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# 155 National Section Nov. 20 2005

Important Notices & Bulletins

Special Contest Call Signs Now Available From IC (Nov.19 2005) New
Note to Accredited Examiners (Nov. 18 2005) New
RAC Prepares draft letter for use in response to IC's BPL consultation (Nov. 11 2005)
Canadian Amateur Radio Advisory Board (CARAB) meets to discuss regulatory issues (Nov. 4 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

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

Flea Markets

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

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

EMO/ARES/Public Safety News

Section Manager for the Maritime Section (Nov. 18 2005) New
New Emergency Management Act introduced (Nov. 17 2005) New
Provincial Emergeny Operations Centre, ARES Ontario Activation (Nov. 17 2005) New
Information on Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (Nov. 10 2005)
SKYWARN 7th Annual Recognition Day 2005 (Dec. 3 2005) New

Contest Corner

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

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)
Maritime Swap Shop Updated
Ontario Swap Shop Updated
The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop

Ham Radio Feature Articles

My thoughts following the recent Simulated Emergency Test
and the following debriefing session
by
Dave Stephenson, VE3PYG

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

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 Bill Cousins VE3GPR of Kemptville, ON

International Section

World News

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

Propagation Reports

Nov. 18 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Report Updated
Nov. 19 2005 Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS Updated

Space News

Students in Italy, England Entertained, Educated via Ham Radio (Nov 16, 2005) New
Across the Universe (Nov. 19 2005) New
SSETI Express is now OSCAR 53 (Nov 10, 2005)
SA AMSAT to build Amateur payload for South Africa's New Satellite (Nov. 12 2005)

Special Interest

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

Contest News Updated

North American Collegiate ARC Championship (Nov. 19-20)
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

Mother Goose Parade/Field Day 1976 El Cajon, CA (Nov. 20)
Centennial of Rev Joseph Murgas wireless overland transmission Wilkes-Barre, PA (Nov. 20-26)
107th anniversary of the loss of the Steamship Portland Provincetown, MA (Nov. 25)
Ten-Ten International Celebrating 43 years and 75000 members (Nov. 26-27)
The first Pilgrim Landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts (Nov. 26-27)
The 10th anniversary of the Villages Radio Club The Villages, FL (Nov. 26-27)
Skywarn Recognition Day Sacramento, CA (Nov. 26-27)
Skywarn Recognition Day Chicago, IL (Nov. 26-27)
Skywarn Recognition Day Grand Junction, CO (Dec. 3)
Pearl Harbor Attack Anniversary Baltimore, MD (Dec. 3-4)
Pearl Harbor Day Baton Rouge, LA (Dec. 7)
Winter Festival Of Lights at Oglebay Park Wheeling, WV (Dec. 9-17)
15 year anniversary of Warrensburg Area Amateur Radio Club (Dec. 10)
Green Mountain Wireless Society 25th anniversary Rutland, VT (Dec. 10)
Christmas Greetings from Nazareth and Bethlehem PA (Dec. 10-11)

DX News

EGYPT, SU. Gab, HA3JB will be QRV again as SU8BHI from July 01 to December 31
Nov. 17 2005 ARRL DX News Updated
Nov. 19- 28 2005 I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. Updated

United States

Amateur Radio responds as storms spawn rash of Tornadoes (Nov. 19 2005) New

Letters to the Editor

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Notice:Submit news items to your Regional Correspondent.

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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