Note: The following post includes a revised biographical sketch for Garry Naylor, VE6FGN. Two nominations have been received for the position of RAC Director for the Alberta/NWT/NU Region. Following a … [Read More...]
Election News
International News
Going to 2016 Rio Olympic Games? Here’s How to Operate.
Radio amateur operators who will visit Brazil for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games will be able to be on air without bureaucracy. During August and September any foreign amateur will be able to operate in Brazil regardless of the existence of reciprocity agreement between countries. No IARP or CEPT license is necessary as well. No fees are required. The Brazilian Amateur Radio League - LABRE has filed a request and obtained this special … [Read More...]
It’s World Amateur Radio Day!
Happy World Amateur Radio Day! Every April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on that day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris. Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short wave spectrum — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was “in … [Read More...]
International Articles
Call for Participants: Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) 2016 World Championships
The 2016 World Championships in Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) will be hosted by the Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs (BFRA), on September 3-9. The event will be held in Albena on the Black Sea coast in northeastern Bulgaria. Competitions will be held on 80m and 2m in accordance … [Read More...]
RAC Community / Club News
April 2016 RAC Report is available for viewing
The April 2016 issue of The RAC Report is now available for viewing at http://wp.rac.ca/digitaltca/. You must be logged in as a member to … [Read More...]
TCA Contents – March April 2016
Want to download the TCA? – you must be logged in to access. See the main menu bar at the top of the page - then click … [Read More...]
FIELD ORG/ARES
BC Emergency Alerting System Tests
On Wednesday, March 16, Emergency Management BC conducted a test of the BC Emergency Alerting System. This is part of a new Canada-wide … [Read More...]
Contests
Russian WW MultiMode Contest 2016
The Russian Digital Radio Club extends an invitation to Radio Amateurs all over the world to participate in the Russian WW MultiMode Contest … [Read More...]
Space and Satellite News
ARISS Commemorative SSTV Event: April 11-14
Update (April 11, 2016): The ARISS-SSTV blogspot reports: “It looks like the start will be delayed. It seems the hardware is having issues … [Read More...]
RAC Bulletins
New RAC Director for Quebec
RAC Bulletin: March 2016 RAC would like to welcome Guy Richard, VE2QG/VE2XTD, as our new Director for the Quebec Region. Guy was … [Read More...]
Partner News
Cayman Amateur Radio Society partners with RFinder
The Cayman Amateur Radio Society (CARS) and RFinder are pleased to announce a new partnership agreement effective March 28, 2016. CARS has now joined as the latest Member Society of RFinder – the World Wide Repeater Directory. CARS will be responsible for maintaining the very latest KY repeater data of the Cayman Islands for RFinder. Caymanian Radio […]
RAC Partners
