Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin

Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin
A daily service that brings you the latest in Amateur Radio News from around the world, with a weekly synopsis to keep you up to speed with current events on the Amateur Radio Scene.

Issue # 143 HFRadio.Net Aug. 28 2005

Important Notices & Bulletins

Special Callsign prefix to commemorate 25th anniversary of Terry Fox run (Sept. 1-30 2005) New
Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin delivery problems (Aug. 26 2005) New
Volunteers required to assist with the Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin. New

Club News, Events & Profiles

Mississauga Amateur Radio Club (VE3MIS) Special Event Station (Sept. 24, 2005) New

Field Day 2005 Reports

Flea Markets

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)
Shuswap Mini-Hamfest 27th Annual (September 16-18 2005)
Kingston Amateur Radio Club Annual Flea Market (Sept. 17 2005)
West Island Auction/Fleamarket (Sept. 17 2005)
Hamfest centre du Qubec (Sept. 24, 2005) New
London Amateur Radio Club 28th Annual Fleamarket (Sept. 25 2005)
Hamilton Amateur Radio Club "HAMFEST 2005" (Oct. 15 2005) New
Greenwood Annual Flea Market (Oct. 15 2005) New
Montreal Hamfest 2005 (Oct. 22 2005) New
York Region Hamfest (Oct. 29 2005) New
Ham Radio, Electronic & Computer Swap Meet (Nov. 6 2005) New

EMO / ARES News

Simulated Emergency Test (Oct. 1-2 2005)

Contest Corner

Annual Fall QCWA QSO Party (Sept. 17 2005)

Operational / Educational

Onatario Amateur Radio Service (ONTARS) under new leadership (Aug. 19 2005)
Pot Hole Net (Aug.19 2005)
Maritime Swap Shop Updated
Ontario Swap Shop Updated
The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop

Ham Radio Feature Articles

Second Annual Maritime DX Forum a Resounding Success
By
D. Howard Dickson - VE1DHD

T he Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada
Canada's most comprehensive Radio Museum (SPARC) New

Treasure Chest of Ham Radio Feature Articles

A library of Feature Articles that have appeared in past issues of the Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin

Ham Shack Corner

Each week HFRadio.Net features "Ham Shack of the Week" and we would like to feature your Ham Shack. Whether it's just a picture of you in your shack along with a short biography or perhaps a project your working on. Please send your info and pictures to our "webmaster" and we will put you in the spotlight!

This weeks featured Ham Shack is Cecil Ludlow VE3DQG from Scarborough, Ontario. New

International Section

World News

Australia to conduct 40m band plan review. (Aug. 26 2005) New
More BPL woes down under (Aug. 26 2005) New
ARU Region 2 appoints new Monitoring coordinator (Aug. 23 2005) New
Listen to GB2RS on your iPod (Aug. 26 2005) New
Amateur Radio Awareness Day to Feature Emergency Power Operating Event (Sept. 17 2005)
GB2RS Celebrates 50 Years (Sept. 25 2005)
UK: Icom supports Ham Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalger (Oct. 17-24 2005) New

Propagation Reports

Aug. 26 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Report Updated
Aug. 27 2005 Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS Updated

Space News

Space QSO Provides Arizona Youngsters Something to Remember (Aug. 26 2005) New
ARISS delegates urged to cast eye on future of Ham Radio in Space (Aug. 26 2005) New
Plug and Play Radio Telescope (Aug. 26 2005) New
Next Near Space Ballon Launch (Sept. 3 2005) New
China plans remote controlled Missions to the Moon (Aug. 16 2005) New
ISS commander sets new space endurance record (Aug 17, 2005)
Next ISS "Space Tourist" Gets Amateur Radio Ticket (Aug 18, 2005)
ARISS Packet Station off the air (Aug. 19 2005)

Special Interest

Ten Commandments for the Radio Hobbyist New
Bird to mark manufacturing milestone with auction (Aug. 31 2005)
USA Daylight Saving Time (DST) extended in 2007
Inventor Robert Moog-R.I.P at Age 71 (Aug. 26 2005) New

