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Registration is now underway!
** Register now for the RAC Advanced Course! ------------------------------------------------------------
https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-fall-2022/
The next RAC Advanced Courses start on Sunday, September 11 and Monday
, September 12. You need to be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member (present
or future) to register for this course. See below for information.
Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced Qualifi cation Amateur Radio Course so that individuals can upgrade their qualific ations.
With your Advanced Certificate, you can run higher power, operate a re motely-controlled station, obtain operating privileges when travelling o verseas, set up repeaters, be the trustee for club stations and even b
ecome an Accredited Examiner (AE) if you also have the Morse Code qualific ation.
** Course information: ------------------------------------------------------------
The course will be 10 sessions in length and each session will be two hour
s long.
In order to offer maximum flexibility, we will be running two Advanced c
ourses so students will be able to choose one of the following two options
:
* Sunday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm EDT (12 pm to 2 pm PDT) starting on
Sunday, September 11 and ending on Sunday, December 18.
Or
* Monday evenings from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm EDT (5:30 pm to 7:30 pm PDT) st arting on Monday, September 12 and ending on Monday, December 19.
Note: There will be no classes on Thanksgiving weekend (October 9 and 10)
and also during the month of November due to travel requirements by the i nstructor.
** Course Instruction: ------------------------------------------------------------
The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE3KG. Dave has been an Amateur s
ince 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer and his DXpedition to Poin
t Amour Lighthouse.
Dave has been a RAC volunteer for many years. He is currently RAC's Regula
tory Affairs Officer and previously served as RAC Atlantic Director, RAC
President and in other roles. From 2015-2020, Dave taught both Basic an
d Advanced courses with the Fredericton (NB) Amateur Radio Club. He is an
Accredited Examiner (AE) for ISED and gives many Basic, Advanced and Mo
rse Code exams over the web.
Course material pertaining to all topics covered in the course syllabus wi
ll be provided to all registered students and is available online at:
https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-fall-2022/
** Course Requirements: ------------------------------------------------------------
The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at no
charge to RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members – both current and futu
re as described below.
Participants in the course will need to meet all of the following requirem ents:
1. Participants must already have the Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Qualifi cation and a Canadian call sign.
2. Participants must already be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member (
https:// www.rac.ca/maple-leaf-operator/) or become one by joining RAC at the Mapl
e Leaf Operator level or upgrading to that level.
3. Participants must have a copy of the Canadian Amateur Radio Advanced Qu alification Study Guide provided by Coax Publications. For more informatio
n please visit the RAC Study Guides (
https://www.rac.ca/study-guides-2/)
webpage.
4. Participants must have a computer and Internet connection capable of us
ing the Zoom conference platform. You do not need your own account on Zoom
to take part in this course.
5. Participants must have a working email address to receive course materi
als and links to the sessions.
There is room on the conference server for 250 participants in each sessio
n. Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis, provided t
hey are RAC Maple Leaf Operator members. You can sign up by following the
instructions on the registration page (
https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-c ourses/mlo-advanced-course-registration/) .
Other Amateur Radio Courses:
Amateur Radio Basic and Advanced Qualification courses are also now being
provided both online and in person by Canadian Amateur Radio Clubs and or ganizations. Please visit the Amateur Radio Courses webpage for more infor mation at the link provided below.
https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-courses/
Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director
www.rac.ca (
http://www.rac.ca/)
720 Belfast Road, #217
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5
, 1-
marcom@rac.ca (mailto:
marcom@rac.ca)
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