Industry Canada Introduces Alternatives to Morse Requirement for HF  (July 29 2005) 

In July 2003, the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2003 held by the ITU in Geneva, Switzerland, deleted the mandatory international requirement for proficiency in Morse for access to the HF bands below 30 MHz. The revised International Radio Regulations leave it up to individual administrations to decide whether to retain or delete Morse as a national requirement. Since July 2003, more than 25 administrations have deleted the Morse requirement for HF access. 

Immediately following WRC-2003, RAC conducted an Internet survey of Canadian amateurs on whether Canada should retain or delete Morse. 66% of the statistically significant response of more than 1300 Canadian amateurs either recommended deleting, or would accept deleting, the mandatory Morse qualification, but also recommended other changes. This resulted in discussions between RAC and Industry Canada, following which RAC formally submitted a proposal to the Department recommending, among other things, that the mandatory Morse Qualification be deleted but also that it be retained as a voluntary qualification for reciprocal operations in countries that have not deleted the Morse requirement. 

 Per Canada Gazette Notice DGRB-003-05 dated 30 July 2005, Industry Canada has adopted elements of the RAC "Proposal on Morse Code and Related Matters" and has removed the mandatory requirement for the Morse Qualification for access to the HF bands below 30 MHz. 

 Effective immediately, HF operation on the bands below 30 MHz has been authorized by Industry Canada for: 

a) amateurs who were certified with only the BASIC Qualification prior to 2 April 2002;
b) amateurs who have been certified with both BASIC and ADVANCED Qualifications;
c) amateurs with only the BASIC Qualification who were certified after 1 April 2002, and who achieved a pass mark of 80% or greater; 

 Those amateurs with only the BASIC Qualification who were certified after 1 April 2002, but who achieved less than an 80% pass mark, will either have to qualify in Morse, write the Advanced or re-write the Basic examination to obtain HF privileges. This latter requirement is related to a decision to increase the BASIC examination pass mark to ensure that candidates have been tested in all areas of the syllabus. Amateurs who need to confirm their examination marks should contact their Accredited Examiner. Accredited Examiners are required to retain marks for at least three years. 

Also effective immediately, the pass mark for the BASIC Qualification has been raised from 60% to 70%. 

 Amateurs wishing to have their certificates annotated with a Morse Qualification may still do so by passing the Morse examination at 5 Words Per Minute. 

 Holders of only the BASIC Qualification may now construct, install and operate transmitters from kits that have been commercially designed and packaged. BASIC-only holders still are not authorized to modify or install and operate modified commercially manufactured equipment. 

The above changes and others have been incorporated in revised RICs 2 and 3. All amateurs should review and keep on hand these revised documents. 

 RIC-2, Issue 5, dated July 2005, Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio Service, is available at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf05478e.html

RIC-3, Issue 2, dated July 2005, Information on the Amateur Radio Service, is available at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf05478e.html

(RAC News Service)

Industry Canada Calls for Public Consultation to Establish Rules for Certifying BPL in Canada  (July 29 2005)

 Industry Canada (IC), with Canada Gazette notice SMSE-005-05 dated July 30 2005, has initiated the public consultation process for the introduction of BPL in Canada. This consultation will decide the process by which BPL will be introduced in Canada, including the development of a new certification standard (ICES-00x) for medium voltage powerline carrier systems.  The IC consultation paper gives interested parties 120 days to reply. 

RAC will reply to this consultation paper directly to IC and through the Radio Advisory Board of Canada (RABC), of which it is a member.  The RABC is an association of Canadian radio spectrum user associations, sponsored in part by IC, and used by IC to consult with industry when developing new standards and spectrum management policy.  The consultation paper will be handled by RABC's Electromagnetic Committee (EMC), which has appointed RAC's VP Regulatory Affairs, Jim Dean VE3IQ, a member of the RABC Executive, as chairperson of a Working Group (WG) to prepare the RABC's response. Joe Parkinson VE3JG, who has been handling the BPL file, will represent RAC on the WG. 

RAC is not against BPL; it is against the interference to radio services created by BPL, and looks forward to this consultation process as an opportunity to have an input into the certification standard.  RAC's representative on the RABC WG will aggressively push to ensure the concerns of the Amateur Service are addressed in the RABC response.  RAC will also express these concerns in a response directly to IC. 

