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Registration closes on Monday, February 20
** Registration for the RAC Advanced Course is still available! ------------------------------------------------------------
https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-winter-202
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The next RAC Advanced Courses start on Sunday, January 14 and Monday,
January 15 with 10 weekly sessions. You need to be a RAC Maple Leaf Opera
tor 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 at 1 pm Eastern Time (10 am PT / 2:30 pm NT) starting
on Sunday, January 14 and ending on Sunday, March 24.
Or
* Monday evenings from 8:30 pm Eastern Time (5:30 pm PT / 10 pm NT) starti
ng on Monday, January 15 and ending on Monday, March 25.
Note: There will be no classes on Sunday, February 25 and Monday, Febr
uary 26 due to a family occasion.
** Course Instruction: ------------------------------------------------------------
The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE3KG (formerly VE9CB). Dave has
been an Amateur since 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer.
Dave has also volunteered his time at the national level and has served as
the RAC President and as the RAC Director for the Atlantic Region. He is
currently serving as the Regulatory Affairs Officer.
From 2015 to 2020, Dave taught the Basic and Advanced certification cour
ses with the Fredericton (NB) Amateur Radio Club.
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-winter-202
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https://www.rac.ca/rac-canada-winter-contest-2023/
** 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
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[email protected] (mailto:
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