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• Industry Canada Updates Accredited Examiners List (May 7 2005)
• Special Prefixes to Celebrate Opening of the New Canadian War Museum and VE Day + 60 (May 2005)
• Industry Canada gives approval to more Canadian amateurs to use special callsigns  (Apr. 14 2005)
• Industry Canada gives approval for Alberta Hams to use special callsign (May 6 2005)
• CNIB to showcase its national headquarters at Doors Open Toronto! (May 28-29 2005)

• North Shore Amateur Radio Club - North Vancouver, BC - Club Report (May 10 2005) 
• The Smallwood Trophy has been Recommissioned (May 9 2005) 
• Camp X On the Air Again! (May 28-29, 2005)
• Truro Amateur Radio Club Profile (May 1 2005)
• Penticton Special Event Station (May 28-29 2005) 
• Ontario DX Association - Toronto Chapter Meeting  (May 18 2005)

• New Brunswick Spring Hamfest and Fleamarket - Quispamsis, New Brunswick (May 28 2005)
• Amherstburg Radio Club Hamfest 2005  (May 29, 2005)
• Hamfest du Québec - Tracy, Québec  (May 29 2005)
• 32nd Streetsville Founders Bread & Honey Festival  (June 4, 2005)
• Little Bear Lake A.R.C.Open House  (June 10, 2005)
• Central Ontario Fleamarket & Hamfest  (June 11, 2005)
• Down-East Flea Market  (Jun. 11 2005)
• Whitby Amateur Radio Club Hamfest  (June 18, 2005)
• The Burlington Amateur Radio Club ONTARIO HAMFEST  (July 9, 2005)
• Saskatchewan Centennial Hamfest 2005  (July 22, 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)
• London Amateur Radio Club 28th Annual Fleamarket   (Sept. 25 2005)
• SHF 2005 Committee...Hamfest Update

• Toronto ARES takes part in Emergency Preparedness Week Display for Toronto  (May 2 2005) 
• Edmonton Amateurs provide support on occasion of serious toxic waste fire (May 5 2005)
• The Ontario Provincial Communications ARES (Procom) Net

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

• Canadian Ham to Assist American Marine Mobile Colleague (May 5 2005) 
• VC9W.... a DXpedition to Whitehead Island, New Brunswick  (July 2005)
• DX'peditioners need to eat too.... by  Lynn Bowser - VE1ENT
• Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

• Scott Wood VE1QD (May 8 2005)
• John - VE2ZH / HK3AK (Apr. 25 2005)
• Kenny Johns AB4EG  (Apr. 26 2005)

• Ham Radio regulatory changes reported overseas (May 9 2005)
• UK proposes Radar in exlusive Ham Radio Band  (May 14 2005)

• May 13 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Update
• May 14  2005  Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS

• NASA announces new window for Shuttle return to flight (May 6 2005)
• AMSAT-UK Colloquium set for late July (May 4 2005)
• AO-51 to be configured in Mode V/S for Field Day (May 2 2005)

• 2005 Dayton Hamvention  (May 20-22 2005)
• Ohio Hamvention 2005...Live Streaming Video Webcast  (May 18-22 2005)
• Enigma Decryption Software Available on Internet (May 14 2005)
• Morse Code Still Beats Short Message Service  (May 14 2005)
• ARRL Field Day 2005 publicity information available (Apr 1, 2005)

• Armed Forces Amateur/Military Crossband Communications Test (May 21 2005)
• Mid-Atlantic QSO Party (May 14-15 2005)
• Alessandro Volta RTTY DX Contest (May 14-15 2005)
• 50 MHz Spring Sprint (May 14-15 2005)
• EU EME Contest (May 14-15 2005)
• Portuguese Navy Day (May 21-22 2005)
• 40th Annual Baltic Contest (May 21-22 2005)
• His Majesty King of Spain Contest (May 21-22 2005)
• US Counties QSO Party (May 21-22 2005)
• CQ WW WPX Contest (May 28-29 2005)
• QRP ARCI Hootowl Sprint (May 29 2005)
• MI QRP Memorial Day CW Sprint (May 29-30)

• 60th anniversary of victory in Europe (May 8- July 5 2005)
• National Police Week, honoring police and sheriffs (May 14-22 2005)
• 25th anniversary of the eruption of Mt St Helens (May 18 2005)
• 75th anniversary of the founding of SARA (May 18-23 2005)
• 1 year anniversary of the May 22, 2004, Hallam Tornado (May 20-23 2005)
• Annual Minnesota City Days (May 21 2005)
• Two Cent Bridge, Waterville to Winslow, ME--only toll footbridge (May 21 2005)
• 5th Special Event for Missing Children (May 21-22 2005)
• 10th anniversary, founding of club serving Park County (May 22-23 2005)
• W9IMS. Indianapolis 500 (May 27-29 2005)
• Thanks to military members and veterans (May 28 2005)
• Chestertown Tea Party (May 28 2005)
• Chain-O-Lakes State Park Watch Fire Military Memoria (May 28-31 2005)
• Memorial Day Baton Rouge, LA (May 30 2005)
• Observing Memorial Day at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport (May 30 2005)
• CQ Memorial Day Nutley, NJ (May 30 2005)
• Commemorating Armed Forces Day Wheaton, IL (May 21 2005)
• Willow Grove Air Show/Sounds of Freedom (May 28-29 2005)
• 29th Annual Spirit of Vincennes Rendevous (May 28-29 2005)

• 2-metre Moonbounce Activity from the South Cook Islands  (May 5-30 2005)
• Rockall Over the World  (Jun. 14-21 2005)
• CQ announces annual "DX Marathon" (Apr 21, 2005)
• May 12 2005 ARRL  DX News
• May 14-29 2005  I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O.

• Array of "ARRL Stage" Presentations Among ARRL EXPO 2005 Highlights (May 13, 2005)
• Kentucky emergency communicators receive donation (May 14 2005)
• Gerritsen Bond Set at $250,000 in Radio Jamming Case (May 6 2005)
• Armed Forces Day On-Air Event  (May 14-15 2005)

 

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