Net Controller — VE3OZW Richard - Otter Creek

We need your help by submitting ideas for topics via this forum.  This is a net for all of us.  Help out your fellow club members and net controllers by submitting topics for future nets.  Reply to this thread with any suggestions.

HELP WANTED, please apply within!  Consider being a GBARC Net Controller (NC).  It is a positive learning experience and great fun.  The only scary part is if your pen runs out of ink while the calls are coming in!  The more Net Controllers available, the less work for everyone.  Currently, we have 4 NC's so each of us covers 1 night every 4 weeks.  Imagine if we had more and doubled the number to 8.  It's a lot of fun and we are available to help anyone that is willing to step up and try.

Topic for discussion -

1. Do you interface your dual band or HF rig with a computer of similar device.
2. If Canada were to implement a renewal fee for ham licences would you renew or let it go?  Thoughts? 
3. Open Mic

VHF/Echolink

KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VE3VVE Colin - Oxenden
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke
VE3WI Dave - Port Elgin
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VA3EAC Janet - Paisley

HF – 3.783 MHz

VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3XBO Bart - Meaford
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VE3DDU Ray - Nottawasaga
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3WI Dave - Port Elgin
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke

Thanks to all, 73

The BPMR event will be held this coming weekend on Saturday August 12th starting out in Wiarton as usual with a HAM radio net activated.  As in past years the race has been held, HAM radio operator volunteers are an essential part of the race safety communication network across the 100km race course.  The following link is provided for those of you that are interested in volunteering to let the race organizers know you will be participating as a HAM radio communicator and your event T-shirt size.

BPMR Volunteer Form

Fill out the form and at the bottom of the form before submitting it, identify yourself as a "HAM radio operator" just like the attached photo at the end of this post.

I also ask anyone that is participating to let me and Marvin know of your participation by adding a reply to this post so that we can place you at one of the important communication points on the course.  I will be there for the 7am water portion race start and ask anyone that will participate to report to the Wiarton Arena Net Control in person for 8am or earlier for registration and location assignment for the day.  Further details for race day will be handout once checked in at Net Control.

I also ask if you can ensure your radio has the following frequencies programmed that may be used on race day:

OSR Repeater               146.940- MHz Tone 97.4
OST Mobile Repeater     146.895- MHz No tone
Lions Head Repeater      146.715- MHz Tone 156.7
Simplex Hailing Freq.     146.520  MHz

I thank you in advance for your participation in this event.

Cheers

Frank

VA3-GUF / VE3-GUF / VE3-VET

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The page to enable web memberships has seen a complete update. It looks very much the same but had had an upgrade to make it fully responsive to device size.

When this page is submitted, the treasurer and the president will receive notifications...as well as the person submitting the form. As was the old page, this should be fairly easy.

This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada 
with this week's bulletin.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. RAC Advanced Course for Maple Leaf Operators: Fall 2023

Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced 
Qualification Amateur Radio Course so that individuals can upgrade 
their qualifications.

With your Advanced Certificate, you can run higher power, operate a 
remotely-controlled station, obtain operating privileges when travelling 
overseas, set up repeaters, be the trustee for club stations and even 
become an Accredited Examiner (AE) if you have the Morse code qualification. 

Course information:
The course will be 10 sessions and each session will be two hours long.

In order to offer maximum flexibility, we will be running two Advanced 
courses so students will be able to choose one of the following two options 
Sunday afternoons or Monday evenings

There is room on the conference server for 200 participants in each session. 
Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis, provided they are 
RAC Maple Leaf Operator members.

For full information check out the RAC website.
-- RAC news

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2. RAC Welcomes New Ontario North/East Region Director

Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to congratulate Craig Delmage, VE3OP/VE3KKU, 
on his election as RAC Director for the Ontario North/East Region.

Craig was elected by the members of the region and will take office immediately 
to complete the two-year term ending December 31, 2024.

Welcome aboard Craig!

-- Phil McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ, RAC President and Chair

3. 13th Annual - JUNK-in-the-TRUNK - - Barrie ARC Hamfest !!! 

Date : Saturday, August 26, 2023 
Location: 410 St. Vincent Street - Barrie Legion #147
    Corner of Cundles and St Vincent Streets, Barrie
          Overflow parking across from Legion or Medical building plaza
Times : Outdoor Vendors 7:30, General Public 8:30 
Cost : General Public - FREE - FREE - FREE 
  *** Donations to the Legion would be gratefully accepted 
Talk-in : 147.000+ Tone 156.7 VE3RAG repeater 
Info    : *** Profits will be split and donated to the Barrie Legion !!!
          *** GREAT VENUE - RAIN OR SHINE
Email  : ve3mkxqrp@gmail.com 
Webpage : https://barriearc.com/ 

ITEMS OF INTEREST

4. HAARP Experiment

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will host more 
than 50 researchers at their Alaska facility from August 1 -14, 2023, for 
the resumption of a science summer school that will conduct 30 experiments 
over a span of two weeks.

One of the experiments, Ghosts in the Air Glow by Canadian artist Amanda 
Dawn Christie, will give amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners an 
opportunity to help with on-going geospace research. This transmission art 
project will begin on Monday, August 14, 2023, and use the HAARP Ionospheric 
Research Instrument to mix audio and images from the transition between 
Earth's atmosphere and outer space. They will then be received and decoded 
via software-defined radio. Amateur radio operators and shortwave radio 
listeners around the world are invited to tune in and submit reception reports.

