Special Callsign prefix to commemorate 25th anniversary of Terry Fox run (Sept. 1-30 2005) Industry Canada has authorized the use of special callsign prefixes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Terry Fox's run across Canada. The prefixes are as follows and will be in effect from Sept. 1 to Sept. 30 2005. VE= XM
All Canadian Radio Amateurs are encouraged to use these special callsign prefixes for the month of September. (Thanks to Ernie VE3OU)
Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin delivery problems (Aug. 26 2005) Over the past three weeks the CARB has had some problems with delivering the weekly synopsis to subscribers. The problems developed when it was found necessary to tighten up the spam filter for HFRadio.Net. As a result the spam filter was bouncing the bulletin due to the fact that there was graphic attachments embedded in the bulletin. On Aug. 22 2005 a special notice was sent out informing subscribers of the problems with a request for assistance reporting whether everyone was receiving the message. As of the posting of this announcement 2,432 subscribers reported receiving the bulletin. Many thanks to all who assisted with their reports. All future bulletins will be free of graphic attachments to avoid this problem. 73 Jim Taylor VA3KU
Volunteers required to assist with the Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin. One of the biggest challenges to producing a weekly amateur radio bulletin is finding content. A number of volunteers are required to spot amateur radio news items for the 'Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin'. You can help make this leading Canadian amateur information service even better by letting us know what's happening on the amateur radio scene in your community. Tell us about your club and ARES events, this not only helps promote your club activities but also helps other clubs and groups with ideas they can use to help promote the hobby in their area. The process is easy, all you need do is let us know you are on the news reporting team, then whenever you come across a news item send an e-mail to one of our regional correspondents. Atlantic Correspondent: Howard Dickson - VE1DHD dhdickson@hfx.eastlink.ca Quebec Correspondent: Vernon Erle Ikeda VE2QQ ve2mbs@rac.ca Ontario/National/World News Correspondent: Jim Taylor VA3KU va3ku@hfradio.net Western Correspondent: Anthony Rodgers VA7IRL va7irl@rac.ca For more information on the 'CARB News Reporting Program' send a e-mail to: bulletin@hfradio.net
Mississauga Amateur Radio Club (VE3MIS) (Sept. 24, 2005) The Mississauga Amateur Radio Club will be operating a Special Event Station from the Halton County Radial Railway Museum. A certificate will be awarded to those who QSL . Please note that non-Canadians will need to send either 2 green stamps or 2 IRC's as we cannot use US postage in Canada. Operating times: 1400Z-2000Z Sep 24 and 25 Frequencies(MHz): 7.227,14.240,21.315,28.480 +/- QRM For more information visit:http://www.marc.on.ca
Field Day 2005 Reports Some Clubs have been starting to post Field Day 2005 reports on thier websites, over the next few weeks links will be posted in this area. If your Club has a Field Day 2005 report posted on thier site please let us know so it can be added to this list. Atlantic Halifax Regional Emergency Operation Centre: http://www.ve1hre.ca/fd-2005.html Summerside Amateur Radio Club: http://www.vy2cc.no-ip.org:60345/album/thumbnails.php?album=23 Tri-County Amateur Radio Club: http://www.ve9tca.org/products.htm#Field%20Day%202005 Westcumb Amateur Radio Club: http://www.westcumb.com/ Ontario Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club: http://greynet.net/~gbarc/fieldday.htm Kitchener Waterloo Amateur Radio Club: http://www.kwarc.org/fd2005/FD2005.htm Lambton County Radio Club: http://www.kcbassociates.com/lcrc/activities.htm Mississuaga Amateur Radio Club: