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A message from QRP-Canada and The Phantom Benefactor (Dec. 1 2004)
The Rig: A beautifully built Norcal
20 QRP CW rig which features:
Don't delay, If you know of someone who wants to operate CW but currently does not have the means to get on the air, send a brief write- up of his/her circumstances, care/of Bruce, VE5RC. (RAC News Service)
RAC President announces new chair
of RAC's Administration and Finance committee. (Nov. 30 2004)
(RAC News Service)
(RAC News Service)
Santa Claus Net Dec. 19-23 2004
Please round up as many letters and requests as possible, as Santa wants to have a good turnout. (Gord Mitchell, VE3GIN)
Eighty Metre Service Net (EMSN) As we are all aware, the winter season is upon us. With this comes a necessity for some means of disseminating information on local weather conditions, road reports and the like. What better place to do this than the Eighty Metre Service Net? This net operates seven days per week from 7 am to 6 pm on 3742 khz. Presently we are experiencing a slowdown in the availability of controllers. I urge all amateurs with any time to spare during the coming months to volunteer a couple of hours or more per week to fill this valuable position. If the general amateur public is aware of the existence of a frequency where they can obtain such weather and travel information, then they will start checking in. If, however, there is no one occupying the frequency, then they will be forced to rely on other means which, as we all know, are not always accurate. Please give it some thought and if possible, volunteer your time to assist us in this worthy venture. More information on the net can be found at www.emsn.hfradio.net. (Glenn Killam, VE3GNA, EMSN Net Manager)
Ontario Phone Net (NTS) With the Christmas season fast approaching, it is time to start thinking about those distant friends with whom we have not had recent contact. The main purpose of the NTS (National Traffic System) is of course to pass traffic. One of the main components of the NTS in Ontario is the Ontario Phone Net (OPN). With the notable exception of a couple of regular participants, the amount of traffic handled by this net is sporadic at best. What better time to change this than Christmas? It takes only a few moments to draft a simple message with "ARL sixty one" as the text. I urge all amateurs to draft a couple of these messages and pass them through your local net liason to the OPN. Imagine the surprise when your message is delivered at the other end by a friendly voice, with the realization that this greeting was transmitted cross country by radio. (Glenn Killam, VE3GNA)
Howard Dickson - VE1DHD
Silent Key Doug McLellan - VY2SKY It is with great sadness that the Amateur Radio community in Atlantic Canada learned today of the tragic passing of Doug McLellan - VY2SKY. Doug, his wife and his father were all killed in a multi-vehicle accident in PEI on Wednesday December 1st, 2004. Doug and his wife leave behind two teenage sons. Doug was a pillar of the small community of Victoria PEI and was the owner of Weather Sense, a business in Victoria that catered to weather-wise people everywhere. (D. Howard Dickson)
Important Amateur-Radio Related Seminar 
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Canadian Atlantic Section Presents Nova Scotia's Wireless
Communications Heritage:
by
Thursday, December 9, 2004
Note for off-campus visitors:
About the Presentation In the early years of the twentieth century, Marconi built stations in Cape Breton to serve as the western terminus of the first transatlantic wireless service. This service was the first link in the worldwide network of wireless communications that we take for granted today. The accomplishment was remarkable because it was achieved with spark transmitters and receivers containing no electronic amplification. The wireless technology and the stations will be described, as well as the status of the station sites today. How this heritage is being preserved and the question of whether more should be done will be addressed. More information about Marconi and his Cape Breton stations may be found at - http://www.newscotland1398.net/marconi100/marconi1.html About the Speaker Dr. Henry Bradford's radio experimentation in high school stimulated his interested in physics and had profound impact on his whole life. He studied physics at Acadia University, Dalhousie University, UBC, and Queen's at Kingston, where he received his PhD degree in physics, specializing in solar radio astronomy. For many years Dr. Bradford taught mathematics and physics at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney until he retired to Wolfville in 1993. It was in Sydney that he became interested in the transatlantic wireless stations that Marconi built in Cape Breton in the early years of the twentieth century. In the years to follow Dr. Bradford built a unique body of knowledge about both the events from almost a century ago, and the technology used then. At this event he will share this knowledge with us. Dr. Bradford is a great teacher and presenter, and life-long radio enthusiast: My principal hobby is writing about the history of radio.- he says. The Nova Scotia's Wireless Communications Heritage: Is It Worth Saving? presentation is an IEEE Computer and Communications Chapters event. The event is open to the general
public. No admission charge. No registration required. Everyone welcome.
Halifax Amateur Radio Club Elects New Executive Being a member of the Executive of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club is just so much fun that the members of the Executive don't seem to want to leave. Of the eight positions on the Executive, only one actually changed hands for 2005. The Executive of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club for 2005 are: Bill Elliott (VE1MR)- President*
With 114 members, the Halifax Amateur Radio Club is one of the largest, and one of the more active in the country.
