Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin

Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin
A daily service that brings you the latest in Amateur Radio News from around the world, with a weekly synopsis to keep you up to speed with current events on the Amateur Radio Scene.

Issue# 154 National Section Nov. 13 2005

Important Notices & Bulletins

RAC Prepares draft letter for use in response to IC's BPL consultation (Nov. 11 2005) New
Canadian Amateur Radio Advisory Board (CARAB) meets to discuss regulatory issues (Nov. 4 2005)
Canadian amateurs offer to help Mexico in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma (Nov. 4 2005)
LF Experimentation by Radio Amateurs Continues Quietly (Nov. 3, 2005)
Latest news on ARDF - the FARSC newsletter (October 2005)
Radio Amateurs of Canada introduces New RAC Forum (Oct. 18 2005)

Club News, Events & Profiles

RAC Night at Delta Amateur Radio Society with Ed Frazer (Nov. 24 2005) New

Northern Alberta Radio Club holds 2m FM simplex contest (Nov. 9 2005) New

Manitoba Amateur Radio Repeater Council. (Nov. 2 2005)

Flea Markets

Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club Big Event 28 (Feb. 4 2006) New

Burnaby ARC Amateur Radio Flea Market (Feb. 12 2006) New

EMO/ARES/Public Safety News

Information on Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (Nov. 10 2005) New
Ontario government implements broad response to Kashechewan emergency (Nov. 2 2005)
GREEN FIREWOOD USE CAUSING CONCERN, CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI ((Nov. 5 2005)
Thanks to TPN members for their support of Emergency Exercise (Oct.30 2005)

Contest Corner

RAC CANADA WINTER CONTEST (Dec.17 2005) New
CQ....CQ...Canada! (All Winter) New
MARITIME CONTEST (Jan. 29 2006 + Feb. 12 2006) New

Operational / Educational

'FOR THE LOVE OF HAM RADIO'.... A New Smart Group (Nov. 2 2005)
Special Event Station VC3O...Celebrating Oil Wells (Nov. 11 2005) New
Maritime Swap Shop Updated
Ontario Swap Shop Updated
The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop

Ham Radio Feature Articles
Amateur Power
by
Grady E. McCright

The following article, slightly edited, was taken from the web site of the FIRE CHIEF on Sep 1, 2005. Although the article was written by an American firefighter, the situation that is described in this piece is quite typical of what fire departments in Canada have or are experiencing in terms of problems with communication systems.

The FIRE CHIEF (http://firechief.com/) was established in 1956, and is an on-line magazine for leaders in the Fire Service in the United States. Articles by fire officers from across the country and overseas cover a wide variety of areas that are important to today's fire chief.

D. Howard Dickson  VE1DHD

Gas Ranges malfunction due to local Broadcast Station (Update)
by
Ralph Cameron VE3BBM

Jamboree on the Air
1st Manotick Scout Troop & 1st Metcalfe Pathfinders
by
Stuart Fedak

Special Event Station - VA1ISAR
International Search & Rescue Competitions
by
D. Howard Dickson - VE1DHD
and
Richard 'Dick' Grantham - VE1AI

Treasure Chest of Ham Radio Feature Articles

A library of Feature Articles that have appeared in past issues of the Canadian Amateur Radio Bulletin

Ham Shack Corner

Each week HFRadio.Net features "Ham Shack of the Week" and we would like to feature your Ham Shack. Whether it's just a picture of you in your shack along with a short biography or perhaps a project you're working on. Please send your info and pictures to our "webmaster" and we will put you in the spotlight!

This week on ham shack corner we are please to feature Terry Murphy VA3TRM of Kingston, ON

International Section

World News

2005 Emergency Telecommunications Handbook (Nov. 11 2005) New
Great Britain...New threat to amateur bands (Nov. 11 2005) New
Australia Revamps Amateur Radio Licensing (Nov. 11 2005) New
Australia...BPL Interfernce...The Battle Continues (Nov. 12 2005) New

Propagation Reports

Nov. 11 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Report Updated
Nov. 12 2005 Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS Updated

Space News

SSETI Express is now OSCAR 53 (Nov 10, 2005) New
Nearly Every Day is "Casual Friday" Aboard ISS, Japan Youngsters Learn (Nov. 9 2005) New
SA AMSAT to build Amateur payload for South Africa's New Satellite (Nov. 12 2005) New

Special Interest

Indecency and Obscenity complaint jump (Nov. 11 2005) New
Somalia: Beware of Pirate SOS Calls (Nov. 11 2005) New

Contest News Updated

North American Collegiate ARC Championship (Nov. 19-20)
Japan International DX Contest (Nov. 12-13 2005)
Worked All Europe DX Contest (Nov. 12-13 2005)
OK/OM DX Contest (Nov. 12-13 2005)
CQ WE (Western Electric) (Nov. 12-14 2005)
LZ DX Contest (Nov. 19-20 2005)
RSGB 1.8MHz Contest (Nov. 19-20 2005)
CQ World Wide DX Contest (Nov. 27 2005)

Special Event Stations Updated

To honor the memory and efforts of military veterans Arlington Heights, IL (Nov. 10-13 2005)
CQ Veterans Day Nutley, NJ. (Nov. 11 2005)
Celebrating Veterans Day from Butler VA (Nov. 11 2005)
Veterans Day from the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans (Nov. 11 2005)
Veteran's Day. Baton Rouge, LA. (Nov. 11 2005)
Union League of Philadelphia. (Nov. 11-12 2005)
Veterans Day. Topeka, KS. (Nov. 11-12 2005)
Coral-Gold II--San Antonio Radio Club's 86th birthday party San Antonio, TX. (Nov. 11-14 2005)
60th anniverary of the Rosland ARC Roseland, NJ. (Nov. 12 2005)
"Return of the Snowbirds" to South Texas (Nov. 12 2005)
75th anniversary of the DVRA West Trenton, NJ (Nov. 12 2005)
Anniversary of the Loss of USS Juneau and the 5 Brothers Waterloo, IA (Nov. 13 2005)

DX News

EGYPT, SU. Gab, HA3JB will be QRV again as SU8BHI from July 01 to December 31
Nov. 11 2005 ARRL DX News Updated
Nov. 11- 28 2005 I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. Updated

United States

ARRL Frequency Measuring Test Returns November 17 UTC (Nov. 9 2005) New

Letters to the Editor

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Atlantic Correspondent Howard Dickson - VE1DHD dhdickson@hfx.eastlink.ca	Quebec Correspondent Vernon Erle Ikeda VE2QQ ve2mbs@rac.ca
Ontario/World News Correspondent Jim Taylor VA3KU va3ku@hfradio.net	Western Correspondent Anthony Rodgers VA7IRL va7irl@rac.ca

Acknowledgments
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