To qualify for the title “Amateur of the Year”, an individual should have made an outstanding contribution to Amateur Radio in the past year, or have contributed consistently to the welfare of Amateur Radio over several years. RAC Directors, Officers and Section Managers are not eligible for the award while in office, and not in […]
RAC Bulletins
Call for Nominations of Candidates for Regional Director Appel de mises en candidature pour le poste de directeur de région
Notice to RAC Members Residing in the Alberta/NWT/NU, Ontario South and Quebec Regions Disponible en français The Secretary of Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. hereby solicits nominations for the positions of Director for the Regions of Alberta/NWT/NU, Ontario South (postal codes L, M and N) and Quebec. As described below the deadline for all original […]
RAC Site – Back Online
Firstly, we wish to apologize to the membership for the delay in coming back online. We made a number of attempts to switch over to a new operating system and ran into a series of compatibility and file transfer glitches. We have reverted back to the version of the RAC website prior to starting this […]
Two Metres: Reallocation?
Note: the article by Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, “The Importance of Showing Up” (PDF file; 319 KB), is now available for download from the World Radiocommunication Conference webpage. For immediate release: July 3, 2019 Disponible en français Radio Amateurs of Canada has received several requests for more information in response to reports on some websites and discussions on email […]
RAC Annual General Meeting: Saturday, September 14 Assemblée générale annuelle : samedi le 14 septembre
Disponible en français Notice to RAC Members: The Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Riverview, New Brunswick just outside of Moncton. The AGM event will be hosted by the Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club and will be held in conjunction with its Annual Fleamarket, which is being […]
July-August 2019 eTCA now available
Welcome to the July-August 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur. The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the July-August 2019 TCA is now available for viewing or download. The print version is now being delivered. To download your copy please visit: /digitaltca/ Bienvenue au numéro de juillet-août 2019 de “The Canadian Amateur”. Ceci est un avis […]
Radio Amateurs of Canada welcomes new Chief Information Technology Officer and Corporate Secretary
For immediate release: The RAC Board of Directors is pleased to welcome two new officers to the RAC Executive: Doug Schultz, VE1IOU and Al Masse, VE3CWP. RAC Chief Information Technology Officer Doug Schultz, VE1IOU, has been appointed as RAC’s new Chief Information Technology Officer. Doug resides near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, having moved to Canada from […]
Canadian National Parks On The Air Update: May 2019 Canadian National Parks on the Air: January 1 to December 31
The following Canadian National Parks on the Air (CNPOTA) update was provided by Sheldon Hartling, VE1GPY. May 15, 2019 – Freezing temperatures and snowy conditions have not deterred avid Radio Amateurs from activating Canadian national parks and historic sites as part of the year-long CNPOTA event. To date, there have been 101 successful activations of Parks […]
May-June 2019 eTCA now available
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://wp.rac.ca/digitaltca/ Note: the May-June 2019 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine refers to an article by […]
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 […]