Bulletin: English | French | RAC “Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day” Special Event:“Amateur Radio: Home but Never Alone!” On Sunday, April 18, 2021, Radio Amateurs of Canada is organizing a special on-air event to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day. Every year on April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves […]
News and Features
March-April 2021 eTCA is now available for download mars-avril 2021 eTCA est disponible
Welcome to the March-April 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the March-April 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 the global pandemic and […]
Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, Copies Signal from Mars-Orbiting Satellite
Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, uses a homemade 60-centimetre dish and relies on software-defined radios (SDRs). The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: As reported on Spaceweather.com, Canadian Radio Amateur Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, of Roberts Creek, British Columbia, has snagged another signal from deep space. His latest conquest has been to copy […]
Friedrichshafen’s Ham Radio 2021 Tentatively scheduled for June 25 – 27
Ham Radio 2021 – the International Amateur Radio Exhibition is scheduled to take place from June 25 to 27 in Friedrichshafen, which is located on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the Bodensee) in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. The event is organized by the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC), Germany’s International Amateur […]
ARISS contact with Ottawa Carleton Virtual Online School: A success! View the livestream at https://youtu.be/Ery1JYmk72o
ARISS contact info | Multipoint Telebridge | Questions Ottawa, Ontario ARISS Event: February 5, 2021 – As part of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, will connect with students from the Ottawa Carleton Virtual Online School in Ottawa, Ontario and answer their questions (see below), live from the International Space […]
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 […]
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 […]