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• RAC Director Bob Cooke VE3BDB retires  (Jan. 26 2005)
• White Cane Week 2005 (Feb. 6-12 2005)

• Halifax Amateur Radio Club Annual Ham Breakfast  (Feb. 19 2005)
• The Truro Amateur Radio Club Annual Chinese Supper  (Feb. 19 2005)
• Dartmouth Amateur Radio Club (DARC)
• Scarborough Amateur Radio Club
• Lambton County Radio Club Sunday Morning Breakfasts

• The Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club  (Feb. 5 2005)
• Burlington Spring Flea Market   (Feb. 26 2005)
• UMS Annual Fleamarket - Montréal, Quebec (Mar. 5 2005)
• Burnaby ARC Amateur Radio Flea Market  (Sunday, March 6, 2005)
• Radio and Computer Swap Meet  (Saturday, March 26, 2005)
• Hamfest Laval-Laurentides 2005 - Laval, Québec  (Apr. 2 2005)
• IARC Tenth Annual Flea Market  (Saturday, April 2, 2005)
• Montreal Hamfest and Fleamarket LaSalle (Montreal), Québec (Apr. 9 2005)
• HAM-EX 2005 (Saturday, April 9, 2005)
• Down-East Flea Market  (Jun. 11 2005)

• ARES Amherstburg Amateurs on alert and ready to roll (Jan 25. 2005)
• When others can't communicate, ham operators always on call  (Feb. 1 2005)
• A plan for ARES teams during power outages  (Feb. 3 2005)

• Maritime Contest Calendar  (Feb. 13 2005)
• White Cane 80-Metre Contest  (Feb. 6 2005)
• BC QSO  Challenge  (Feb. 12 2005)

• New Way to QSL.....Electronic or e-QSLing
• The Telephone Pioneer Net
• Weekly QRP Net.
• Maritime Swap Shop changes operations to Monday evenings. (Feb. 3 2005)
• Ontario Swap Shop

• The Canadian Red Cross Society....Honours Local Radio Amateur
• VE9ND Miscou Island - NA-068 RSGB IOTA Contest - July 2003
• History shouldn't repeat itself, but it does. by Charles Leggatt VE3CFL

• Finland to Host Global Amateur Radio Emergency Comms Conference  (Jan. 29 2005)
• eQSL Awards Programme  (Jan. 29 2005)
• IARU Region 3 ARDF Championship in September  (Jan. 29 2005)
• Tampere convention eases International Emergency Telecommunications (Jan. 28 2005)

• Feb. 4  2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Update
• Feb. 5 2005  Solar and propagation report

• New Mexico Youngsters Finally Get Chance to Talk to ISS (Feb 2, 2005)
• ISS, PC-Sat set up for joint packet tests (Feb 2, 2005)
• N0 P-C SAT after dark  (Feb. 4 2005)
• Administration to phase out Hubble Space Telescope (Feb. 4 2005)

• Another Use for the Handy Man's Secret Weapon  (Jan. 29 2005)
• Indian Ocean Quake affects Earths Axis  (Jan. 29 2005)
• AOL dropping Usenet Groups (Feb. 4 2005)
• Rail Enthusiasts on IRLP  (Feb. 4 2005)
• Henry Radio out of HF and Tube Powered Amp business  (Feb. 4 2005)
• New Audio (and Now Video) PSAs Available  (Feb. 4 2005)

• Some New Wrinkles in 2005 Field Day Rules (Feb. 2 2005)
• North American Sprint
• Spartan Sprint
• School Club Roundup
• Minnesota QSO Party
• Northern New York (NNY) QSO Party
• New Hampshire QSO Party
• Ten-Ten International Winter Phone QSO Party
• XE International RTTY Contest
• Delaware QSO Party
• Vermont QSO Party
• YL International QSO Party
• QRP ARCI Winter Fireside SSB Sprint
• FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) Winter QRP Field Day
• North American Sprint
• Louisiana QSO Party
• British Columbia QSO Challenge
• RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest
• Asia-Pacific Sprint
• FISTS CW Winter Sprint
• 50th Anniversary Dutch PACC Contest
• OMISS QSO Party
• CQ World Wide RTTY WPX Contest
• Classic Exchange

• Point Piños Lighthouse 150th anniversary
• Dayton Amateur Radio Association  Celebrating 75 years as a club
• Washington County Sportsmen's Show
• The Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery Special Event
• CQ to celebrate 60th anniversary with "CQ Gang" on-air event
• Lincoln Exhibit celebrating Lincoln's birthday
• Commemorating the 28th anniversary as a QCWA Chapter

• DXCC listings now available on the ARRL Web site
• Bulgarian Antarctic Base "St. Kliment Ohridski  (Feb. 4 2005)
• Feb. 3 2005 ARRL  DX News
• Feb. 5 - 13  2005  I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O.

• ARRL Board outlines ambitious legislative agenda  (Feb.2 2005)

 

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