http://www.marc.on.ca/marc/events/events_fdphotos.asp Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club: http://nparc.on.ca/ Oakville Amateur radio Club: http://www.oakvilleamateurs.net/gallery/index.php Ottawa Amateur Radio Club: http://www.oarc.net/photos/oarc_field_day_2005 Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club: http://www.ovmrc.on.ca/field_day_19981.htm Peel Amateur Radio Club: http://www.peelarc.org/ Prince Edward Radio Club:http://perc.lks.net/fieldday.html Western Moose Jaw Amateur Radio Club: http://www.geocities.com/ve5ma/fdpic05.htm Chilliwack Amateur Radio Club: http://www3.telus.net/carcfiles/fieldDay2005.pdf Kamloops Amateur Radio Club: http://www.karc.ca/album/fieldday/index.html North Shore Amateur Radio Club: http://www.ve7nsr.ca/field/field.html Westcoast Amateur Radio Association:
http://www.ve7vic.ca/fieldday.htm
Jim Taylor VA3KU
VHARA Hamfest 2005 (August
27, 2005)
Location: Manvers Arena - Corner Of Hwy. 7A & 35 (North Of Bowmanville/South Of Lindsay) GPS: Lat. 44D 09M 40S, Long. 78D 39M 30S Opens: Indoor Vendor Set-Up 7:00AM Free Vendor Continental Breakfast 7:00AM - 8:30AM Outdoor Tailgate Set-Up 9:00AM General Admission 9:00AM Cost: General Admission $5.00
Indoor Tables (With 1 Vendor Admission + 1 Continental Breakfast) $10.00
Additional Vendor Pass (Working Helper) + Continental Breakfast $5.00 Outdoor
Tailgate Positions (With 1 General Admission) $5.00
Notes: Limited Indoor Vendor 120V AC Power Available (Please Specify When Registering) Door Prize & Super Draw Prizes Will Be Drawn Throughout The Hamfest For more info visit: http://www.va3kvd.ca/vhara/
Ottawa Amateur Radio Club 9th
Annual Hamfest (September 3, 2005)
Location: Carp Agricultural Fairgrounds 3970 Carp Road (at Falldown Lane) Ottawa (Carp), Ontario. From Ottawa, take Highway 417 West to Carp Road exit, North to the fairgrounds. We are in the arena, so follow the signs on the site. Opens: Building Vendor setup:
8 am Tailgaters Open: 9 am Building Opens: 10 am until 1 pm
Notes: Immediately following the fleamarket will be the RAC Forum and Technology Update moderated by RAC Ontario North Director, Doug Leach (VE3XK). Topics of interest to the amateur radio community are planned and admission is free. For more info visit: http://www.oarc.net/fleamarket
Vancouver Island Ham Happenings
(September 10, 2005)
Location: Departure
Bay Activities Centre 1415 Wingrove Street Nanaimo BC ( Aka the old Departure
Bay Fire Hall ) Take Departure Bay road from either end down to the beach,
Wingrove st. is right across from the Departure Bay beach.
Opens: Sellers setup from 7am to 10 am, doors will be open to the Buyers and general public at 10am and close at 1pm Cost: Cost of tables are $15.00 ea. includes 1 admission. There will be no charge for the table for anyone reserving a table from the lower mainland. Helpers and general admission $5.00 each. Talkin: VE7ISC at 146.640 open repeater Notes: There will be a RAC table, equipment manufactures tables, local dealers tables, a collectors display table and many, many sellers tables. We will be holding the annual QLF (Left foot CW) CW contest. There will be hourly door prizes as well as a major door prize of an Icom IC-V82 Handheld radio. If you are coming the night before we have many hotels and motels close by, and for RVs we have three malls in the area that allow overnight parking for self contained RVs. For more info visit: http://www.nara.nisa.com
Barrie Hamfest (September
10, 2005)
Location: Oro Medonte Fairgrounds Just north of Barrie on Hwy #11 to Oro-Medonte Line 7. Watch for Airport sign at exit. Take Line 7 Northwest 2 Km to the 15/16th sideroad and you're at the Fairgrounds. Co-ordinates are 44 30 17 N 79 33 17 W Opens: Open for Inside Vendors
at 7 am, Taigaters at 8 am, General public at 9 am till 1 pm.
Notes: Our second year
at the new bigger location. Wheelchair accessable and handicap parking
available.