Front Row L>R: Pat Kavinaugh (VE1PHK); Bill Elliott (VE1MR - President); Dick Grantham (VE1AI) Encouraging Contesting in the Maritimes The Maritime Contest Club was formed in the summer of 2004 during the DX forum on St. Margaret's Bay. The overriding principle of the MCC is to generate interest in contest operating among Canadian Amateurs in the three Maritime Provinces. The MCC also hopes to improve individual contest operating efficiency, improve contest station efficiency, and to provide a measure of the performance of Maritime Contest operators. At the same time, the MCC hopes to advance the interests and welfare of Amateur Radio contesting in the Maritimes. Membership in the Maritime Contest Club (CCC) is open to any Maritime Radio Amateurs. How Can I Participate? Before the contest - check your equipment, antennas and computer contest logging program to make sure all are working properly. If you haven't used a computer logging program before, be sure to try it out so you know how it works, ahead of time. There are good freeware programs available and a couple of excellent programs that you will need to pay for. During the contest - work lots of stations and above all, have fun. Do the best that you can and please, keep an accurate log. By the way, participation in the World Wide contests is an excellent way to increase your DXCC totals. After the contest, please do the following: 1. Output your computer log in Cabrillo format and make sure that you indicate that you wish your score to count for the Maritime Contest Club; do this either on.your Cabrillo log or on your summary sheet (Your logging program will ask you, in most cases, if you wish your score to count in the Club Competition.). Logging programs also produce the Cabrillo file automatically as a part of their after-the-contest routines. 2. Send in your log to the appropriate contest co-ordinator as an email attachment. 3. Send an email to John Scott (ve1js@rac.ca), not more than two weeks after each contest, indicating that you have sent in a log and that you have mentioned Maritime Contest Club in your log. Be sure to tell John what your claimed score was. Please submit your entry no matter how small it may seem. Every entry helps to build the Club total.
Special Event Station VC9COAL Authority has been granted to Wade Smith to use the special event call sign VC9COAL to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the naming of Minto, New Brunswick for the arrival of the railroad in 1904. The station will be on the air from December 1 to December 31, 2004. A special QSL card will be available for any contact or SWL Report. QSL via VE9WGS direct with return postage or via the bureau. No e-qsls will be available. Complete details can be found online by visiting: www.qsl.net/ve9wgs/vc9coal.html
Where to get a 2004 Maritime Callbook The Maritime Provinces Amateur Radio Callbook 2004 is now available at Cohoon's Appliance Service, 109 Ilsley Ave. in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth during their open hours of 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM - Monday through Friday and Saturdays 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Halifax Amateur Radio Club Christmas
Dinner
The cost for the meal and an evening of fun and camaraderie is $13.95 per person, with a discount for those over 60. All Radio Amateurs and their families are invited to join with members of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club. Reservations are required - to reserve a place please contact Tom Caithness - VE1GTC - at: tom.caithness@ns.sympatico.ca We hope to see you on the 15th.
Lunenburg County Amateur Radio
Club Christmas Dinner
Maritime Swap Shop The Maritime Swap Shop is held every Tuesday at 2330z or 7:30 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
Notice: Amateurs in the Atlantic Region are asked to submit their news items for 'The Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin' to our 'Atlantic Regional Correspondent'. D. Howard Dickson - VE1DHD dhdickson@hfx.eastlink.ca
SUCCESSFUL ARISS CONTACT with École secondaire Fernand-Lefebvre, Sorel-Tracy, Québec (Nov. 30 2004)
Radio and TV were present and at
least one station was broadcasting the event live. Also present were the
mayor
Congratulations and thanks go to
Leroy aboard the ISS, to Steve, VE3TBD, the contact mentor, to Luc, the
contact
(Thanks to Daniel, VE2KA).
ARCI Fall QSO Party
Jeff will be active on all bands,
2 through 160 at some point in time over the period of authority for VC3W.
(RAC News Service)
(Ernie Crump, VE3OU, Membership Chair, Chapter 73)
The Lambton County Radio Club will be sponsoring a Basic Amateur Radio course beginning in the early part of January, 2005 and running for 8-10 weeks.
