• SuitSat-1

    This is SuitSat-1 Amateur Radio Station RS0RS! WOW!!  It has been 20 years ago today that I had the most fun I have ever experienced since getting my ham license in 1977!  I received 14 sstv pictures and 90 audio clips from the space suit as it orbited the globe every 90 minutes for two weeks. Here is one of the audio clips On February 3, 2006 a decommissioned Olan Russian space suit was placed in...
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  • Vintage Ham Radio Memories

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Visit John VE6HPY at Villa Marie #133 10 Carrington Dr. Red Deer

Mar 25th

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RAC Advanced Qualification Course for Maple Leaf Operators

Mar 25th

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RAC Advanced Qualification Course for Maple Leaf Operators

https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-spring-2026/

The Spring 2026 RAC Advanced Qualification course will be starting in a few weeks. Please register now!Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio Course so that individuals can upgrade their qualifications.

With your Advanced Certificate, you can run higher power, operate a remotely-controlled station, obtain operating privileges when travelling overseas, set up repeaters, be the trustee for club stations and even become an Accredited Examiner (AE) if you have the Morse code qualification.

Course information:

The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at no charge to RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members. If you are not already a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member, you can easily become one.

The course will be 10 sessions in length and each session will be two hours long.

In order to offer maximum flexibility, we will be running two Advanced courses so students will be able to choose one of the following two options:

Courses are offered on Sunday afternoons or Monday evenings and are two hours in duration.

Sunday afternoons:Sunday afternoons at 1 pm Eastern Time (10 am PT / 2:30 NT) starting on Sunday, April 12 and ending on Sunday, June 21

Or: 

Monday evenings:Monday evenings from 8:30 pm Eastern Time (5:30 pm PT / 10 pm NT) starting on Monday, April 13 and ending on Monday, June 22

Course instruction:

The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE3KG. Dave has been an Amateur since 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer.

Dave has been a RAC volunteer for many years. He is currently RAC’s Regulatory Affairs Officer and previously served as Atlantic Director, RAC President and in other roles.

From 2015-2020, Dave taught both Basic and Advanced courses with the Fredericton (NB) Amateur Radio Club. He is an Accredited Examiner (AE) for ISED and gives many Basic, Advanced and Morse Code exams over the web.

Course material pertaining to all topics covered in the course syllabus which is available on the Advanced Course webpage and will be provided to all registered students.

Course requirements:

Participants in the course will need to meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Participants must already have the Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Qualification and a Canadian call sign.
  2. Participants must already be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member or become one by joining RAC at the Maple Leaf Operator level or upgrading to that level.
  3. Participants must have a copy of the Canadian Amateur Radio Advanced Qualification Study Guide provided by Coax Publications. For more information please visit the RAC Study Guides webpage.
  4. Participants must have a computer and Internet connection capable of using the Zoom conference platform. You do not need your own account on Zoom to take part in this course, but you may have to download a Zoom applet to participate.
  5. Participants must have a working email address to receive course materials and links to the sessions.

There is room on the conference server for 200 participants in each session. Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis, provided they are RAC Maple Leaf Operator members.

Course registration:

Please visit the Advanced Course webpage for information on how to register for the course.
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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 organizations. Please visit the Amateur Radio Courses webpage for more information at the link provided below.

https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-courses/

Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM
RAC President
Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director

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SARA Red Deer Picnic 2026

Mar 24th

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SARA Red Deer Picnic June 13, 2026 McKenzie Shelter 10:00. Flea market, bunny hunt, FREE SARA Dogs and noon. AGM to follow.

Directions

6932 40 Ave – From 55 Street, travel north on 45 Avenue until the road ends.

 

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QCARC Flea Market and AGM

Mar 24th

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AGM, spring social and flea market: April 25, 2026

The Annual General Meeting of the Quarter Century Amateur Radio Club will be held at the High Park Community League Hall at 11032 154 Street NW in  Edmonton.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT OUR REGULAR FLEA MARKET OR MEETING  LOCATION. Our regular location is under renovation and is not available to us. The AGM will be held from 11:00 AM to noon. The meeting, as in past years, will be held after the flea market.

A reminder that memberships expire on April 30 so we will be accepting memberships at this event.

The schedule for the day is a bit different than usual due to the change in venue:

  • 0900 – 1100: Doors open for vendor set up, flea market and social
  • 1100 – 1200: AGM

Radio World has generously provided two gift certificates in the amounts of $100 and $50 that will be door prizes for this event. We are fortunate and grateful to have such generous sponsorship of our club events. A big thank you to Radio World and all their staff!

