO1NA, reports that Stefan Schaefer, DK7FC, copied his 50-character message transmitted from Newfoundland on 8.271 kHz, with a radiated power of 10 mW. “This is a new record for […]
TCA Contest Calendar: January, February and early March 2021
The following Contest Calendar was prepared by Tom Haavisto, VE3CX, as part of “The Sports Page” column in the January-February 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
RAC Canada Day Contest 2020 Results and Soapbox: Updated January 15
RAC Canada Day Contest 2020 Report: RAC Contest Managers Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU and Sam Ferris, VE5SF After the results were published in The Canadian Amateur magazine and on the RAC website, we were notified of some errors. We have revised the contest results and uploaded a new version to our main Contesting webpage. The following update […]
RAC Welcomes New Atlantic and Midwest Directors Al Penney, VO1NO and Ed Richardson, VE4EAR/VE4VT
For immediate release: As reported in the January-February 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine, following the call for nominations for Directors of Radio Amateurs of Canada’s Atlantic, Ontario North/East, Midwest and British Columbia/Yukon Regions, RAC would like to welcome the following Radio Amateurs to our Board of Directors 2021: Al Penney, VO1NO, was elected […]
Former RAC Ontario North Regional Director Larry Thivierge, VE3GT SK
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC Ontario North Regional Director Larry Thivierge, VE3GT, became a Silent Key on January 1, 2021. RAC would like to extend its sincere condolences to his family and friends. The following information was extracted from the online obituary notice. “With heavy hearts, […]
Former RAC President Farrell (Hoppy) Hopwood, VE7RD SK
Farrell (Hoppy) Hopwood, VE7RD SK: Member of Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame 2015 Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC President, Farrell Hopwood, VE7RD, became a Silent Key on December 8, 2020 at age 91. The following information was extracted from the online obituary notice which was published in North Shore News on […]
January-February 2021 eTCA is now available for download janvier-février 2021 eTCA est disponible
Welcome to the January-February 2021 issue ofThe Canadian Amateur The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the January-February 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur (TCA) magazine is now available for viewing or download. The paper version is now being processed by the printer, but it will be delayed as a result of COVID-19 and the holiday […]
RAC Online Basic Amateur Radio Course: Winter 2021 Registration has now closed. Thank you!
Course information | Instruction | Syllabus | Registration (CLOSED) Thank you once again for a great response to our course. The course will be starting soon and registration is now closed. Background information: Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Amateur Radio course so that individuals from all across Canada can obtain their Amateur […]
ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for December 24 to 31 Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Operations on ISS
For immediate release: An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS). This will be a special SSTV event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ARISS on board the International Space Station. Twenty years ago, on November 13, 2000, the Expedition-1 crew turned on the ARISS Ericsson radio for […]