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Two radio amateurs were among those recently named to the Order of Canada. The list of recipients included telecommunications researcher Veena Rawat, VA3ITU, and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG/KC5RNJ.

Rawat was honored as a “Companion of the Order of Canada” for contributions to telecommunications engineering and for her leadership in establishing a global regulatory framework for rad…

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One of the few Amateur Radio events that takes place on a fixed date each year and often during the week, the Canada Day Contest on July 1 commemorates the anniversary of Canada’s confederation. It’s sponsored by Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), and all are welcome to participate.

The contest runs from 0000 UTC until 2359 UTC on July 1, which means it gets underway the evening of June 30 in US ti…

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Industry Canada has granted Amateur Radio operators there the use of five 60 meter channels on a non-interference basis. The center-channel frequencies harmonize with those available to US radio amateurs on 60 meters: 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5358.5 kHz, 5373 kHz, and 5405 kHz.

“[G]iven that use of these frequencies was requested, in part, to allow for cross-border communications in times of emergen…

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Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Geoffrey Bawden, VE4BAW, told the RAC’s Annual General Meeting in his Report to RAC Members last month that the organization is solvent.

“After two and a half years of hard work, RAC is on a firm financial footing,” Bawden said. At the 2010 Annual General Meeting, Bawden had raised the specter of financial failure. “We were insolvent and on the very brink…

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The Radio Amateur of Canada (RAC) annual general meeting will take place in Ancaster, Ontario, on October 5, in conjunction with the Hamilton Amateur Radio Club and the Hamilton Amateur Radio Hamfest. The session gets underway at 1 PM in Merritt Hall on the Ancaster Fair Grounds. A question-and-answer session will follow a business meeting, with a chance to discuss the future of RAC with the pr…

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