Author: Richard Veale

Second test of new Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio on Friday, May 15 https://www.rac.ca/ariss-contact-with-airdrie-space-science-club-may-15/ The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program will be conducting a second test of its new distance-learning ARISS radio contacts with astronauts.  The Read more…

  World Amateur Radio Day Award Certificates are now ready for download for those who successfully contacted a RAC official station as described below. Thank you for participating in the first RAC “Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day” (WARD) Read more…

  https://www.rac.ca/special-event-vc2stayhom-now-active/  Some countries around the world are now allowing Radio Amateurs to use special “STAYHOME” call sign suffixes. Michael Shamash, VE2MXU, is using VC2STAYHOM to raise awareness for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic and global public health emergency. He is Read more…

On Saturday, April 18, 2020 (1200Z to 2359Z), Radio Amateurs of Canada is organizing a special on-air event to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day.   Every year on April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of Read more…