RAC Stations Schedule (as of November 6, 2017) Volunteers are needed to activate the 14 RAC stations for the RAC Canada 150 Award. The following schedule is as of November 6, 2017 and new volunteers will be added as the names are submitted. For more information visit https://www.rac.ca/rac150/ VA2RAC – André Perron, VE2ZT, will operate every […]
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“Tiny LF Signal Makes the Hop from Newfoundland to the UK” Successful Transatlantic VLF Contact by Joe Craig, VO1NA
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay Leaque: https://www.arrl.org/news/tiny-lf-signal-makes-the-hop-from-newfoundland-to-the-uk For Joe Craig, VO1NA, in Torbay, Newfoundland, things have been pretty exciting lately on VLF (very low frequency). He’s among the early MF, LF and VLF experimenters in North America. He believes he accomplished a “first” for a Canadian Radio Amateur on […]
RAC Canada Winter Contest Rules 2017
In December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) sponsors the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs all over the world are invited to participate. This year, the RAC Canada Day Contest certificates and the RAC Winter Contest certificates will feature the Canada 150 logo in recognition of Canada’s 150th Birthday. Contest Period: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC […]
RAC Canada 150 Award Operations Update RAC Stations Schedule (as of October 15, 2017)
RAC Stations Schedule (as of October 15, 2017) Volunteers are needed to activate the 14 RAC stations for the RAC Canada 150 Award. The following schedule is as of October 15, 2017 and new volunteers will be added as the names are submitted. For more information visit https://www.rac.ca/rac150/ VA2RAC – André Perron, VE2ZT, will operate every […]
Update on Canada C3 Expedition Award: September 25 An Epic Journey to Celebrate Canada and Connect Canadians: June 1 to October 28
Update: September 25 | September 1 | August 25 | Background Information | QSL card The Canada C3 Expedition CG3EXP is the cover story of the September-October 2017 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine which is now available online to members of Radio Amateurs of Canada. The feature article by organizers Barrie Crampton, VE3BSB and John […]
FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Metre Bands Stations Must Notify UTC Before Operating
The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-opens-630-and-2200-meter-bands-stations-must-notify-utc-before-operating The Federal Communications Commission has announced that the Office of Management and Budget has approved, for three years, the information-collection requirement of the Commission’s March 29 Report and Order (R&O) that spelled out Amateur Radio Service rules for the two new bands […]
Update on Canada C3 Expedition Award: September 1 An Epic Journey to Celebrate Canada and Connect Canadians: June 1 to October 28
Update: September 1 | Update: August 25 | Background Information | QSL card update The Canada C3 Expedition CG3EXP is the cover story of the September-October 2017 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine which is now available online to members of Radio Amateurs of Canada. The feature article by organizers Barrie Crampton, VE3BSB and John Gilbert, […]
Update on Canada C3 Expedition Award: August 25 An Epic Journey to Celebrate Canada and Connect Canadians
Update: August 25 | Background Information | QSL card update Canada C3 Expedition update: August 25, 2017 The Polar Prince is currently midway through the famed Northwest Passage and is due to arrive in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut tomorrow on Saturday, August 26. As the ship traversed the most northern leg of the expedition at latitude 74.6 degrees, CG3EXP […]
International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend: August 19-20, 2017
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 19-20, 2017. The ILLW website (https://illw.net/) describes the event as follows: The ILLW attracts over 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. It is […]
VA3RAC will be active on International Youth Day: Saturday, August 12 Rob Noakes, VE3PCP, to operate VA3RAC for RAC Canada 150
Rob Noakes, VE3PCP, one of our newest RAC members, will be operating the VA3RAC station on International Youth Day this Saturday, August 12 as part of the RAC Canada 150 Award. He will be operating from Station Beach in Kincardine, Ontario at the Kincardine Area Youth Advisory Council (KAYAC) Beach Bash. Carson Morton, VA3OSO, from the Georgian […]