RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for October 19, 2024
Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada with
this week’s bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. RAC Insurance Program – 2025 Applications Now Open
RAC is now accepting applications for insurance coverage for the 2025
calendar year.
Like in previous years, information about the program, including more
details about coverage and fee structure, is available at
http://www.rac.ca/insurance/
— rac bulletin
2. IARU Region 3 Proposal Moves Forward on 40m Band
The IARU’s proposal is the result of a recent consultation by the
Wireless Institute of Australia with the goal of finding band plans
for various modes that could ultimately form the basis of a global
agreement. The proposal noted that very little spectrum is set aside
for digital modes and discusses the potential use of channelisation
of the bands for digital modes. To deal with the challenge of allocations
that include SSB and CW, the committee studied, among other things,
activity shown on ClubLog.
Full proposal can be found at https://www-iaru-r3.org
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
3. WRTC 2026 Announces UK Event Headquarters
Organisers of the prestigious World Radiosport Team Championship
have announced that its headquarters will be Wyboston Lakes in
Bedford in the east of England. Mark MØDXR, chairman of the UK
organising committee, said that anyone interested in attending the
event as a spectator will be able to book their place through the WRTC
2026 website starting in 2025. The WRTC will feature 50 competing
two-person teams operating throughout the counties of
Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.
— IARU 2026 committee -via ham radio newsline
4. The Internet Archive Has Been Hacked
Most would put the Internet Archive in the category of the library —
with its aim of preserving and providing knowledge for the aid of all who
might call on it. Sadly, it appears this grand institution has been hacked.
At the time of writing, it appears the Internet Archive has restored the
website to some degree of normal operation. As is always the way, no
connected machine is ever truly safe, no matter how much we might
hope that’s not the case.
— hackaday.com
This concludes this week’s bulletin.
Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC
RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for October 19, 2024