For more info visit: http://www.barriearc.com
Shuswap Mini-Hamfest 27th Annual
(September 16-18 2005)
Location: Sunnybrae Community Hall, Tappen, B.C.-- Proceed 15 km. west of Salmon Arm on TCHwy to the Tappen Coop. Make a right turn just past the coop and drive 4 km.to the hall on the Tappen-Sunnybrae Road along the shore of Shuswap Lake. Opens: for free RV parking [no hookup] on a first-come basis at noon on Friday, September 16th. This is an informal, relaxed weekend which includes an amateur cribbage tournament on Friday evening and late snack. On Saturday, September 17th, ladies' crafts, corn roasts, flea market, bean bag toss and horse races, pie auction, potluck supper, radio seminar, and a music jam session. Sunday, September 18th includes a pancake breakfast, raffle, auction, and draw prizes until noon. Prizes include a Yaesu FT-2800M Transceiver and another coveted blanket-chest, from the woodshop of Hans VE7BOD. Cost: Registration of $10 includes corn and coffee at lunch, snacks, and a free pancake breakfast on the 18th. $1 of each registration goes to the CNIB Amateur Radio Program. School age $5. Under 6 years free. Craft and flea market tables are free. Talk in: 146.760- or 147.020-. Information: Hans VE7BOD at 250-835-8324 or Ron VE7RLE at 250-832-2442 or ve7rle@rac.ca
Kingston Amateur Radio Club Annual Flea Market (Sept. 17 2005) The KARC will hold its annual flea market on Saturday Sept. 17, 2005 The event will be held at Drill Hall "A", CFB Kingston. Doors will open to vendors at 0730 and the public at 0900 Admission is $ 3.00. Tables are $ 10.00 including one admission. Commercial tables are $ 20.00 but will be given free with a door prize. Talk in: will be on the VE3KAR
repeater, 146.940 ( -600)
We will have a 50/50 draw to support the museum, many door prizes and possibly a major prize raffle. Door prizes include magazine subscriptions, dinner vouchers, sightseeing air flights, movie tickets, computer material, emergency radio etc. The Canadian Forces Communications and Electronics Museum will be open for all to visit as well. Free admission and only 5 minutes from the fleamarket) Tables are available by contacting: VE3TMT Max at mdonoghue@sympatico.ca
West Island Auction/Fleamarket
(Sept. 17 2005)
Hamfest centre du Québec (Sept.
24, 2005)
London Amateur Radio Club 28th Annual Fleamarket (Sept. 25 2005) Sunday, September 25, 2005, located at the Western Fair Grounds Special Events Building, London Ontario. 9:00am to 1:00pm Vendor setup at 7:30am. Admission: $6.00 , tables $ 10.00 Free parking, Air conditioned, commercial dealers, snack bar facilities, wheelchair accessible with handicap washrooms Inquiries: email: hamfest2005@hamster.foxhollow.ca
or phone / mail to Doug Tompkins, VE3IDT (519) 439-5113
Website: http://larc.ca/newsletter/LARC-HAMFEST-2005.pdf
Hamilton Amateur Radio Club "HAMFEST
2005" (Oct. 15 2005)
Greenwood Annual Flea Market
(Oct. 15 2005)
Montreal Hamfest 2005 (Oct.
22 2005)
York Region Hamfest (Oct.
29 2005)
For more info visit: http://www.yrarc.on.ca
Ham Radio, Electronic & Computer
Swap Meet (Nov. 6 2005)
Simulated Emergency Test (Oct. 1-2 2005) The Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is a North America-wide exercise in emergency communications, administered by ARRL and RAC Emergency Coordinators and Net Managers. Both ARES and the National Traffic System (NTS) are involved. The 2005 dates are Oct. 1 and 2. ARES units and other groups are free to conduct their SETs anytime between September 1 and November 30 if an alternative date is preferred. The activity period should not exceed 48 hours. After their chosen SET weekend, participating ECs and Net Managers must send reports to RAC by January 31, 2006. For more information see: www.rac.ca/fieldorg/ARES_set.htm (RAC)
Annual Fall QCWA QSO Party
(Sept. 17 2005)
Frequencies: The following
15 Bands may be used:-
Any station may be contacted on any or all of the 15 bands for a maximum of 15 QSO’s per station, with no more than one QSO per Band. Any station in your home QCWA chapter may be counted only once, for a maximum of one QSO per station. No contacts on WARC bands are permitted (10, 18 and 24 Mhz Bands). No Cross Band or Repeater Contacts are allowed. Suggested Starting Frequencies:
Information Exchange: Fill Columns on the Log Form. For the "year" column, indicate the last 2 digits of the year the station operator was first licenced. If the contacted station does not belong to a QCWA chapter show only the State, Province or Country of its location. The latter would apply to Non QCWA members as well as to QCWA members who are not affiliated with a local chapter. Do Not mention the term "At Large" (AL) as was done several years ago, as this can be confused with AL for Alabama. For Band info, simply indicate one of the above 15 Bands in the "band" column. MODES: You may choose to work all MODES or Only Phone or Only Digital (which includes CW). Certificates will be issued for each Mode of "Cw/digital", "Phone", or "Mixed" . Scoring: Each Phone QSO is worth one contact point. Each CW QSO or other Digital Mode QSO such as RTTY,PSK31, MFSK etc. is worth 2 contact points (show 2 points in the