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 # 151 National Section Oct. 23 2005

Important Notices & Bulletins

RAC Board Elects Executive Officers for 2006-2007 (Oct. 20 2005) New
RAC President & Board Pledge Support to ARES & Field Organiaztion Relationship (Oct. 20 2005) New
Radio Amateurs of Canada introduces New RAC Forum (Oct. 18 2005) New
Trans-Pacific Canadian Amateur LF Signals Confirmed Heard (Oct.14 2005)
VO1MRC continues experiments on 60 metres (Oct. 11 2005)

Club News, Events & Profiles

Tri-County Amateur Radio Club Finds New Home (Oct. 6 2005)

Flea Markets

Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club Fall Flea Market (Oct. 23 2005)
York Region Hamfest (Oct. 29 2005)
Ham Radio, Electronic & Computer Swap Meet (Nov. 6 2005)

EMO/ARES/Public Safety News

Provincial Emergency Operations Centre VE3EMO Activation (Oct. 30 2005) Updated
Ontario Section Manager Appointed (Oct. 21 2005) New
Breathing Fire.....Wood burning and your lungs (Oct. 1 2005) New

Contest Corner

Operational / Educational

Trans Canada PowWow Club back on the air! (Oct. 1 2005)
Maritime Swap Shop Updated
Ontario Swap Shop Updated
The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop

Ham Radio Feature Articles

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 Reg Bagshaw VE3BQQ of Hamilton, ON

International Section

World News

Autumn ITU meetings studying HF allocations completed (Oct. 22 2005) New
Some Amateur Radio activity reported in earthquake's aftermath (Oct. 18, 2005) New
Australians celebrate 2006 Commonwealth Games (Oct. 21 2005) New
Inaugural activation for Italian Red Cross (Oct. 14 2005)
Field Day 2005 results now available to ARRL members (Oct. 14, 2005)
Singapore amateurs get a new allocation. (Oct. 7 2005)
Important Fall meetings underway at ITU in Geneva (Oct. 2 2005)
Early Access in band segment 7100 - 7200 kHz (Sept. 30 2005)
Celebrating another Marconi first (Sept.30 2005)
UK: Icom supports Ham Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalger (Oct. 17-24 2005)

Propagation Reports

Oct. 21 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Report Updated
Oct. 23 2005 Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS Updated

Space News

ISS Astronaut Gets in the JOTA Spirit (Oct 21, 2005) New
Expedition 11 crew, civilian space traveler back on Earth (Oct 11, 2005) New
Nasa scales back size if ISS (Oct. 14 2005) New
SSETI Express re-scheduled for launch (Oct. 27 2005)
South Africa to build its own Satellite (Oct. 8 2005)

Special Interest

New radio software website (Oct. 21 2005) New
HP recalls Laptop Battery Packs (Oct. 21 2005) New
The Future of the Internet (Oct. 14 2005)
New Yahoo group for remote operation (Oct. 14 2005)
New Website....Ladies On The Air (Oct. 14 2005)

Contest News Updated

ARRL International EME Contest (Oct. 22-23 2005)
USI W/VE Islands QSO Party (Oct. 22-23 2005)
QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party (Oct. 22-23 2005)
CQ Worldwide DX Contest (Oct. 29-30 2005)
4th Annual Fists Coast to Coast Contest (Oct. 30 2005)
10-10 International CW/Digital Contest (Oct. 29-30 2005)
ARRL November Sweepstakes (Nov. 5-7 2005)
North American Collegiate ARC Championship (Nov. 19-20)
High Speed Club CW Contest (Nov. 6 2005)
IPA Contest (Nov. 5-6 2005)
Ukrainian DX Contest (Nov. 5-6 2005)
DARC 10-Meter Digital "Corona" (Nov. 6 2005)
Radio Club of America QSO Party (Nov. 5-6 2005)

Special Event Stations Updated

BCRC 50th anniversary and Jersey Devil Special Event, Moorestown, NJ. (Oct. 7-24 2005)
Celebrating the 2005 Blueridge Folklife Festival Ferrum, VA. (Oct. 22 2005)
BAARC celebrates 40 years of community service Brainerd, MN. (Oct. 22 2005)
17th Annual NASCAR Days Festival Randleman, NC (Oct. 22 2005)
Commemorating the Metro DX Club's 25th anniversary Chicago, IL (Oct. 22 2005)
Hot Pepper Fall Festival Palestine, TX. (Oct. 22 2005)
Commemorating Sycamore Pumpkin Festival Sycamore, IL. (Oct. 28-31 2005)
Annual Beanfest & Outhouse Races Mountain View, AR (Oct. 29 2005)
Halloween in Transylvania County Brevard, NC. (Oct. 31 2005)
All-Saints Day/Halloween Frankenstein, MO. (Oct. 31-Nov.1 2005)
Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald Whitefish Point, MI. (Nov. 3-6 2005)
Split Rock Lighthouse (near Two Harbors), MN. (Nov. 4-7 2005)
Canadian Liberation March/Canadian Week Knokke-Heist , Belgium (Nov. 4-8 2005)
Anniversary of RCA Transatlantic Wireless Transmission Rocky Point, NY. (Nov. 5 2005)
85th anniversary of pioneer broadcast radio station, KDKA Moscow, PA. (Nov. 5-6 2005)
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
Oct. 20 2005 ARRL DX News Updated
Oct. 22-Nov. 15 2005 I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. Updated

United States

June 2005 ARRL VHF Party results now available to ARRL members (Oct 21, 2005) New
ARRL Partners with The Salvation Army in Holiday Toy Drive (Oct. 19 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

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