Issue # 140                             Aug. 7 2005 
Canadian Amateur Radio News as it happens....RSS feed 
Past issues of the CARB can be found here

  Important Notices & Bulletins

• Industry Canada drops Morse Requirement for HF  (July 29 2005) 
• Industry Canada Calls for Public Consultation to Establish Rules for Certifying BPL in Canada  (July 29 2005) 
• HFRadio.Net Update (Aug. 6 2005) 

  Club News, Events & Profiles

• Jay Challenge 2005 Report (July 29-31, 2005) 
• Field Day 2005 Reports 

  Flea Markets

• Victoria - Haliburton Amateur Radio Association  Hamfest 2005  (August 27, 2005)
• Ottawa Amateur Radio Club 9th Annual Hamfest   (September 3, 2005)
• Vancouver Island Ham Happenings  (September 10, 2005)
• Barrie Amateur Radio Club  Hamfest  (September 10, 2005)
• Kingston Amateur Radio Club Annual Flea Market (Sept. 17 2005)
• West Island Auction/Fleamarket  (Sept. 17 2005) 
• London Amateur Radio Club 28th Annual Fleamarket   (Sept. 25 2005)

  EMO / ARES News

• ICE in your Cell Phone...could save your life  (Aug. 4 2005) 
• Ontario ARES IRLP Net  (Aug. 6 2005) 

  Operational / Educational

• Maritime Swap Shop
• Ontario Swap Shop
• The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop

  Feature Articles

• Ham Shack Corner...this week..Ted Sparrow VE3BQN   Elmvale, Ontario  (Aug. 6 2005) 
• CY9SS DXpedition to St. Paul Island Pictures (July 30 2005) 

  Letters to the Editor

  World News

• New IARU Region 2 Monitoring System Coordinator appointed: (Aug. 4 2005) 
• Serious HF service interference (Aug. 4 2005) 
• GB2RS 50th anniversary celebrations plan (Aug. 6 2005) 
• GB2RS Launches News Bulletin on the MT63 Mode (July 30 2005) 
• Amateur Radio in Yemen  (July 27 2005)
• IRLP up and running in China  (July 30 2005) 
• New Amateur Licence Structure for Australia coming  (July 23 2005)

  Propagation Reports

• Aug. 5 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Update 
• Aug. 7 2005  Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS 

  Space News

• PCSAT2 installed on ISS during Space Walk  (Aug. 4 2005) 
• Amateurs to get New Satellite  (Aug. 5 2005) 
• NASA STS-114 Mission Status Report #19  (Aug. 4 2005) 
• SOAR calls for change of law (Aug. 6 2005) 

  Special Interest

• GREATER BUFFALO Summer Hamfest & Exposition  (Aug. 6-7 2005) 
• The Nano-Transistor  (July 30 2005) 
• Broadband takes to the Sky  (July 30 2005) 

  Contest News

• Changes announced for ARRL International EME Competition (Jul 26, 2005) 
• North American QSO Party (Aug. 6-7 2005) 
• Ten-Ten International Summer Phone QSO Party (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• European HF Championship (Aug. 6 2005)
• TARA "Grid Dip" Contest (Aug. 6 2005)
• National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• Worked All Europe DX Contest (Aug. 13-14 2005)
• Maryland-DC QSO Party  (Aug. 13-14 2005)

  Special Event Stations

• Masters International Shooting Championship 20 th Anniversary  Hannibal, MO.  (Aug. 4-7 2005)
• Brickyard 400 NASCAR Race  Indianapolis, IN.  (Aug. 5-7 2005)
• Masonic Family and Community Festival Alma, MI. (Aug. 5-7 2005)
• Annual Pro-Football Hall of Fame Festival Canton, OH.  (Aug. 5-8 2005)
• Kids Special Event at Broad Ripple Hamfest Indianapolis, IN.  (Aug. 6 2005)
• Grace Cottage Hospital Day  Townshend, VT.   (Aug. 6 2005)
• National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend from Pemaquid Lighthouse  Bristol, ME.  (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• Operation from multiple Texas lighthouses Gulf Coast, TX.  (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• National Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend from Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse  Port Hope, MI.  (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• LH 758 celebrating NA Lighthouse Activity St Augustine, FL  (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• Commemorating New Point Comfort Lighthouse Mathews County, VA.   (Aug. 6-7 2005)
• Steam Power on the Farm  Sycamore, IL.  (Aug. 10-14 2005)
• Northern most club in contiguous 48 states  Angle Inlet, MN.  (Aug. 12-14 2005)
• Commemorating 75th anniversary of Indianapolis Orchestra  Indianapolis, IN.  (Aug. 13 2005)
• 2005 Rush Springs Watermelon Fest Rush Springs, OK.  (Aug. 13 2005)
• Commerating the 70th Anniversary of the Social Security Act  Baltimore, MD.  (Aug. 13 2005)
• Celebrating 27 years of public service in Lake County   Perry, OH  (Aug. 13-14 2005)
• Navajo Code Talkers Day  Window Rock, AZ. (Aug. 13-14 2005)
• Colorado 14er Event--operating from summits of CO mountains  Pikes Peak, CO.  (Aug. 14 2005)

  DX News

• EGYPT, SU.  Gab, HA3JB will be QRV again as SU8BHI from July  01 to December 31
• Aug. 4 2005 ARRL  DX News 
• Aug. 7 - 15 2005  I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. 

  United States

• Hundreds file comments on FCC Morse Proposal  (Aug. 6 2005) 
• Hams become "First Responders" as Conventioneers forced to evacuate  (Aug. 4 2005) 
• Radio Amateurs Aid in Pacific Maritime Rescue  (Aug. 4 2005) 
• Ham loses life installing Emergency Communications Antenna (Aug. 4 2005) 

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