QSO Points Column on the Log). A Multiplier of one point is given for each QCWA Chapter worked and for each State, Province or Country reported from stations not belonging to a QCWA Chapter. A total of only one multiplier point will be given for each State, Province or Country. A Multiplier of 3 points will be given on each of the 15 Bands for working our Special Events Station W2MM. It is hoped to have this station active throughout the two parties. Stations within 50 miles (80 Kms) of W2MM, may work W2MM only once for a total multiplier of 3 points. Sample logsand a summary sheet may be requested from QCWA Headquarters with an SASE. The address is P O Box 3247 Farmingham, MA 01705-3247 USA. They are also on the internet at www.qcwa.org . Contacts with QCWA Memorial Station W2MM count as three multipliers on each of the 15 bands. Note: For 2005 HQ Station W2MM is being operated by Chapter 162 in Southeast Wisconsin. Members of that chapter, and non chapter Members within 50 miles (80 kms) will be permitted to work W2MM only once for a total of 3 Multiplier points. Awards: Certificates will be issued for the top 3 World Scores in each category. A certificate will also be issued for the top score in each category in each participating Country Send Logs to: W2OD, Robert Buus, 8 Donner Street, HOLMDEL N.J. 07733-2004, U.S.A.or as an e-mail attachment to : w2od@aol.com For more information visit:www.qcwa.org George Roach-VE3BNO
Onatario Amateur Radio Service (ONTARS) under new leadership (Aug. 19 2005) The ONTARS net, held daily on 3.755 mhz from 7 am to 6 pm, has undergone a change at the top. Hart, VA3OU of Richmond Hill, has assumed the Net Manager duties. The net still has a need for controllers during the mid-day hours. Please consider giving an hour of your time occasionally. For more information visit: www.ontarsnet.com
Pot Hole Net (Aug.19 2005) “The Pot Hole Net” is sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club airs from the National Capital Region under the sponsorship of the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club (OVMRC) from the first weekend after Labour Day in September to the last weekend in July, both on Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00 am ET. Saturdays on 40m at 7.095 MHz (LSB) and Sundays, on 80m at 3.760 MHz (LSB). The OVMRC Pot Hole Net was established in1959. José VA3PCJ
Maritime Swap Shop The Maritime Swap Shop is held every Monday at 7:30pm local time on 3.750 MHz. All station are invited to checkin and post their wants and items for sale. The Maritime Swap Shop list can be found on many places on the internet, here are just a few: The Loyalist City Amateur Radio Club , hfradio.net , VE1AIC's Home Page and Truro Amateur Radio Club Please Note: The Maritime (on-air) Swap Shop, which was formerly held on Tuesday evenings, will now take place on Monday evenings at 1930 local time on 3750.
Well the place to visit is the 'Ontario Swap Shop' held every Sunday at 12 noon on 7055 kHz and 7:00pm on 3755 kHz. Nick VE3NJG and Ken VE3YK host the hour long program and all amateurs are invited. The Swap Shop list is posted every Monday on the Trans Provincial Net website, Ontario Swap Shop Listings , the swap shop list can also be found on packet by calling up VE3DID Introducing the "Ontario Swap
Shop Club" a place where you can record your e-mail address or phone
number where it will always be available even if you have nothing currently
listed on the swap shop.
(Nick VE3NJG)
The Manitoba Repeater Society
Swap & Shop
The Society for
the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada
With a focus on Canadian achievement in radio and communication this museum website highlights the collection of the physical museum located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. The images on the museum website are but a part of over 1000 relics from radio's past on display
There are three main operating positions at the museum. The main one is equipped with Collins KWM2A and S-line receiver/transmitter. Also a Signal/One CX7A and vintage receivers such as Drake and Mosley. Station two is equipped for boatanchor use with a variety of Hammarlund, Hallicrafters and Heathkit. Station three is equipped with vintage Collins A-line and E.F. Johnson radios.
Museum callsign is VE7CHR and licenced visitors are invited to ragchew. Early Radio Equipment
A view of the Carpathia room with vintage wireless equipment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We can hardly do justice in this brief overview and encourage you to visit the SPARC website, be prepared to spend some time in this splendid virtual museum...lots to feast upon! www3.telus.net/radiomuseum If you are visiting Vancouver please stop by the museum for a visit, it's only 30 minutes from downtown. Open Sundays from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. The Museum building is in the Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam. Enter off Lougheed Highway at the Colony Farm Road... Follow the signs along Holly Drive... turn up the hill onto Oak Crescent... it's the building with all the antennas.
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