Happy New Year 2021!!
Happy New Years Everyone!! “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, …
Former RAC President Farrell (Hoppy) Hopwood, VE7RD SK
From RAC Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC President, Farrell Hopwood, VE7RD, became a Silent Key on December 8, 2020 …
WSJT-X 2.4.0 Introduces New Digital Protocol Q65
From ARRL.org WSJT-X version 2.4.0 has introduced a new digital protocol called Q65, which is designed for “minimal two-way QSOs over especially difficult propagation paths,” the Quick …
FCC Reduces Proposed Amateur Radio Application Fee to $35
From: ARRL.org The FCC has agreed with ARRL and other commenters that its proposed $50 fee for certain amateur radio applications was “too high to …
AMSAT CW Activity Day 2021 Takes Place On New Year’s Day
AMSAT has announced that its CW Activity Day 2021 will take place all day on Friday, January 1, 2021, starting at 0000 UTC (New Year’s …
Registration is now underway for RAC Basic Winter 2021 Course!
For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Amateur Radio course so that individuals from all across Canada can obtain their Amateur …
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas to Everyone!! May you find strength and motivation among family, friends, and work, which is added to your account and allows you to …
ARISS SSTV Event Scheduled for December 24 to 31
Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Operations on ISS For immediate release: An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station …
RAC Canada Winter Contest
In December each year, Radio Amateurs of Canada sponsors the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Amateurs all over the world are invited to participate. Contest Period: 0000 …
DMR Brandmeister Hotspot Password will be Required!
ATTN – DMR users that use a Hotspot – From Corey Dean, who is in charge of the DMR Master servers for the US: Due …
The Shop – New Additions
I have started to provide links to products from Network Radios, with those that I have already provided from Scanner Master and Amazon. Network Radios …
Battle of Atlantic and Fern Blodgett Sunde bronze statue unveiling
A Tribute to Fern Blodgett Sunde: first female radio operator to go to sea For immediate release: October 17, 2020 – Cobourg, Ontario The ceremony and …
Solar Cycle 25 is Here!
Analysis determines we are in Solar Cycle 25 The solar minimum between Solar Cycle 24 and 25 – the period when the sun is least …
ISS Cross Band FM Repeater Activated
At 01:02 GMT on September 2 a cross band FM amateur radio repeater with a downlink on 437.800 MHz was activated on the International Space …
Proposed Two Metre (2m) Band Plan
As announced in The Canadian Amateur magazine, the RAC Band Planning Committee has completed the new proposed 2m band plan. Radio Amateurs of Canada band planning committees …