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

Mar 25th

Posted by VE6CIA in General News

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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

Posted by VE6CIA in Club Events

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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

Posted by VE6CIA in Club Events

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VE6HPY downsizing sale

Feb 5th

Posted by VE6CIA in Misc

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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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QCARC Winter Flea Market Feb. 7, 2026

Jan 26th

Posted by VE6CIA in Club Events

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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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Cold Lake Airshow

Jan 14th

Posted by VE6CIA in ARES

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Note from VE6CIA: All input, ideas or suggestions from Alberta amateurs is welcome, to save this event from extinction, whether it be ARES/ACS related or not.
Gentlemen,
I’m writing today in hopes of getting long term ARES/ACS training in place for Alberta.
Cold Lake Amateur Radio Society (CLARS) has been supporting the Cold Lake air show for a little over 20 years. We support this event with assistance from amateurs all over Alberta, and it has become a very well supported and anticipated event. Cold Lake holds airshows every two years, and we support this event by spreading amateurs throughout the crowd and looking for issues. If issues are discovered we report through our net control, who then forwards the issue to the Military Command Post for resolution.
Our assistance is highly valued by the airshow organizing committee, who in turn supports us with free admission, lunches on both days, as well as free airshow T shirts and ball caps.
This event perfectly mirrors the work that ARES/ACS would be called on to support in a real life event.
Our Club is aging, and our membership has dwindled. In the past our club could support the event on our own (albeit with reduced effectiveness)- that is no longer the case. As a result our club is reluctant to proceed as hosts, in that if support from other amateurs doesn’t happen we’re unable to do what we promised- and that’s a risk we cannot take. In addition, I’ve been doing the bulk of the work organizing the event, and I too am aging out of being able to continue.
I suggested that Alberta ARES/ACS take this event over from CLARS, and to date no one has been willing to step up. I understand the reluctance- however I believe that I may have a more palatable option- have ARES/ACS take ownership of the airshow and use it as our Alberta SET.
If the ARES/ACS leadership owns the event, they could allow a different radio club (or clubs) the opportunity to run the event every second year. This would provide tremendous training for both the ARES/ACS team lead, as well as ARES/ACS support personnel throughout the province.
Note that Cold Lake and Edmonton International Airport are both on a two year opposing cycle for airshows- the SET could be a yearly event if we included the Edmonton show.
We are at a critical junction with ARES/ACS- our relevance as “last chance” long haul communications is at an end (internet, satellite phones and Starlink have pretty much ended our usefulness). However, we have a huge potential for use in emergencies as observers- be it fire, floods, or whatever, a self led, self supporting group of people is a huge bonus for any emergency manager. This airshow is an exemplary example of that, and one I’d hate to see lost.
I have one more go left in me, and would be very happy to assist in getting the airshow scheduled for this summer organized. I have the routine down pretty well, and the bulk of the difficulties have been identified and overcome. However, if I do not have someone to pass the torch to then I’m done- and more importantly we’ll have lost a tremendous training opportunity.
Please note that CLARS will happily provide full access to the local VE6ADI repeater, as well as free camping at Mike’s and my farms.
Thanks for your time- and I’m available anytime to amplify this email and discuss options.
Cheers- Garry
FG Naylor
VE6FGN
ARES/ACS rep, CLARS
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VE6UJ

Jan 14th

Posted by VE6CIA in General News

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Obituary information for Rene Prevost

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