Month: September 2019

To all Tower owners in the Amateur Radio Community – a must read!  By Mark Pride, K1RX Many old timers in the hobby that own a tower, perhaps in the air for 20, 30, 40 or 50 years, need to Read more…

“Radio Amateurs of Canada Annual General Meeting hosted by MAARC considered a huge success!” https://www.rac.ca/thank-you-for-attending-the-rac-agm-2019/ Thank you Moncton Area ARC! Radio Amateurs of Canada held its biennial Planning Meeting in Riverview, New Brunswick (near Moncton) on Thursday, September 12 and Read more…

September 13, 2019 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. SWAZILAND, Read more…

Due to Hurricane Dorion we were “off-line” for a few days but our AC power has been restored by Maritime Electric, Newfoundland Power, Contract Workers and Niagara Power!! Thanks so very much for the around the clock effort getting Prince Read more…

https://www.rac.ca/honorary-carhof-member-larry-price-sk/   Larry E. Price, W4RA, Silent Key:    ARRL and IARU President Emeritus and Honorary Member of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame   American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President Emeritus, Larry Read more…

https://www.rac.ca/rac-planning-meeting-is-now-underway-in-moncton-new-brunswick/   The biennial Planning Meeting of Radio Amateurs of Canada is now underway in Moncton, New Brunswick just ahead of the RAC Annual General Meeting which will be held on Saturday, September 14. RAC’s Board of Directors meetings throughout Read more…

St. Pierre & Miquelon Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between September 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activity Read more…

11 September, 2019 Island activities: IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz EU-024; I*0, Sardinia Island: Frank/DJ0BFS will be signing IS0/DJ0FBS from San Teodoro on Read more…

  For immediate release: https://www.rac.ca/countdown-to-world-radiocommunication-conference-2019/   Countdown to WRC-19: An Update to the article by Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, in the September-October 2019 TCA   The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November Read more…

New amateur radio maps EI8IC has released a number of new amateur radio maps: CQ Zones, ITU Zones, UK/EI Contest District Codes. Find them at:  http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/ A custom mapping service is also available