For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC Ontario South Regional Director Geoff Smith, VA3GS, became a Silent Key on December 4, 2019. Geoff was formerly a Director and Vice-President of the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) and was the Ontario South Director for Radio Amateurs of Canada […]
News and Features
Youth On The Air (YOTA) Month Expanding into the Americas VE7YOTA will be on the air from Canada
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: December is Youth on the Air (YOTA) Month, when stations operated by young Radio Amateurs around the world will get on the air to celebrate youth in Amateur Radio. YOTA Month began a few years ago in International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region […]
RAC Appoints New Deputy Director – Alberta/NWT/NU Region
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to welcome Stephen Lee, VA6SGL, as the Deputy Director for the Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Region. RAC Alberta/NWT/NU Director, Ernest Clintberg, VE6EC/VE6ECK, appointed Stephen as Deputy Director on December 1, 2019. As illustrated in the bio provided below, Stephen has extensive experience in Amateur Radio […]
Ed Frazer, VE7EF, appointed to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
For immediate release: The Board of Trustees of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (CARHOF) is pleased to announce that Ed Frazer, VE7EF, of West Vancouver, British Columbia has been named to the Hall of Fame. Radio Amateurs of Canada recognizes deserving Amateurs by appointments to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. The […]
RAC Appoints New Deputy Community Services Officer
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, as its Deputy Community Services Officer (CSO) effective immediately. Jason recently represented RAC at the International Amateur Radio Union’s General Assembly Emergency Communications Workshop in Lima, Peru (as shown in the photo) and he has extensive Emergency Communications […]
WRC-19 Six-Metre Allocation in IARU Region 1
For immediate release: Bryan Rawlings, VE3QNRAC Special Advisor at World Radiocommunication Conferences On November 21, 2019 at the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, a new allocation to the Amateur Radio Service for Region 1 was approved. The allocation, as it will appear in the International Table of Frequency Allocations, will be for […]
Former RAC North/East Ontario Director Bill Unger, VE3XT SK Celebration of Life to be held Friday, November 22
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC North/East Ontario Regional Director Bill Unger, VE3XT, has become a Silent Key. The following information was extracted from the online obituary notice. In addition to the volunteer activities described in the following obituary, Bill was also the Chair of the […]
Progress Report from RAC Special Advisor to WRC-19: Week 3 Sunday, November 17, 2019
WRC-19 Update: Week 3 Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN – RAC Special Advisor The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019. Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, the RAC Special Advisor at World Radiocommunication Conferences, has provided the following update. We will also be including a report on the proceedings and […]
RAC Attends Canadian CubeSat Meeting in Fredericton RAC assiste à la réunion canadienne sur les CubeSat à Frédéricton
Disponible en français The following item is courtesy of The Canadian Amateur magazine: On October 7, 8 and 9, 2019, the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and CubeSat NB hosted the first of three Preliminary Design Review (PDR) meetings for the Canadian CubeSat Project initiated by the Canadian Space Agency […]
Progress Report from WRC-19
The International Amateur Radio Union’s Executive with the International Telecommunication Union’s Secretary General, Houlin Zhao, at WRC-19. From left: IARU Vice-President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR; IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH; ITU Secretary General Houlin Zhao; and IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ. WRC-19 Update: Week 2 Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN – RAC Special Advisor The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) […]