Author: Richard Veale

  A celebration of life will be held on February 9   https://www.rac.ca/former-rac-ontario-north-director-doug-leach-ve3xk-sk/ For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC Ontario North Regional Director Doug Leach, VE3XK, became a Silent Key on Read more…

For immediate release: https://www.rac.ca/rac-president-attends-annual-arrl-board-meeting-january-17-18/ RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is currently attending the annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in Windsor, Connecticut. The ARRL Board Meetings are held twice each year, in January and Read more…

    https://www.rac.ca/rac-appoints-new-community-services-officer-and-treasurer/ Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, as its new Community Services Officer (CSO) and Margaret Tidman, VA3VXN, as its new Treasurer. Both positions are effective January 1, 2020.   Read more…

  https://www.rac.ca/update-on-the-amateur-radio-emergency-service-ares-program/ For immediate release There have been some recent developments with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) program in Canada. First, a bit of background. There are four levels of ARES organization: National, Section, District and Local. Sections are Read more…

  Happy New Year! Welcome to the January-February 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur.   The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the January-February 2020 TCA is now available for viewing or download.   The print version is now at the printer Read more…

  For immediate release: https://www.rac.ca/former-rac-ontario-south-director-geoff-smith-va3gs-sk/     Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC Ontario South Regional Director Geoff Smith, VA3GS, became a Silent Key on December 4, 2020.   Geoff was formerly a Director Read more…

  https://www.rac.ca/rac-appoints-new-deputy-director-alberta-nwt-nu-region/ Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to welcome Stephen Lee, VA6SGL, as the Deputy Director for the Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Region. RAC Alberta/NWT/NU Director, Ernest Clintberg, VE6EC/VE6ECK, appointed Stephen as Deputy Director on December 1, 2019. Read more…

    https://www.rac.ca/ed-frazer-ve7ef-appointed-to-the-canadian-amateur-radio-hall-of-fame/     The Board of Trustees of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (CARHOF) is pleased to announce that Ed Frazer, VE7EF, of West Vancouver, British Columbia has been named to the Hall of Fame.   Read more…

    https://www.rac.ca/rac-appoints-new-deputy-community-services-officer/ Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, as its Deputy Community Services Officer (CSO) effective immediately. As shown in the photo, Jason recently represented RAC at the International Amateur Radio Read more…

Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN RAC Special Advisor at World Radiocommunication Conferences On November 21, 2019 at the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, a new allocation to the Amateur Radio Service for Region 1 was approved. The Read more…