June 30th 05, 11:31 PM
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On 30 Jun 2005 14:17:15 -0700, wrote:
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The US is also one of the few countries with a large and relatively
affluent amateur radio population licensed to use relatively high
powered transmitters.
Canada, IIRC, has less than 1/10th the number of hams as the USA,
spread out across a larger area. Of course Canada also has a
proportionately smaller population. Yet the Canadian HF ham bands are
virtually the same as the US ones. Perhaps Leo can give us a more
precise comparison, and the Canadian amateur power limit.
I'll try!
Canadian population - approx. 33 Million.
Current number of Amateur operators: approx. 55 thousand or so....the
vast majority reside in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia (in that
order)
Power limits: Basic licence: 250W; Advanced licence: 1KW.
This is a link to the recommended HF bandplans (please note that these
are not legislated by government - they are administered and published
by the RAC (our equivalent of the ARRL), and adhered to by the
Canadian amateur community by 'gentlemen's agreement' (and -um- peer
pressure, for those who stray....!)
Out Morse band area tends to be smaller than the US allocation - for
example, you'll hear the Trans-Canada Net on LSB at 7.055 MHz.
http://www.rac.ca/service/hfband.htm
73, Leo
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