[RAC-Bulletin] Registration for Fall 2020 RAC Advanced Course ends October 8

[RAC Bulletins from RACHQ]

*Registration for Fall 2020 RAC Advanced Course ends October 8*
https://www.rac.ca/rac-online-advanced-amateur-radio-course-fall-2020/

*For immediate release:*

Thank you for another great response to our *Advanced Qualification Amateur
Radio Course
<https://www.rac.ca/rac-online-advanced-amateur-radio-course-fall-2020/> fo
r
RAC Maple Leaf Operators*.

*The class will start on October 4 and 5, but we will accept latecomers.
Registration will end on Tuesday, October 8.*

We are also now working on another Basic Qualification Amateur Radio Course
which will begin sometime in January. Stay tuned to the RAC website
<https://www.rac.ca/> for additional information.

*Additional information:*

In response to the global pandemic, 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.

*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 PDT) starting on
Sunday, October 4, 2020 ending on Sunday, January 3, 2021


*Or*

- *Monday evenings* from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm EDT (5:30 PDT) starting on
Monday, October 5, 2020 and ending on Monday, January 4, 2021.


*Note:* There will be no sessions on Thanksgiving weekend, the weekend
after Christmas or during the weekends of the CQ WW DX SSB and CW contests
as follows: October 11 and 12; October 25 and 26; November 29 and 30; and
December 27 and 28.

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.

*Course Requirements:*

The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at *no
charge* to RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members – both current and futur
e as
described below.

*Participants in the course will need to meet* *all of the following
requirements:*


1. Participants must already have the *Canadian Basic Certificate of
Proficiency in Amateur Radio* 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.


For more information about the course please visit the Advanced Course
webpage at:

https://www.rac.ca/rac-online-advanced-amateur-radio-course-fall-2020/


*Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRARAC President and Chair*

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*Alan GriffinRAC MarCom Director*
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