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Course Outline for the Basic Qualification

 
RAC Courses - Registration is now open

The registration fee for the course is $50 plus GST/HST. The cost of the Basic Study Guide is extra and an order link will be provided upon completion of payment.

For more information about the course please contact the Course Administrator at basiccourse@rac.ca
and visit:
https://www.rac.ca/rac-basic-qualification-amateur-radio-course-winter-2026/
This online course utilizes the Coax Publications Study Guide. Although any study guide could be used. They have excellent written material, regularly updated, with web access for students to use the Student Success Pages to self check and ask questions. In addition, Coax Publications also has available, for those interested, instructor guides to make putting your course together super easy.
The goal for any of these lessons is for the student to read the material, look at the PDF slide presentations, view the U-tube videos and review the Industry Canada exam questions. There may be additional information given.
If you are attending a radio course, then it is expected that you will have done all of these before attending the class. The idea is , at the beginning of the lesson,  the instructor will clear up any questions you may have and then continue on with hands on experiments, show and tell, operating radios and setting up stations, building antennas etc.
Skill Refresher - Safety, Math and Measurements
Skill Refresher - Safety, Math and Measurements
Sunday, November 07, 2021


1. READ the study guide chapters on Safety, Basic Math and Test Equipment

2. VIEW these presentations:
Safety 
Math Refresher  
Measurements

3. Health Canada Safety concerns regarding Radio Frequency Energy
Health Canada

Basic Electrical Theory
Basic Electrical Theory
Sunday, November 07, 2021


1. READ the study guide chapters on Basics

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Basics

3. VIEW the U-tube videos
     Atomic Theory

     Conductors and Insulators

     Potential Difference

Ohm's Law and Power and Decibels
Ohm's Law and Power and Decibels
Saturday, November 06, 2021


1. READ the study guide chapters on  Ohm's Law and Power

2. VIEW the presentations:
    Ohms, Law

3. VIEW the U-Tube Videos
    Intro to Ohm's Law


Inductors and Capacitors
Inductors and Capacitors
Monday, July 11, 2016


1. READ the study guide chapters on Inductors and Capacitors

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Inductors and Capacitors
    
3. VIEW the U-tube videos
     Inductance
     Capacitance
     Voltage / Current in capacitors and inductors
     Tutorial on LC Resonant Circuits
     Impedance

Waves, Frequency, Wavelength, Bands
Waves, Frequency, Wavelength, Bands
Monday, July 11, 2016


1. READ the study guide chapters on Waves and Wavelength

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Waves and Wavelength
     Canadian Bandplans 2015

3. VIEW the U-Tube videos
     Electromagnetic Spectrum
     Waves    
     Wave Behavior
     Wavelength
    

Propagation
Propagation
Monday, July 11, 2016


1. READ the study guide chapters on Propagation

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Propagation
     Understanding Propagation

3. VIEW the U-tube videos
     Propagation 101 
     Space Weather
     Propagation 2

Transmission Lines
Transmission Lines
Monday, July 11, 2016


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Transmission Lines


2. VIEW the presentations:
    Transmission Lines

3. VIEW the U-Tube videos    
    Feedlines
    

Antennae
Antennae
Monday, July 11, 2016


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Antennae


2. VIEW the presentations:
     Antennae
     Antenna Types
     How antenna's work

3. VIEW the U-Tube videos    
     Antenna Basics
     Antenna Fundamentals Directivity
     Antenna Fundamentals Bandwidth
    

Active Devices
Active Devices
Monday, July 11, 2016


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Active Devices

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Active Devices

3. VIEW the U-Tube videos    
     Vacuum Tubes
     PN Junction
     Bipolar Transistor

Power Supplies
Power Supplies
Monday, November 08, 2021


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Power Supplies


2. VIEW the presentations:
     Power Supplies

3. VIEW the U-Tube videos    
     Transformers
     Rectifiers
     Filters    

Establishing a Station
Establishing a Station
Monday, November 08, 2021


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Establishing a Station

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Establishing a Station

Station Operation
Station Operation
Monday, November 08, 2021


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Station Operation
    The Amateur's Code of Conduct

2. VIEW the presentations:
    Station Operation
   

Receivers and Transmitters
Receivers and Transmitters
Monday, November 08, 2021


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Receivers / Transmitters


2. VIEW the presentations:
    Receivers, Transmitters

3. VIEW the U-Tube videos    
     How a Crystal Radio Works
     Basics of RF Mixers in Radio
    
4. REVIEW the Industry Canada Question Bank
    Receivers
    Transmitters

Interference
Interference
Monday, November 08, 2021


1. READ the Study Guide chapters on Interference

2. VIEW the presentations:
     Interference
     Basics of Ferrite Beads

3. Criteria for Resolution of Immunity Complaints  
    EMCAB-2
    
4. REVIEW the Industry Canada Question Bank
     Interference

Decibels
Decibels
Monday, July 11, 2016

nothing here so far


STUDY Questions
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