Contest News Updated

Ohio QSO Party (Aug. 27-28 2005)
Hawaii QSO Party (Aug. 27-28 2005)
Kentucky QSO Party (Aug. 28-29 2005)
YO-DX Contest--CW/SSB (Aug. 27-28 2005)
Summer VHF/UHF QSO Party (Aug. 28 2005)
All-Asian DX Contest (Sept. 4 2005)
IARU Region 1 Field Day (Sept. 4-5 2005)
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest (Sept. 4 2005)
MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint (Sept. 6 2005)
Russian RTTY WW Contest (Sept. 3 2005)
North American Sprint (Sept. 11 2005)
YLRL Howdy Days (Sept. 16 2005)
WAE DX Contest (Sept. 11 2005)
ARRL September VHF QSO Party (Sept. 12 2005)
Second-Class Operators Club (SOC) Marathon Sprint (Sept. 10 2005)
Arkansas QSO Party (Sept. 10-12 2005)
Tennessee QSO Party (Sept. 11-12 2005)

Special Event Stations Updated

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary " Special Event Radio Station" (Oct. 1 2005)
2005 Hunterdon County 4H and Agricultural Fair (Aug 24-Aug 28)
Local Field Day. 40-15 m (Aug 26-Aug 29)
The Plainfield Tornado, Aug 28, 1990 (Aug 27)
104th Fighter Group Airshow (Aug 27-Aug 28)
Hollenberg Pony Express Station Festival (Aug 28)
Black Rock Desert, NV. Nevada-7-Burn at Burning Man Festival (Aug 29-Sept 4)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cookoff (Sept 2-Sept 3)
Woodstock Agricultural Fair (Sept 2-Sept 5)
80th anniversary of the crash of USS Shenandoah over Noble County (Sept 3)
Kendall County Texas Fair Association Centennial (Sept 3)
Honoring the slain at Rock Springs Mining Massacre, September 2, 1885 (Sept 3)
ARCBS Covered Bridge Weekend (Sept 3-4)
Power's Crossroads Country Fair & Art Festival (Sept 3-5)
26th Anniversary Trek to Ghost Town of Paradise AZ (Sept 3-5)
CQ Labor Day (Sept 5)
Lions Hebron Fair (Sept 8-12)
Commemorating and operating where Lewis & Clark entered Idaho (Sept 8-13)
50th Anniversary of the Utah State Fair (Sept 8-17)
To honor those who lost their lives during September 11 (Sept 10)
Homeland Security Station at the Pocono Area Hamfest +Plus+ (Sept 10)
Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum Open House (Sept 10)
September 11 Memorial Station on NA-026 (Sept 10)
General Sterling Price Day (Sept 10)
Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentenniel (Sept 10-12)
Route 66 On-the-Air (Sept 10-18)
Duluth Aerial Bridge 100th Anniversary (Sept 10-24)
Commemorating the attacks on the Pentagon, World Trade Center and over Pennsylvania (Sept 11-12)
Commemorating the World Trade Center Disaster (Sept 11-14)
POW-MIA Recognition Week (Sept 11-18)
200th anniversary of the Discovery Corps encampment on the route over the Bitterrot Mountains (Sept 12-14)
111th Annual Big Rock Plowing Match (Sept 14-20)

DX News

Rare Worked All Britain Square to be Activated (Oct. 10 2005)
EGYPT, SU. Gab, HA3JB will be QRV again as SU8BHI from July 01 to December 31
Aug. 25 2005 ARRL DX News Updated
Aug. 28-Sept. 15 2005 I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. Updated

United States

Tornado String Prompts Wisconsin ARES/RACES Response (Aug. 24 2005) New
Federal Emergency Management Agency says 10 codes are out. (Aug. 16 2005) New
FCC Morse code decision would not affect CW subbands, privileges (Aug 18, 2005)
FCC realigns amateur privileges for Region 1 and 3 licensees (Aug 12, 2005)
ARRL Field Day 2005 "Logs Received" list posted (Aug 12, 2005)

Letters to the Editor

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Notice:Submit news items to your Regional Correspondent.

Atlantic Correspondent Howard Dickson - VE1DHD dhdickson@hfx.eastlink.ca	Quebec Correspondent Vernon Erle Ikeda VE2QQ ve2mbs@rac.ca
Ontario/World News Correspondent Jim Taylor VA3KU va3ku@hfradio.net	Western Correspondent Anthony Rodgers VA7IRL va7irl@rac.ca

Acknowledgments
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