Author: Richard Veale

Don Studney, VE7DS, of the Delta Amateur Radio Society and Keith Witney, VE7KW, of the North Shore Amateur Radio Club will be presented with the RAC Amateur of the Year award on September 11 at a dinner meeting of the Read more…

https://wp.rac.ca/international-lighthouse-lightship-weekend-this-weekend-august-18-19/ The International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) has been held on the third full weekend each August since 1998. This year the event will be held this coming weekend on August 18-19. The ILLW website (https://illw.net/) describes the event as follows: “The ILLW Read more…

To qualify for the title Amateur of the Year, an individual should have made an outstanding contribution to Amateur Radio in the past year, or have contributed consistently to the welfare of Amateur Radio over several years. RAC Directors, Officers and Read more…

​ RAC President Attends Annual ARRL Board Meeting: July 21-22 https://wp.rac.ca/rac-president-attends-annual-arrl-board-meeting/   The annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), is underway in Windsor, Connecticut and will conclude tomorrow Sunday, July 22.   The above Read more…

[RAC-Bulletin] IARU HF Championship: July 14-15 – Good luck to Claude, VE2FK, Frank, VO1HP and Brent, VE9EX https://wp.rac.ca/iaru-hf-championship-july-14-15/ On behalf of Radio Amateurs of Canada I would like to wish Claude, VE2FK, Frank, VO1HP and Brent, VE9EX, good luck in Read more…

Possible threat to the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador https://wp.rac.ca/update-on-hurricane-chris/   For immediate release:   Hurricane Chris continues to track northeast at 37 kilometres per hour with sustained winds of 165 kilometres per hour and is due to make Read more…

​For immediate release: The distribution of the print version of the July-August 2018 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine has been unexpectedly delayed. Since this issue of TCA follows immediately after the RAC Annual General Meeting which was held on Read more…

  For immediate release:  Sunday, July 8, 2018 Tropical Storm Chris is currently meandering off the Carolinas, but has a track for a direct hit on the Maritimes and Newfoundland for late Wednesday for the Maritimes and early Friday for Read more…