Summerside Amateur Radio Club

September 11, 2020 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by XQ7UP, IW1RBI, 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 Read more…

Fred, VK3DAC/VK4FE, reports that special event callsign VI75WW2 will be active (as September 1st) until November 11th, 2020. Activity is to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The commemorative callsign is in recognition of those who Read more…

RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting: Sunday, September 20 For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to welcome all Amateurs to the RAC Canada 2020 Conference which will be held on Sunday, September 20 before the RAC Annual General Read more…

Registration now available for RAC Advanced Course: Fall 2020 ———————————————————— https://www.rac.ca/rac-online-advanced-amateur-radio-course-fall-2020/   For immediate release:   In response to the global pandemic, Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio Course so that individuals Read more…

New Manager of the VO Incoming QSL Bureau |  https://www.rac.ca/new-manager-of-vo-incoming-qsl-bureau/ New Manager of the VO Incoming QSL Bureau Rick Burke, VO1SA/VO2CW, has retired from his position as the VO Incoming QSL Bureau Manager and Bill Kirby, VO1BB, has taken over Read more…

  https://www.rac.ca/september-october-2020-etca-now-available/ Welcome to the September-October 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur https://www.rac.ca/september-october-2020-etca-now-available/ The electronic TCA (eTCA) version of the September-October 2020 TCA is now available for viewing or download. Note: Due to technical issues, the FlipHTML5 version is not ready Read more…

  RAC Band Planning Committee Update: Proposed Two Metre Band Plan https://www.rac.ca/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 planning committees coordinate the development of Read more…

August 21, 2020 This week’s bulletin was made possible with information provided by LU5AG, 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. Read more…

19 August Island activities: Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AS-117; JA3/4/9, Honshu’s Coastal Islands West: Kenji/JA4GXS plans to activate Read more…

17 August, 2020 Island activities: The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between August 10-15th (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes —— ———- ————- ———— AF-004 EA8CMW CANARY 20m; SSB AF-018 IH9YMC PANTELLERIA 20m; Read more…