Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society (VE8YK)

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, CANADA

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2024-02-21 10:16:00 - Yellowknife - There is a series of upcoming special callsigns that have been allocated by the Government of Canada (ISED) including anniversaries of the founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force, HMCS HAIDA, the RCMP, the Yukon and various educational institutions.  

A number of provincial callsigns have been registered for the month of April, such as VE7RCAF to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force.  This is a similar technique to how the 80th anniversary of the first operational sortie of the AVRO Lancaster bomber was carried out.  YARS participated in that and obtained the special callsign VE80LAN.  Only two operators participated in the VE80LAN project and only one QSO was achieved.  

We have been approached to register VE8RCAF and operate for the month of April 2024.  If there is interest in this, please contact the Executive through the contact features of this website: Chris Cameron (VE8WD) or Ian Rennie (VE8IR).