amateur radio
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...
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...
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...
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...
Canadians can Operate Using the CF, CG, CH, CI Prefixes
This is a great opportunity to get the CQ WPX award for those missing some unique Canadian prefixes, or just to add another...
Amateur Radio during the current Global Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a part of our daily lives for several weeks now and will most likely continue to be for...
Thank you for your response to the RAC Online Amateur Radio Courses!
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...
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...
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...
Space Pioneer Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK
ARRL reports the US astronaut who pioneered the use of Amateur Radio to make contacts from space — Owen K. Garriott, W5LFL —...