All comments on the questions in the consultation paper should be addressed to Joe Parkinson c/o the RAC office 720 Belfast Road, Suit 217, Ottawa ON K1G 0Z5 Attn: BPL Team or direct via email to ve3jg@rac.ca or jgparkinson@rogers.com.  The RABC WG expects to commence meetings in early August with a completion deadline of early November. Comments should be sent as soon as possible and must arrive prior to November 1 to be considered in the formulation of the RAC response to IC. 

For details, see the Canada Gazette notice at http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/h_sf08279e.html

(RAC News Service)

RAC Foundation Award presented to Ottawa ARES and the Canadian Red Cross.

In a ceremony at RAC Headquarters in Ottawa on July 18th, RAC President Earle Smith VE6NM presented a cheque for $1200 from the RAC Foundation to John Sanchez VA3JBS  on behalf of Ottawa ARES, and Alistair Hensler  on behalf of the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Red Cross. 

Ottawa ARES has had a long history of working closely with the Red Cross and local Public Safety services to build and operate the communications network which the organizations have put in place to respond to emergency and disaster situations. The The RAC Foundation funds will be used to further improve and expand the network. 

Watch for a full article by John in a forthcoming issue of TCA.

(RAC News Service)

About HFRadio.Net

HFRadio.Net is an online service geared toward serving the amateur radio community in Canada. We provide website services for many groups throughout our nation. Currently we host over seventeen amateur radio related web sites.

HFRadio.Net is home to a number of popular sevices such as, this publication 'The Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin' , 'The Ontario Swap Shop' and 'The Maritme Swap Shop' . We also provide server space for 'The Trans Provincial Net' , 'Sandbox Net' , 'Communication Ontario Net' , 'Scarborough Amateur Radio Club', 'Senators Amateur Radio Group', ' Satellites Amateur Radio Group', Sarnia White Cane Amateur Radio Club', 'Amherstburg Amateur Radio Club', 'OECO Emergency Network', 'Procom Emergency Net' and 'ARES-Saskatoon' 

Introducing a new feature to HFRadio.Net,  'Ham Shack Corner' . Each week we will be featuring an Canadian Ham Shack and we would like to feature your Ham Shack. Whether it's just a picture of you in your shack or perhaps some project your working on, please send your info and pictures in and we will put you in the spotlight! This weeks featured station is VE3JW at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa

Currently our server is operating at 50 % of it's capacity, there is still room to accommodate other clubs or groups. If your Canadian Club/Group needs a web site presence that has no advertising links or banners please contact us. We offer such services as; 

-Your on unique domain name and sub domains 
-E-mail addresses and mailing lists 
-Direct FTP account 
-PHP, MySQL, PgSQL, guest-books, counters, form mail, script handlers, SSL, Front-page and much more. 

We offer these services free of charge, our only mandated is the betterment of Amateur Radio in Canada. 

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Please consider assisting us cover our expenses with a small contribution. You can use our secure online payment method by visiting the HFRadio.Net home page.

Thank you,
Jim Taylor, VA3KU
Administrative Services
www.hfradio.net

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

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

Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club: http://nparc.on.ca/

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
Bulletin Editor
bulletin@hfradio.net

An invitation. The Halifax Amateur Radio Club (HARC) is pleased to invite all contesters, DXers and HF enthusiasts to the second Maritime DX Forum. It will be held on Saturday, 6 August 2005 in Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia, just outside Halifax on St. Margaret’s Bay. From humble beginnings at the home of Scott, VE1QD, in 2004, the DX Forum is moving up both in terms of the venue, program and corporate sponsorship.

The venue. This year’s meeting will be held in the manufacturing facilities of Nautel Ltd., a world-class producer of very high quality, AM and FM (analogue and digital) commercial radio transmitters, airport beacons and other electronic products. They will provide a tour of their facilities for those attending.

In addition to Nautel, we have two other corporate sponsorships. The Cushcraft Corporation will provide both an outstanding speaker, Ed Hammond, Manager of Ham Radio Antenna Sales, and a great door prize. Elecraft Inc, the producer of innovative HF radio kits, will provide an opportunity for someone to purchase one of their tranceivers at an excellent discount. Examples of two of their units will be on display.

The purposes of the Maritime DX Forum are to: 1) share our excitement for all facets of contesting, DXing and HF operating; 2) encourage greater HF activity among hams currently operating only on VHF and UHF; and 3) enjoy ham radio friendships. Spouses are welcome too. If they are not interested in the presentations, they will find many things to do in this delightful tourist area. The evening BBQ is a social event for everyone.

