Issue # 139                             July 31 2005
Canadian Amateur Radio News as it happens....RSS feed 

Past issues of the CARB can be found here

  Important Notices & Bulletins

• Industry Canada Introduces Alternatives to Morse Requirement for HF  (July 29 2005) 
• Industry Canada Calls for Public Consultation to Establish Rules for Certifying BPL in Canada  (July 29 2005) 
• RAC Foundation Award presented to Ottawa ARES and the Canadian Red Cross. 
• About HFRadio.Net 

  Club News, Events & Profiles

• Field Day 2005 Reports 
• Second Annual MARITIME DX FORUM (Aug. 6 2005)

  Flea Markets

• 26th Annual Northwestern Ontario Hamfest (July 29-31 2005)
• 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)
• London Amateur Radio Club 28th Annual Fleamarket   (Sept. 25 2005)
• SHF 2005 Committee...Hamfest Update

  EMO / ARES News

• Dryden's Emergency Operations Centre  VA3EOD operated by the Amateur Radio Society of Dryden 

  Contest Corner

  Operational / Educational

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

  Feature Articles

• CY9SS DXpedition to St. Paul Island Pictures (July 30 2005) 
• VC9W Whitehead Island IOTA DXpedition (July 28-Aug 2 2005)

  Letters to the Editor

  World News

• 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)
• Europe considers Novice licensing (July 15 2005)
• Philippines Hams may loose 70 CM (July 15 2005)

  Propagation Reports

• July 29 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Update
• July 30 2005  Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS

  Space News

• Educators Query ISS Astronaut Via Ham Radio  (July 26, 2005) 
• Shuttle Discovery launches successfully (Jul 26, 2005) 
• SSETI Express Launch Date Announced (Jun. 3 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) 
• Flight of the Bumblebees  (July 31 2005)
• RSGB Islands-On-The-Air Contest  (July 30-31 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

• Celebrating the 2005 Seneca County Fair in Ohio  Tiffin, OH (July 25-31 2005)
• EAA AirVenture 2005 Fly-In  Oshkosh, WI.   (July 28-31 2005)
• Isle of Man’s 175th Maritime Anniversary/Mutiny on the Bounty and Peter Heywood  Douglas, Isle of Man  (July 30-31 2005)
• 25th Anniversary Radiofest  Bolingbrook, IL. (Aug 4-6 2005)
• 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
• July 28 2005 ARRL  DX News
• July 30 - Aug. 15 2005  I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O.

  United States

• Radio Amateurs Among ValuJet Flight 592 Memorial Cleanup Volunteers (Jul 27, 2005) 
• FCC Proposes to Drop Morse Code Requirement for All License Classes  (July 20, 2005)
• New ARRL Goes to Washington video available for download (Jul 20, 2005)

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