The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union: The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) participated in the first online meeting of Project Team A (PTA) of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) CEPT Conference Preparatory Group. PTA has a mandate to prepare the CEPT brief on scientific and regulatory WRC-23 agenda […]
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HF Digital Mode Band Plan Review
The following information is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU): Because frequency allocations and Amateur Radio operating interests vary in different parts of the world, the development of band plans – voluntary guidelines on the use of the spectrum that is available to Radio Amateurs – is a responsibility of the three IARU […]
Proposed Two Metre (2m) Band Plan
Band Plan Update | Table | Notes | PDF version | Committee Members RAC Band Planning Committee Update: Proposed Two Metre Band Plan As announced in The Canadian Amateur magazine, the RAC Band Planning Committee has completed the new proposed 2m band plan. Radio Amateurs of Canada band planning committees coordinate the development of National Band Plans to […]
IARU Announces HF Digital Mode Band Plan Review
For immediate release: An International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) working group has been formed to develop solutions to reduce congestion within very popular mode segments while preventing mutual interference between “incompatible modes” as much as possible. The working group includes representatives of the three regional band-planning committees, marking the first time the IARU three regions have […]
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2020 is this weekend Saturday, August 22 to Sunday, August 23
Point Prim Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island The International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) has been held on the third full weekend each August since 1998. This year the event will be held this coming weekend on August 22-23. The ILLW website (https://illw.net/) describes the event as follows: “The ILLW attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located […]
QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo August 8-9
The inaugural QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is rapidly approaching. In the words of its organizers it is “coming to your laptop, tablet and smartphone on August 8 and 9, 2020.” The event is an ARRL-sanctioned hamfest and its website includes the following information. “Participate in this ground breaking, virtual international Amateur Radio expo. Packed […]
Canada C3 WSPR Project video now available for viewing RAC Presentation at 2020 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
Canada C3 WSPR Project: Intro | Video | WSPR | Symposium On Thursday, July 9, Radio Amateurs of Canada participated in the 2020 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation by hosting a virtual presentation on the Canada C3 Weak Signal Propagation Reporting System (WSPR) Project. RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA and Barrie Crampton, VE3BSM, were joined […]
Radio Amateurs of Canada hosts a virtual presentation on the Canada C3 WSPR Project: Thursday, July 9 2020 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Science Meeting
Canada C3 was a unique 150-day voyage of a retired Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, the Polar Prince, commencing in Toronto, Ontario and travelling down the St. Lawrence River and following the three coastlines of the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific Oceans, via the Historic Northwest Passage, terminating in Victoria, British Columbia. Canadian Radio Amateurs led by […]
IARU HF World Championship 2020
IARU HF Championships: July 11 and 12 The aim of the IARU HF Championships is to contact as many other Amateurs, especially International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Member Society HQ stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metre bands, and using phone and CW. The Contest runs […]
Field Day 2020 is now in the history books! Share your stories with us: #RACFD and #ARRLFD
Previous Next RAC Ontario South Director Phil McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ, was active for the Field Day weekend and will also be active during the RAC Canada Day Contest on July 1. You can follow Phil on this webpage and on his Twitter account: “VA3QR/P will be 1B ONE on FD, and will also be VA3RAC for 3 x […]