Program. A copy of the program is attached. There are two outstanding keynote speakers, including James Latham, TI2DU, from Costa Rica and Ed Hammond, WN1I from New Hampshire. They will bring a wealth of ham radio experience and a fascinating international perspective to the program. A wide-ranging panel discussion, a tour of Nautel’s facilities and an evening BBQ will round out the day.

Accommodations, Restaurants and Tourist Attractions. For those attending from outside the Halifax metro area and needing tourist facilities, a list of local bed and breakfast establishments, campgrounds and local restaurants will be provided when you register. For family members who are not participating in the DX Forum meetings, and those who wish to extend their holiday in the area, suggestions about tourist activities will be provided.

Registration and Cost. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, 3 August 2005. A registration form can be downloaded from the HARC website: www.halifax-arc.org

You can also contact Scott Wood, VE1QD, by e-mail if you have any questions: ve1qd@rac.ca The cost of attending the DX Forum is $25.00 and covers coffee and refreshments during the day of the meeting, lunch and a BBQ dinner at Scott’s home, only 5 minutes from Nautel. Your registration also gives you a chance to win a new Cushcraft MA6V – a six band vertical antenna that is an "out-of-the-box" wonder, i.e. you pull it from the box and hook it up to your HF radio and enjoy spectacular radio contacts!

Saturday, 6 August 2005

0900 Registration and Coffee begin at Nautel Ltd.

0930 – 1045 Keynote Presentation: From Ham Radio to International Broadcaster: Lessons Learned Along the Way 

Mr. James Latham, TI2DU, and General Manager and Chief Engineer for Radio For Peace International, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica

1045 - 1100 Coffee Break

1100 – 1215 Keynote Presentation: DXing and HF: Current Status and Ideas for the Future

Mr. Edward V. Hammond, WN1I, Manager for Ham Antenna Sales, Cushcraft Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire

1230 – 1330 Lunch at Nautel

1330 – 1445 Tour of Nautel’s manufacturing and R & D facilities

1445 – 1630 Panel Presentation: The Challenges and Joys of Award Chasing, Contesting and Dxpeditions

Dick Grantham, VE1AI Fred Archibald, VE1FA 

Scott Nichols, VE1OP Scott Wood, VE1QD (Moderator) 

1630 Closing Words

1700 DX Forum BBQ at the home of Scott Wood, VE1QD

Directions to the meeting venue and to the home of Scott Wood will be included in registration packages, or can be downloaded from the HARC website – www.halifax-arc.org - or by contacting Scott by email ve1qd@rac.ca On the day of the event we can talk you in on the local repeater – 146.685.

26th Annual Northwestern Ontario Hamfest (July 29-31 2005)
Sponsored by: The Rainy Lake Amateur Radio Club

RLARC will be the host for CAMP 807 2005, and they would like to extend an invitation to all Amateur Radio operators, their families, and other interested persons to participate in this annual family event. It's shaping up to be a great weekend! The Camp 807 committee hopes that you can include our region's annual Ham Radio gathering in your summer plans.

CAMP 807 2005 will take place the weekend of July 29th, 30th, and 31st at the Holiday Village Trailer Park and Campground, 1101 Mill Road by the overpass in East Fort Frances. 

There will be no RV camping at this site (new owners of property, no town licence to use as an RV campground) - but the activities will take place at this site. Across the road is the park, with space for about 20 RV's, on a first-come, first-served basis, and tenting area. There is also a sandy beach for swimming. 

Additional details will be posted as they become available. A final meeting before the onset of Camp 807 will be held on July 4th (tentative date). 

The VE3RLC repeater on 146.820 (-600) in Fort Frances will be used as the talk-in frequency. Club members will be monitoring the repeater in order to provide directions and assistance to those travelling to the event. 

More info: http://camp807.tripod.com/2005
 

VHARA Hamfest 2005  (August 27, 2005) 
Sponsor by: The Victoria - Haliburton Amateur Radio Association 

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 
Talkin: VE3LNZ 147.195 + 

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)
Sponsor by: TheOttawa Amateur Radio Club, Inc 

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 
Cost:  $5 general admission $10/table (plus admission) $5/tailgate (plus admission) 
Talkin:  VE2CRA, 146.94 -

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) 
Sponsored by: The Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association 

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.
Please see map and directions on our web site. 

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) 
Sponsored by: The Barrie Amateur Radio Club 

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.
Cost:  General admission $5 , 8' tables $15 plus general admissions, Taigaters $5 plus general admissions. 
Talkin:  VE3RAG 147.000 + 

Notes:  Our second year at the new bigger location. Wheelchair accessable and handicap parking available.
Registration form and map on website.

