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New RAC Online Amateur Radio Courses: Basic | Advanced Important Notice: Both of the Basic and Advanced courses are now full and registration has closed. Thank...
Distracted Driving in Ontario [Update]
Ontario has granted permanent two-way radio exemption for Amateurs. For immediate release: Distracted driving regulations continue to be an area of interest for...
Radio Amateurs of Canada Announces a New Section
The number of Sections needed for a clean sweep in the ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) will rise to 84 in 2020, with the...
AMSAT Announces 2019 Board Election Results
As a result of the 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election, Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK; and Michelle Thompson,...
Amateur Radio Resources Ready as Dorian Poised to Become a Major Hurricane
— From ARRL Amateur Radio resources organized this week as Hurricane Dorian threatened Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and worked its way...
ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Reactivated to Address Spectrum Issues
— From ARRL In an effort to more effectively address HF digital technology issues, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has reactivated the ARRL...
144 – 146 MHz Removed from French Proposal for Additional Aeronautical Applications
— From IARU The 144 – 146 MHz Amateur Radio segment has been removed from a French proposal to study spectrum additional for Aeronautical...
California Earthquakes Disrupted HF Propagation on West Coast
From: ARRL.org British Columbia radio amateur Alex Schwarz, VE7DXW, said that an Independence Day magnitude 6.4 earthquake in California’s Mojave Desert and multiple...
Restraint Urged in Response to 2-Meter Reallocation Proposal
From: ARRL.org Representatives of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-societies in Europe are advising restraint in the wake of a proposal to consider...
Morse Code Marks 175 Years of Dots and Dashes
The first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance travelled from Washington, DC to Baltimore on Friday, 24 May...