Tuition fee for the course is $55 (Cdn) per person, payable in advance. The tuition fee includes payment for a personal copy of the "Radio Amateurs of Canada Study Guide for the Basic Exam" (6th Edition) as well as payment for classroom materials and related costs. A closed book, written examination session for the Basic Qualification by an official Industry Canada accredited examiner will also be conducted as a part of the course during the final class session. Those who successfully take and pass this examination will be issued their Basic Certificate of Proficiency in Amateur Radio from Industry Canada along with a Canadian Amateur Radio call sign. Course registration and tuition fee collection will be conducted on Tuesday evening, November 23, 2004 at 7:30 PM at the downtown Sarnia Police Headquarters classroom facility. Due to the size of the classroom facility, the number of students that can be accommodated will be limited to approximately 15-20. Therefore, course registration will be on a "first-come, first-served" basis. For more information, contact Keith Baker, VA3KSF, at 519-481-0153 or you may contact him via e-mail at: va3ksf@rac.ca Full details on the Lambton County Radio Club can be found online: www.kcbassociates.com/lcrc
Collingwood Santa Claus Parade On Sunday, December 5th, 2004, the Collingwood Elective Radio Teaching School (CERTS) and the Collingwood Amateur Radio Club (CARC) will be sponsoring three floats in the annual Santa Claus Parade in the town. Several members will be riding in their decorated vehicles, but will not be providing any communications along the parade route. The vehicles will be decorated as presents to convey greetings from Santa to the members of the public along the route. (Larry, VE3SPQ, (CERTS/CARC)
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 (Nick VE3NJG)
ARES Presentation
/ CEMC Training Session
As EC for Grey County, Rick Peters, EMO Community Officer for Saugeen Sector invited me to give a 20 minute presentation on ARES to the group of CEMCs on Monday November 29th, at their EMO training session in Mount Forest. I covered the basic topics of what
ARES is, our purpose, who we are, how we are organized, and how we are
already involved in the official Emergency Plans for some communities.
After citing emergencies across Canada in which ARES has provided communications
service, I gave a brief overview of the licensing requirements for amateur
radio operators, the difference between CBers and hams, the type of equipment
we use and its capabilities. I also mentioned some of
My PowerPoint presentation included pictures of our HF and VHF stations at the EOC in the Owen Sound Fire Hall and at the secondary EOC in Durham\'s Rockwook Terrace. I encouraged the CEMCs to include ARES in their Emergency Plans and in their own emergency exercises. I offered support in applying for JEPP funding for various types of amateur radio stations in municipal facilities, from a full HF-VHF setup down to just permanently installed antennas and cables that would enhance the radio coverage if ARES volunteers brought in their own equipment. Of the approximately 60 attendees, about one quarter indicated that they were already working with ARES in their area. Bob Droine, VE3LKD
Source: http://racaresontario.ca/public/index.php
Toronto ARES Group.....Markham Santa Parade On Saturday November 27 2004, the city of Markham in York Region just north of Toronto, held its annual Santa Claus Parade and Amateur Radio operators were invited for the first time, to provide communications for security and parade control. The parade was organized by the Markham Rotary Club and had 90 floats and took 2 hours to pass by. The Toronto ARES Group teamed up with members of the Thornhill Radio Amateurs Club (TRAC) and with members of the Don Valley REACT Team for this event. A total of 17 Amateurs and 10 REACT members were involved. A portable UHF repeater was installed in the area for the Amateur Radio activity which had Amateurs positioned at all major intersections. REACT mobile units were used for traffic control purposes under the supervision of the York Regional Police. The Toronto ARES Group also supplied 10 FRS radios that were used by the parade marshals on golf carts. They were involved with the assembly of the parade and then rode along with the parade floats.
The following Amateurs attended at
the parade -
(Joe Cusimano VE3OV)
Dufferin County ARES Group
Golden Horseshoe Net now the ProCom Net This is to inform all stations that the Thursday night net at 8.30 pm, known as the Golden Horseshoe Net will now be known as the ProCom Net. ProCom is short for Provincial Communications. This will better reflect the coverage area of the net. Thursday - 8.30 pm
Be aware that the Toronto VE3SNM repeater will soon be shut down at its current location. When that happens and until a new Toronto location is found, Toronto stations should be ready to go to VE3WAJ on 442.425 (107.2) located in Thorold, to check into the net.
Anthony Rodgers VA7IRL 2004 SKYWARN Recognition Day
73 Glen VE4GWN
The Manitoba Repeater Society
is please announce that the VE4MBR repeater owned and operated by the Triple
"S" Group is once again accessible via the MRS linked Repeater System.
To drop the link issue the 430 command. After 5 minutes of no carrier the link will automatically drop. During this testing phase the link will normally be in a off condition. This repeater is fully open for all hams to use. Signal reports and coverage reports are encouraged. The Manitoba Repeater Society owns and operates 10 repeaters in Southern Manitoba, with inter-ties to the Lake of the Woods Repeater Society (via the PineTree Inter-tie), the Brandon Amateur Radio Club, The Dauphin Amateur Radio Club and The Triple "S" Group. Derek Hay VE4HAY
Notice: Amateurs in the Western Provinces are asked to submit their news items for 'The Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin' to our ' Western Provinces Correspondent'. Anthony Rodgers VA7IRL
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