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 # 144 HFRadio.Net Sept. 4 2005

Important Notices & Bulletins

Canadians donate over $1 million for Hurricane Katrina relief. (Sept. 3 2005) New
RAC announces a new student package (Sept. 1 2005) New
Special Callsign prefix to commemorate 25th anniversary of Terry Fox run (Sept. 1-30 2005) New
Special Callsign prefix to celebrate Alberta Centennial (Sept. 1-30 2005) New

Club News, Events & Profiles

Mississauga Amateur Radio Club (VE3MIS) Special Event Station (Sept. 24, 2005) New

Field Day 2005 Reports

Flea Markets

Vancouver Island Ham Happenings (September 10, 2005)
Barrie Amateur Radio Club Hamfest (September 10, 2005)
Shuswap Mini-Hamfest 27th Annual (September 16-18 2005)
Kingston Amateur Radio Club Annual Flea Market (Sept. 17 2005)
West Island Auction/Fleamarket (Sept. 17 2005)
Hamfest centre du Qubec (Sept. 24, 2005) New
London Amateur Radio Club 28th Annual Fleamarket (Sept. 25 2005)
Hamilton Amateur Radio Club "HAMFEST 2005" (Oct. 15 2005) New
Greenwood Annual Flea Market (Oct. 15 2005) New
Montreal Hamfest 2005 (Oct. 22 2005) New
York Region Hamfest (Oct. 29 2005) New
Ham Radio, Electronic & Computer Swap Meet (Nov. 6 2005) New

EMO / ARES News

Hurricane Katrina HF Response and Recovery Frequencies (Sept. 1 2005) New
PEOC providing centralized coordination for Hurricane Katrina Relief Operations. (Sept.1 2005) New
Simulated Emergency Test (Oct. 1-2 2005)

Contest Corner

Annual Fall QCWA QSO Party (Sept. 17 2005)

Operational / Educational

Onatario Amateur Radio Service (ONTARS) under new leadership (Aug. 19 2005)
Pot Hole Net (Aug.19 2005)
Maritime Swap Shop Updated
Ontario Swap Shop Updated
The Manitoba Repeater Society Swap & Shop

Ham Radio Feature Articles

A bit of Do, Don't and Why for the HF beginner. New
(Two dozen things about ham radio your mother never told you.)
by
VE3PMK, VE3NJG, VE3IDT, VE3PZR

Lunenburg ARC Steak & Salmon Supper Reinstated New
by
D. Howard Dickson - VE1DHD

Gas Ranges malfunction due to local Broadcast Station New
By
Ralph Cameron VE3BBM

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 weeks featured Ham Shack is Dick Griffith VE9ZL from Sunbury CO New Brunswick. New

International Section

World News

Hurricane Katrina....Hams provide reliable communications when main stream forms fall over. (Sept. 2 2005) New
Amateur Radio Awareness Day to Feature Emergency Power Operating Event (Sept. 17 2005)
70CM spared in The Phillipines (Oct. 2 2005) New
GB2RS Celebrates 50 Years (Sept. 25 2005)
UK: Icom supports Ham Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalger (Oct. 17-24 2005) New

Propagation Reports

Sept. 2 2005 Tad Cook K7RA Solar Report Updated
Sept. 3 2005 Solar and propagation report from Neil Clarke, G0CAS Updated

Space News

Life Aboard ISS "Very Comfortable," Astronaut Tells Japanese Youngsters (Aug. 31 2005) New
Space QSO Provides Arizona Youngsters Something to Remember (Aug. 26 2005)
ARISS delegates urged to cast eye on future of Ham Radio in Space (Aug. 26 2005)
Plug and Play Radio Telescope (Aug. 26 2005)
Next Near Space Ballon Launch (Sept. 3 2005) New

Special Interest

Dick Bird G4ZU.....Pioneer antenna designer, silent key (Oct. 2 2005) New

Contest News Updated

All-Asian DX Contest (Sept. 4 2005)
IARU Region 1 Field Day (Sept. 4-5 2005)
DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest (Sept. 4 2005)
MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint (Sept. 6 2005)
Russian RTTY WW Contest (Sept. 3 2005)
North American Sprint (Sept. 11 2005)
YLRL Howdy Days (Sept. 16 2005)
WAE DX Contest (Sept. 11 2005)
ARRL September VHF QSO Party (Sept. 12 2005)
Second-Class Operators Club (SOC) Marathon Sprint (Sept. 10 2005)
Arkansas QSO Party (Sept. 10-12 2005)
Tennessee QSO Party (Sept. 11-12 2005)

Special Event Stations Updated

Black Rock Desert, NV. Nevada-7-Burn at Burning Man Festival (Aug 29-Sept 4)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cookoff (Sept 2-Sept 3)
Woodstock Agricultural Fair (Sept 2-Sept 5)
80th anniversary of the crash of USS Shenandoah over Noble County (Sept 3)
Kendall County Texas Fair Association Centennial (Sept 3)
Honoring the slain at Rock Springs Mining Massacre, September 2, 1885 (Sept 3)
ARCBS Covered Bridge Weekend (Sept 3-4)
Power's Crossroads Country Fair & Art Festival (Sept 3-5)
26th Anniversary Trek to Ghost Town of Paradise AZ (Sept 3-5)
CQ Labor Day (Sept 5)
Lions Hebron Fair (Sept 8-12)
Commemorating and operating where Lewis & Clark entered Idaho (Sept 8-13)
50th Anniversary of the Utah State Fair (Sept 8-17)
To honor those who lost their lives during September 11 (Sept 10)
Homeland Security Station at the Pocono Area Hamfest +Plus+ (Sept 10)
Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum Open House (Sept 10)
September 11 Memorial Station on NA-026 (Sept 10)
General Sterling Price Day (Sept 10)
Lewis and Clark Expedition Bicentenniel (Sept 10-12)
Route 66 On-the-Air (Sept 10-18)
Duluth Aerial Bridge 100th Anniversary (Sept 10-24)
Commemorating the attacks on the Pentagon, World Trade Center and over Pennsylvania (Sept 11-12)
Commemorating the World Trade Center Disaster (Sept 11-14)
POW-MIA Recognition Week (Sept 11-18)
200th anniversary of the Discovery Corps encampment on the route over the Bitterrot Mountains (Sept 12-14)
111th Annual Big Rock Plowing Match (Sept 14-20)

DX News

Rare Worked All Britain Square to be Activated (Oct. 10 2005)
EGYPT, SU. Gab, HA3JB will be QRV again as SU8BHI from July 01 to December 31
Sept. 1 2005 ARRL DX News Updated
Sept. 1-15 2005 I.C.P.O. Bulletin Islands, Castles & Portable Operations - I.C.P.O. Updated

United States

Federal Government Grant to "Ham Aid" Will Support Katrina Response (Sept. 2 2005) New
ARRL President Urges Orderly Amateur Radio Response in Katrina Recovery (Sept. 1 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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