{"id":2187,"date":"2020-09-21T23:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T02:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2020-09-21T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T02:21:47","slug":"rac-bulletin-rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-youtube-videos-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/21\/rac-bulletin-rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-youtube-videos-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"[RAC-Bulletin] RAC Canada 2020 Conference and AGM: YouTube videos + Thank You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting: Thank You!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"I_52qC D_FY W_6D6F\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"yiv6883416841\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/canada-2020-conference-agm-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/canada-2020-conference-agm-videos\/<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong>For immediate release:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to thank all of the presenters, participants and volunteers for organizing and attending the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/canada-2020-conference-agm-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All presentations are now available for viewing on the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDLLyrpUUSPugPU4h3Jf5Qw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RAC YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that the videos are currently in raw format and we hope to edit them at some time in the future when time permits.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">A detailed description of all of the presentations can be found on the RAC website at:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/canada-2020-conference-agm-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/canada-2020-conference-agm-videos\/<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Keynote presentation:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Fireside Chat: Amateur Radio during the Global Pandemic and other topics\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">An informal discussion featuring the following distinguished guests:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA: President, Radio Amateurs of Canada (Moderator)<\/li>\n<li>Tim Ellam, VE6SH: President, International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)<\/li>\n<li>Rick Roderick, K5UR: President, American Radio Relay League (ARRL)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Thomas, M1ACB: General Manager, Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\"><br \/>\nIn these unprecedented times, this was an excellent and possibly historic opportunity to engage in a discussion on the challenges we face today and on the future of Amateur Radio. Thank you for taking the time to join us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Main\u00a0presentations in the order they appeared:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Special thanks to all the following presenters for rising to the challenge and creating great presentations under very tight timelines while learning new technology at the same time.\u00a0We realize that this was by no means an easy task and we thank you for your\u00a0significant contribution!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Schuessler, N5HYP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amateur Radio and Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amateur Radio Challenges in Canada\u2019s North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ron Thompson, VE8RT and Angela Gerbrandt, VY0YL<\/p>\n<p><strong>CY9C St. Paul Island DXPedition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phil McBride, VA3QR\/VA3KPJ<\/p>\n<p><strong>6m FT8 DXing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ron Schwartz, VE3VN<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contesting:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Remote Operating<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Cary Rubenfeld, VE4EA, Tom Haavisto, VE3CX and Gerry Hull, VE1RM;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>VO2AC: Contest DXpedition to Labrador (CQ Zone 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Chris Allingham, VE3FU\/VO2AC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amateur Radio Hotspots: A Quick Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Allan Boyd, VE3AJB<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>La proposition d\u2019une classe d\u2019entr\u00e9e pour les radioamateurs (en fran\u00e7ais)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Guy Richard, VE2QG\/VE2XTD<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Amateur Radio: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Allen Wootton, VY1KX<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>High Altitude Balloons: The Elevation Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">Kelly Shulman, VE3KLX<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RAC Annual General Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;font-size: medium\">The RAC Annual General Meeting can be found at the 4:03 minute mark of the\u00a0following video.<\/p>\n<p>We are still\u00a0learning the fine art of Zoom so please bear with us \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8NZ0fTUL0ng&amp;t=2072s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8NZ0fTUL0ng&amp;t=2072s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you again!<\/p>\n<p>Alan Griffin<br \/>\nRAC MarCom Director<br \/>\nTCA Editor<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\">marcom@rac.ca<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"yiv6883416841gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting: Thank You! https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/canada-2020-conference-agm-videos\/ For immediate release: Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to thank all of the presenters, participants and volunteers for organizing and attending the\u00a0RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/21\/rac-bulletin-rac-canada-2020-conference-and-agm-youtube-videos-thank-you\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2188,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/2188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}