*Registration now available for RAC Advanced Course: Summer 2020*
https://www.rac.ca/summer-2020-advan...now-available/

*For immediate release:*

In response to the global pandemic, Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again
offering an online *Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio Course
https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-cou...-maple-leaf-op
erators/*
so
that individuals can upgrade their qualifications while continuing to
practise social/physical distancing.

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).

In addition to the Advanced Course, a *Basic Qualification Amateur Radio
Course* will also once again be conducted with the assistance of the
Annapolis Valley Amateur Radio Club (AVARC) of Nova Scotia. We anticipate
that the next Basic course will start in mid-August and are currently
setting up the course.

Registration for the Basic course is not yet available and we are not
keeping a waitlist. We will be sending out a RAC bulletin as soon as the
information becomes available and also posting it on the RAC website
https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-courses/.
*RAC Advanced Course for Maple Leaf Operators: Summer 2020*

The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at no
charge to RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members – both current and future
..

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
https://www.rac.ca/maple-leaf-operator/ 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
https://www.rac.ca/study-guides-2/ webpage.
4. Participants must have a computer and Internet connection capable of
using the GoToMeeting https://www.gotomeeting.com/en-ca (GTM)
conference platform. You do not need your own account on GTM to take par
t
in this course, but you will have to download an applet from the GTM sit
e
to participate.
5. Participants must have a working email address to receive course
materials and links to the sessions.

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:

- *Sunday afternoons* from 3 pm to 5 pm EDT (12 pm PDT) starting on
Sunday, July 5 and ending on Sunday, September 6

Or

- *Monday evenings *from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm EDT (5:30 PDF) starting on
Monday, July 6 and ending on Monday, September 7

The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE9CB. Dave has been an Amateur
since 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer and has many other interests
in Amateur Radio. Since 2015, Dave has been teaching Basic and Advanced
certification courses with the Fredericton (NB) Amateur Radio Club. He is
also RAC’s Atlantic Director.

For complete details about the RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio
Course please visit:

https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-cou...maple-leaf-ope
rators/


*Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRARAC President and Chair*

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*Alan GriffinRAC MarCom Director*

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