Radio Amateurs of Canada

The TCA Live, brought to you by the Radio Amateurs of Canada.

And good afternoon, and welcome to another edition of the TCA Live.

This is Hiroshi, Victor Alpha 7 Lima at Kotango, and today sitting across the desk from me, we have Jeff Dale, who's callsign Victor Alpha 3 India Sierra Papa, who's located in Ottawa regularly, I believe.

[musique intro rock] The TCA Live, brought to you by the Radio Amateurs of Canada.

Alors, bonjour tout le monde.

Vous écoutez le nouveau balado The TCA Live, euh, présenté par Radio Amateurs du Canada.

Aujourd'hui, c'est moi votre animateur, Anté, Victor Alpha deux Bravo Bravo Whisky.

Et, euh, pour notre premier épisode en français, j'ai comme invité monsieur Charles Langevin, président de RACIQ, Victor Echo deux Zulu Charlie Lima.

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Hiroshi's my name, and I'm here this afternoon with a very esteemed guest.

We have the president of RAC.

We have Mr. Allan Boyd, who's Victor Echo Three Alpha Juliet Bravo joining me across the desk this afternoon.

Good afternoon, Alan.

Yeah

... go over it many times.

So let's just have some fun, have a little chat, see what's going on, and, uh, see what's, uh, happening in the world of RAC.

Well, thank you very much indeed, and a real pleasure to be a, a guest on your show.

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Well, good afternoon.

It's Roshi here, Victor Alpha Seven Lima Echo Tango, and sitting across the desk from me, virtual desk that is, I have Antte Laurinen, who is the, uh, co- uh, he does some of the social media, does some of the awards, does a few other things for RAC, the Radio Amateurs of Canada, and I'd like to welcome you to the show.

How you doing?

I'm doing great.

How does that work? That's, uh, basically the same thing but different I guess.

Is, yeah, same, same but different.

So the Worked All RAC Award, uh, is you have to work, um, show proof of contact of working at least 10 different official Radio Amateurs of Canada call signs.