[PARC] Fwd: RAC Advanced Course for Maple Leaf Operators: Winter/Spring 2022

Tue Jan 4 20:13:25 EST 2022

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From: Radio Amateurs of Canada <racgm at rac.ca>
Date: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Subject: RAC Advanced Course for Maple Leaf Operators: Winter/Spring 2022
To: <andrew at poscomp.ca>

Registration closes on Tuesday, March 1

*Registration for the RAC Advanced Course is now underway!*
https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-winter-2022/
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*The next RAC Advanced Courses start on Sunday, February 27 and Monday,
February 28 with 10 weekly sessions. You need to be a RAC Maple Leaf
Operator Member (present or future) to register for this course. See below
for information.*

Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an *online* Advanced
Qualification Amateur Radio Course 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) if you also have the Morse Code
qualification.
*Course information:*

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 to 2 pm PDT) starting
   on Sunday, February 27 and ending on Sunday, May 16.

Or

   - *Monday evenings *from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm EDT (5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
   PDT) starting on Monday, February 28 and ending on Monday, May 17.

*Note: *There will be no classes on March 13, March 14, April 17 and April
18.
*Course Instruction:*

The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE3KG (formerly VE9CB). Dave has
been an Amateur since 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer and his
DXpedition to Point Amour Lighthouse.

Dave has also volunteered his time at the national level and has served as
the RAC President and as the RAC Director for the Atlantic Region. He is
currently serving as the Regulatory Affairs Officer.

>From 2015 to 2020, Dave taught the Basic and Advanced certification courses
with the Fredericton (NB) Amateur Radio Club.

Course material pertaining to all topics covered in the course
syllabus will be provided to all registered students and is available
online at:

https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-winter-2022/
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*Course Requirements:*

The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at no
charge to *RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members* – both current and future as
described below.
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://rac.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc2ce962688ad6bb6db0d414&id=d168b00464&e=7c0232a7d3>
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://rac.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc2ce962688ad6bb6db0d414&id=7dbebddb9e&e=7c0232a7d3>
    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.
   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 250 participants in each
session. Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis,
provided they are RAC Maple Leaf Operator members. You can sign up by
following the instructions on the registration page
<https://rac.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1cc2ce962688ad6bb6db0d414&id=c50348b660&e=7c0232a7d3>
.

*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/
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*Alan Griffin RAC MarCom Director*

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720 Belfast Road, #217  Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5 613-244-4367, 1- 877-273-8304
marcom at rac.ca <marcom at rac.ca>*

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