{"id":166,"date":"2025-07-23T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/?post_type=lesson&#038;p=166"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:13:56","slug":"about-radio-amateurs-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"lesson","link":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/lesson\/about-radio-amateurs-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"About Radio Amateurs of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)<\/a> is the national organization for Canada\u2019s 75,000 qualified Radio Amateurs. RAC is recognized by the Government of Canada\u2019s department of <a href=\"https:\/\/ised-isde.canada.ca\/site\/ised\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)<\/a> as the representative for the interests of Amateur Radio in Canada. RAC is the Canadian member society of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iaru.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RAC is an almost all-volunteer organization. Our volunteers promote and defend the interests of Amateur Radio at all levels of government in Canada and overseas. We publish an excellent journal six times each year. Each issue of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/tca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Amateur (TCA) magazine<\/a> contains sixty-four pages of technical articles, information on regulatory matters, and details about activities on the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/tca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cover_May_2021TCA_small-600x761-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cover_May_2021TCA_small-600x761-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cover_May_2021TCA_small-600x761-1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cover_May_2021TCA_small-600x761-1-79x100.jpg 79w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">May 2021 TCA magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sensei-content-description\">Please join RAC and help support our advocacy for Amateur Radio. You can find more about joining RAC at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/new-rac-membership\/\">https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/new-rac-membership\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rac.ca\/new-rac-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/join-rac-ob65m27av9a4olu7cwvcbevqkqpyb9cpjvmj8h0e1u.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" style=\"width:175px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/join-rac-ob65m27av9a4olu7cwvcbevqkqpyb9cpjvmj8h0e1u.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/join-rac-ob65m27av9a4olu7cwvcbevqkqpyb9cpjvmj8h0e1u-100x79.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"sensei-block-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-sensei-lms-lesson-actions\"><div class=\"sensei-buttons-container\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_initial_content":"","_new_post":false,"_quiz_has_questions":false,"_lesson_complexity":"easy","_lesson_length":10,"_lesson_course":27,"_lesson_preview":"preview"},"lesson-tag":[],"class_list":["post-166","lesson","type-lesson","status-publish","hentry","module-introduction-to-hamstudy-basic-preview-without-registration","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lessons\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lessons"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lesson"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lessons\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lessons\/166\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lesson-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamstudy.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lesson-tag?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}