RAC Advanced Summer 2021 Course starts tomorrow but you can register until
Thursday, June 10

The RAC Advanced course begins tomorrow (Sunday) and Monday but registrati
on will stay open until Thursday, June 10!

https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-cour...ors-summer-202
1/

Note: You need to be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member (present or future)
to register for this course. See below for information.

RAC's next online Advanced Certificate course begins this Sunday, June 6
or Monday, June 7 but late registration will not close until Thursday
, June 10.

Depending on when you register, the first session may have already taken
place, but you can still join the remaining sessions and catch up with
the video recording of Session 1.

Background 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 while continuing to practise social/physical distancing.

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).

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 from 3 pm to 5 pm EDT (12 pm to 2 pm PDT) starting on
Sunday, June 6 and ending on Sunday, August 15

Or
* Monday evenings from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm EDT (5:30 to 7:30 PDT) starting
on Monday, June 7 and ending on Sunday, August 16

Note: There will be no classes on August 1 or 2 because of the local holid
ays in some areas.
Course Instruction:

The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE9CB. Dave has been an Amateur s
ince 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer and his DXpedition to Poin
t Amour Lighthouse was featured on the front cover of the November-Decembe
r 2020 issue of The Canadian Amateur. Dave has also been a long-time volun
teer at the national level and has served as the RAC President and as the
RAC Director for the Atlantic Region. Since 2015, he has also has been
teaching Basic and Advanced certification courses with the Fredericton (N
B) 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-cour...ors-summer-202
1/

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 GoToMeeting (https://www.gotomeeting.com/en-ca) (GTM) conference
platform. You do not need your own account on GTM to take part in this co
urse, but you will have to download an applet from the GTM site to parti
cipate.
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 200 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/maple-leaf-oper
ator-advanced-course-summer-2021-registration-form/) .

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/

Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA
RAC President and Chair

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