VHF+ Contest Roving and Microwave Hilltopping Russell Beech, VE3OIL I obtained my Amateur licence in high school progressing to Advanced while attending university. My interest in Amateur Radio was triggered […]
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RAC Conference 2021: Competitive Amateur Radio The RAC Challenge: RAC Canadian Portable Operations Challenge
RAC Canadian Portable Operations Challenge Note: Unfortunately, Nick Gagnon, VE2NCG, is unable to participate in the RAC Canada Conference this Sunday. Dave Goodwin, VE9CB The new “RAC Challenge” began on […]
RAC Conference 2021: Amateur Radio Research and Development First Session – Reception of Non-Amateur Satellites and VLF Experiments on 8 kHz
Scott Tilley, VE7TILReception of Non-Amateur SatellitesJoe Craig, VO1NAVLF Experiments on 8 kHz Previous Next Reception of Non-Amateur Satellites: Scott Tilley, VE7TIL Scott Tilley, AScT is an amateur astronomer that makes […]
May-June 2021 eTCA is now available for download mai-juin 2021 eTCA est disponible
Welcome to the May-June 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the May-June 2021 issue of The Canadian Amateur (TCA) magazine is now available for viewing […]
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, […]
Amateurs in the News: “96-year-old Amateur Radio operator at Ontario Science Centre speaks with astronaut” In celebration of Amateur Radio station VE30SC volunteer Jean Moffet, VE3WAD
For immediate release: A successful International Space Station (ISS) contact was held yesterday with participants at the Ontario Science Centre’s Amateur Radio station VE3OSC in Toronto, Ontario. As described below […]
Amateurs in the News: More women taking up Amateur Radio in Prince Edward Island
Sunday, June 23, 2019 — An article by videojournalist Stephanie vanKampen on the CBC News website has some exciting news for Amateur Radio in Prince Edward Island. “There are approximately 200 […]
Amateurs in the News: “A strong signal: Amateur Radio operators eager to connect worldwide”
An article by Laura Churchill Duke in the Tuesday, April 16, 2019 issue of the Halifax newspaper, The Chronicle Herald, featured a story about Amateur Radio operators in Atlantic Canada. The article […]
“Eureka researchers bring niche radio to High Arctic”: Amateurs in the News
The March 8, 2019 issue of the Nunatsiaq News, the “newspaper of record for Nunavut and the Nunavik territory of Quebec”, features an article by Beth Brown about Amateur Radio in […]
Amateurs in the News: “Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal”
CBC news story: “Like ‘human hair in the ocean’: Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal” The following article was written for CBC Newfoundland by Paul Colbourne, a film and […]