For more info visit: http://www.barriearc.com

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)
Canteen will be available.

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
VE3GO Ron at ve3go@sympatico.ca or ( 613 634-4085)

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
54 Hammond Cres. London, ON  N5X 1A4

Website: http://larc.ca/newsletter/LARC-HAMFEST-2005.pdf

SHF 2005 Committee...Hamfest Update

The SHF 2005 committee has undertaken a centennial history project. Through the years, we have noticed a decline in the archiving of photographs and history of radio in our Province. We would like to restore our past and make it accessible for everyone.

Do you have old photographs that you can part with for a while? Can you make us copies?

How about writing up a few pages about what has happened over the last one hundred years in your home area. Anything you can help us with is much appreciated. Please contact the SHF 2005 Committee with any information you can share.

Also, as this is the celebration of the province’s one hundredth birthday, we want to make this the biggest, best hamfest the province has ever seen! Do you have ideas that you would like us to explore? Let us know!

The committee has also developed a survey for gathering input from the ham community. Visit the website, www.saskhamfest.com and fill it out online! 

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

The "Emergency Operations Dryden" station. Owned by the City of Dryden, operated by members of the Amateur Radio Society of Dryden, ARES Group. Located at the City of Dryden Fire Service Building. The station consists of a 56' DMDX free standing Delhi tower, Comet GP-9 dual band vertical,  Cushcraft 14 element 2 meter beam, Ham 3 rotor and a Spiro all-band wire antenna for HF. The GP-9 is fed with Andrews 7/8" heliax, the beam with Andrews 1/2" heliax and the wire antenna with RG-8 coax.

Equipped with a Kenwood DM-700A dual band radio for local and APRS communications, an Icom IC-229 VHF 2 meter radio for long haul communications with the 14 element beam, which is turned by the CDE Ham 3 rotor. The HF station is a Yaesu FT-600 with an MFJ-949E manual antenna tuner to match the Spiro all-band wire antenna. All these radios are powered by an Astron RS-35A power supply. 

UI-View32 is used for the APRS software on the Compaq Deskpro PII 400 computer. This APRS station is our local I-Gate and digi, with a full time DSL internet connection. It is also interfaced with a Davis Vantage Pro wireless weather station.

For more information about the Amateur Radio Society of Dryden visit their website: www.drytel.net/~va3ext

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.

Looking for that special piece of radio gear to finish off your ham station? Do you have extra radio gear you'd like to turn into some cash?

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)

The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop
 

This is a bi-weekly net, and listings are posted for four weeks.  Only HAM radio gear & computers may be posted.  www.ve4sss.ca/swapnshop.html

Many of you may recall news of this event being posted in past issues of the CARB (Mar. 20 2005) (June 19 2005) . Over 245 pictures of this event are now posted on the internet and can be found by clicking here.

Contesters, DXers and users of ACOM amplifiers are aware that Krassy (K1LZ) took a major tumble while setting up towers on Sable Island. Medical and evacuation expenses have been high, so a fund has been set up to assist in defraying them. You may make contributions to the fund by sending Jim W1LLU a check payable to the Krassy Fund which will be deposited to the account set up for this purpose at the Institution for Savings in Newburyport (MA). His mailing address is Jim McCobb, 65 Coffin Street, W. Newbury, MA 01985 or you may send the money to via PayPal (in cash, no Credit Card payments please) at W1LLU@Verizon.net. 

This fund will stop accepting donations on Aug. 12 2005. 

(Thanks to Harold VE1LV)

Whitehead Island, New Brunswick, Canada (IOTA NA-014, Canadian Islands NB-010)  will be active 28 July to 2 August, 2005 as VC9W. Our special callsign - VC9W - has been allocated to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the island's first settlement.  A group of Radio Amateurs from Nova Scotia (Bill -VE1MR, Fred - VE1FA, Helen -VA1YL, Gary - VE1RGB, Howard - VE1DHD, Lynn - VE1ENT and Rich VE1CHP),

The operation is centered on this year's annual 24-hour IOTA Contest that runs from 1200UTC Saturday 30 July to 1200UTC Sunday 31 July 2005.

Whitehead Island is located in the Bay of Fundy and lies off the coast of Grand Manan Island -  N. lat. 44º 37', W. long. 66º 40' & Grid Square FN-64.

We will be operating 80 through 6 m, both SSB and CW from the island's small schoolhouse thanks to the courtesy of the Islanders and especially Dave - VE9AT. 

Listen for us around the usual island frequencies! 

QSL is via VE2RGB@RAC.ca