If you want a table at the flea market please contact Neil, VE6TCK/VE6JW, at 780-818-1975 or VE6TCK@gmail.com to reserve one. Tables will be limited at this location.

Please contact any member of executive with any questions you may have.

Radio install workshop

Mar 16th

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The mobile radio installation workshop will be at Tiny VE6TIP’s place Saturday March 21, 2026 at 1:00 pm.

We will be demonstrating how to install a mobile radio in different vehicles. If you are interested in putting a radio in your car but need a few pointers, this is the event for you!
Please park over by Tiny’s workshop (the south driveway) and bring a lawn chair.  There will be coffee and treats.

Contact any club member on VE6QE for location details.

CARA Spring 2026 Flea Market

Mar 8th

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The next CAARC General meeting

Feb 13th

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CAARC Membership

NOTICE

The  CAARC next General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April , 15 at 19:30 hours.

Meet after 19:00 hours at the Calder School at Sunnybrook Farm 2879 Botterill Crescent . 

The Calder School entrance is behind Sims Furniture just north of the Bower mall at the south end of Red Deer.

We have a number of things to discuss for the upcoming year 

The gates will be open at 1900 hrs. 

 

 

 

 

VE6HPY downsizing sale

Feb 5th

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Item price estimate
Yeasu FT-2400 200
Kenwood TS-850s SOLD
Kenwood PS-52 SOLD
Samlex SEC-1223 100
Pyramid 3a P/S 25
Genius GB70 booster 125
Garmin GPSMap 62s SOLD
Garmin GPSMap 60cx 50
Garmin GPS ll plus SOLD
Armaco SWR meter 10
Micronta SWR meter 10
Micronta SWR meter 10
Micronta 22-204 VOM SOLD
Micronta 22-201B VOM 10
Equus DVM 20
12v test light 5
power bar 5
power bar 2
speaker SOLD
speaker SOLD
speaker 3
dual band mag mount SOLD
vhf mag mount SOLD
vhf mag mount SOLD
mag mount SOLD
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SuitSat-1

Feb 4th

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This is SuitSat-1 Amateur Radio Station RS0RS!

WOW!!  It has been 20 years ago today that I had the most fun I have ever experienced since getting my ham license in 1977! 

I received 14 sstv pictures and 90 audio clips from the space suit as it orbited the globe every 90 minutes for two weeks.

Here is one of the audio clips

On February 3, 2006 a decommissioned Olan Russian space suit was placed in orbit around the earth. The Expedition 12 International Space Station crew Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and Commander Bill McArthur, KC5ACR launched the space suit by pushing it into orbit at the beginning of their space walk to repair outside equipment on the ISS. The space suit had been fitted with an amateur radio transmitter. The Suit Sat-1, as it is now being called, was designed to send telemetry from the space suit as well as pre-recorded audio by students from around the world. Special greetings in German and Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese, and English had been pre-recorded by these students from different countries. A Slow Scan Television Picture (SSTV) in Robot 36 second format was also included in the Suit Sat-1 microchip to be received and decoded by amateur radio operators and students around the globe. The transmission was to state the elapsed mission time, the suit’s internal temperature, and finally the battery voltage.

The sequence of the transmission was a voice ID (5 seconds), an international voice message, telemetry data or a SSTV Image (15-45 seconds), and then a 30 second pause.

 

VE6BLDs antannas in TCA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QCARC Winter Flea Market Feb. 7, 2026

Jan 26th

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Winter social, flea market and Ukrainian lunch

Posted on 12 January 2026 by qcarc

Where: Canora Hall: 10425 152 Street NW, Edmonton, AB

When: Saturday, February 7th, 2026

  • 8:00 – 9:00: Vendor set up
  • 9:00 – 11:00: Flea market
  • 11:00 – 12:00 Social
  • 12:00 – 1:00 Ukrainian meal (details below)

The QCARC will be hosting our annual winter flea market and social event featuring free admission, beverages and snacks. Door prizes will be drawn and you will find the usual amazing range and variety of items in the flea market.

A Ukrainian meal will be served at noon which will consist of four perogies, four cabbage rolls, two nalysnyky, one sausage, one scoop of coleslaw, one roll and dessert. The price is $25 per plate as per usual.

To reserve a plate please email or phone Neil at VE6TCK@gmail.com or 780-818-1975. Or give Neil a call on VE6QCR or the APSN most nights. There will be fifty meals available so please book early as they do go fast! Payment can be made on the day of the event.

We will be accepting membership renewals at the AGM in April to simplify accounting.

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