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 …
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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 …
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 …
Additional Linking for VE3RWN Repeater
Linking Update: Daily, between 6am and 9pm the 145.150 repeater will be linked to: VE3TJU PictonVE3QAR BellevilleVE3KFR Campbellford You will hear the morning net at …
ARISS-USA is Created From ARISS International
In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated non-profit entity in the state of Maryland, officially becoming ARISS-USA. …
DMR and My Hotspot
I have had my HD1 DMR radio for a couple of weeks now and the hotspot for about a week. After spending somw time fine …
Now Active on DMR!
I am now active on DMR. I am currently using VE3OBI, till my hotspot is delivered. Pending any programming issues. 🙂 This is all new …
Radio Amateur Finds Another “Zombie Satellite”
British Columbia radio amateur Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, has found another “zombie satellite,” as he calls them. This time, he tracked and identified radio signals from …