IARU News Release | October 2020 For immediate release: The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual meeting from October 8 to October 10. The AC is responsible for the policy and management of the IARU and consists of the three IARU international officers and two representatives from each […]
Regulatory
FCC to withdraw US Amateur privileges in the 9 cm Microwave Band Canadian Amateur privileges will be unchanged
For immediate release: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently made changes affecting the Amateur Radio Service in the United States and this has also raised concerns among Canadian Amateurs. The FCC has ruled that it will withdraw US Amateur privileges at 3300-3500 MHz (the 9 cm Microwave band) in order to make the band […]
Preparations Continue for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union: The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) participated in the first online meeting of Project Team A (PTA) of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) CEPT Conference Preparatory Group. PTA has a mandate to prepare the CEPT brief on scientific and regulatory WRC-23 agenda […]
RAC Welcomes New Special Advisor for World Radio Conferences Paul Coverdale, VE3ICV, is new WRC Special Advisor
The following news item is courtesy of The Canadian Amateur magazine: As we are about to begin another four-year process leading to the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2023, Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, has decided to step down as RAC Special WRC Advisor to let another RAC representative start the process. Bryan provided his final report […]
Distracted Driving in Canada: Ontario update Links to Regulations in Canada
Distracted Driving Regulations in Canada Update:February 23, 2020 Links to Regulations in Canada Richard Ferch, VE3KIRAC Regulatory Affairs Officer In light of the recent decision by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to make permanent the exemption for two-way radios for commercial drivers and Amateur Radio operators, we have reviewed the regulations in Canada and, to the […]
RAC President Attends Annual ARRL Board Meeting: January 17-18
RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is currently attending the annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in Windsor, Connecticut. The ARRL Board Meetings are held twice each year, in January and July, and RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, and IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, are once again attending the meeting […]
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 […]
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) […]