RAC Bulletins

RAC Bulletin 2015-09-26

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for September 26, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. WRC-15 and 5 MHz (60m)

The S.A.R.L. reports a European Common Proposal (ECP) for an allocation of 100 kHz at 5350-5450 kHz
has now been accepted
This was a hard fought proposal with 7 abstentions and 5 against.
It is now up to the African block to support the agenda item at WRC which starts in Geneva, 
Switzerland on 2 November.
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RAC Bulletin 2015-09-19

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for September 19, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Russian military in 7 and 14 MHz Ham Radio bands

The latest IARU Monitoring System newsletter reports Russian Military traffic in the amateur radio
7 and 14 MHz bands has increased. The Russian Navy has often been active on 14192.0 using mode F1B
and the Russian Over The Horizon (OTH) radar in Gorodezh (near Nizhny Novgorod) has been causing
strong interference daily.
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RAC Bulletin 2015-09-12

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for September 12, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

1. RAC would like to welcome our new Director .. Phil McBride VE3QR

"As Director, I intend to use my knowledge of Amateur Radio, business
management and corporate governance
to serve RAC, and through RAC, the broader Amateur Radio community in
Canada, by encouraging not only membership,
but participation within the organization. With both small and large
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RAC Bulletin 2015-09-05

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for September 05, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Washington State Wildfires

News out of Washington State, where the largest wildfires in the state's
history have left casualties,
consumed more than half a million acres and destroyed at least 200 homes.
The fires surrounding the central Washington town of Twisp, where three
firefighters died,
were considered among the hardest to contain.
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RAC Bulletin 2015-08-29

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 29, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. WRC 2015 5MHz Proposal in Limbo

With the deadline to submit proposals to World Radiocommunication
Conference 2015 (WRC-15) now less than
2 months away, it’s still unclear how at least one agenda item of
importance to the Amateur Radio community
will fare. That is agenda item 1.4, which calls on the delegates to
consider a secondary Amateur Radio
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RAC Bulletin 2015-08-22

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 22, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

1. DIRECTOR ELECTION IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO

Two nominations were received for this position. Following a review of
the documentation submitted
the Committee determined that the nomination papers were complete and in
order for
Mr. Philip A. McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ, and Mr. Igor Slakva, VE3ZF/VA3YDX.

The Committee recommended a Ballot by Mail, for Director, Ontario South
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RAC Bulletin 2015-08-15

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 15, 2015 
 
This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada, with this week's Bulletin 
 
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS 
 
1. WWV 25MHz signal restored to its original antenna. 
 
Time may seem to stand still – at least for a few moments - at WWV, in Fort Collins, Colorado.  
The time and frequency standard station is celebrating the completion of its successful first year  
with a restored vertical dipole, one it had stopped making use of in 1977.
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RAC Bulletin 2015-08-08

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 08, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. RAC Public Group Followers, "WE HAVE MOVED"

Come and visit us at our new Business Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/radioamateurscdn

In a few days we will be shutting down the RAC Facebook public group to
enable us to utilize
future integrations and applications that can tie into our main web site.
We are also complying with the Facebook regulations as they apply to a
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RAC Bulletin 2015-08-01

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 01, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Updated RAC Band Plan

After a year long review, The RAC Band Planning Committee has released
an updated band plan for all LF
and HF (0-30 MHz) amateur allocations. This includes the new LF bands at
2200m and 600m, the 60m USB channels,
and changes to reflect current best practice on other bands.

Special thanks go to Vince d’Eon, VE6LK, for designing the single page
graphic.
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RAC Bulletin 2015-07-25

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for July 25, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

1. Acting Section Manager for GTA Section.

I would like to confirm that Rick Harrison VA3NV has volunteered to assume the
responsibilities as Acting SM for GTA in addition to his position as SEC, until a
permanent assignment has been made.

-- Bill Boskwick VE4BOZ, CFSO

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