Event information, including transmission times, frequencies, modes, and 
report submission guidelines, is available at the project's website, 
Ghosts in the Air Glow. Each experiment participants will receive a QSL card.

-- ARRL newsletter 


This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.

Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC

Added fox hunts and winter challenge to our events / activities page.

Also added QNI contest details from the Oct 2022 newsletter

https://gbarc.ca/events.php

From a group and Facebook page that I follow.  This is a message from Bob Heil K9EID and why he has not been on the air as of late.

Have missed each and everyone of you but need to let everyone know what has happened since June 30.  Mid June I began feeling weakness in my legs, each days bit more. So much Sarah got me a rolator walker.  I had to quit driving and sold my car.  I could still walk a bit  but used the walker when going to restaurants, etc.  June 30 woke up and when I started to getup of bed, my legs folded under me. Could not support me . Sarah called 911and journey began. Off to Siteman in Shiloh, 15 min from our house.

4 days in  hospital, 2 weeks in  great rehab facility. Since June8, no computer and of course no radios. Don’t have enough strength or power to turn the T90 or anything else on!  Yesterday I was transported to a beautiful assistant living facility in Shiloh where I will be a month and more. Today my step son Ash, brought my computer. I now can communicate a bit with my friends although it’s difficult. I have nyropothy in my toes and fingers. Have no power to hold or pick up anything. Can’t even make a fist  Difficult to eat but i get it done. Type with 1 finger . Have to have someone pick me up to the bathroom, shower,etc.  Of course I can’t stand or walk.

I have stenosis where my spinal cord is pinching the nerve core in neck and in the lumbar.  Put it all together and I have three serious things that came up at same time. Muscular degeneration, stenosis and serious nyropothy. (Spelling)….been seeing neosurgesons, etc.  JULY 27 see the neologist and he holds the key after all the tests,etc.

Just wanted to fill each of you in before rumors and miss information hits the internet .  I feel good as long as I am sitting.Really good.  I eat well. Food is great and now as I have my computer, I will now have things to keep me busy.  I have missed some of the morning AM MOKAM net that I have been a part of since around 2005 and sadly miss each of you.  No more hamfests. And trips with ED or trips to Ashland to teach me how to build on pinboard but I know not of what future of my life lies ahead.  I love and miss each of you.

This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.  RAC Annual General Meeting - 3 p.m. (ET) - Aug 19, 2023

The Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to hold its Annual General
Meeting (AGM) in Halifax,
Nova Scotia. The AGM will be hosted by the Halifax Amateur Radio Club
(HARC) in conjunction
with its 90th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Conference, which is being
held at the same location.
All RAC members are encouraged to attend the Annual General Meeting
which will be held as a
hybrid event (both in-person and online).
Agenda items will include:
1) Report of the President
2) Review of the 2022 finances
3) Appointment of auditors for 2023
A Question and Answer period will follow the AGM proceedings. This is
your opportunity to hear
what your representatives have been doing over the past year, to raise
questions, and to make
suggestions about how RAC is managed and where it is going in the future.
The meeting will be attended by members of the RAC Board of Directors
and Executive and is open
to all RAC members.
Stay tuned to the RAC website for more information. https://www.rac.ca/agm
-- RAC website

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2.  London Amateur Radio Club Annual Hamfest

Date:        Sunday, August 20, 2023
Location:    4939 Hamilton Rd. Dorchester, Ontario
Times:    9am to 12 noon
Cost:        Admission - $8
Talk-in:    VE3OME 145.450 PL 114.8
Description:    Shop and find many things you might want or need. Book
a table and sell some
        of the things you found and buy something you have been looking
for.
        Have a coffee and see friends.
Email contact: LARChamfest@gmail.com
Webpage: http://www.larc.ca

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3.  Hurricane Watch Net Seeks Bilingual Net Control Operators

HWN is especially interested in recruiting bilingual operators who are
fluent in Spanish and English or
French/Creole and English. Net Control responsibilities can entail hours
of duty to ensure all received
ground-truth weather reports are forwarded directly to the National
Hurricane Center in Miami.
HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, says training will be provided and
each candidate will go
through a probationary period with a mentor. Graves says an applicant's
station must be reliable.
"While having a tower, beam, and/or amplifier is not a requirement, your
station must allow you to
hear and be heard. Therefore, directional antennas and amplifiers are
preferred," he said.
The net coverage area includes the hurricane-prone areas of eastern
Canada, the US East Coast, the
Gulf of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The net specifically
seeks applicants in the
middle-to-western sections of the US, Canada, Central America, and the
Caribbean. "As always, the
HWN is hoping for a quiet season, yet [we are] prepared for the worst,"
said Graves.
Those interested in learning more can visit the HWN Net Control
Information web page at
https://hwn.org/about-us/ncs_info.html
-- ARRL News

4.  Halifax Amateur Radio Club Newsletter "Reflector"

While browsing the web I came across the newsletter page of the Halifax
Amateur Radio Club.
Their newsletter is published monthly except July and August. The June
newsletter gives some
information on their 90th anniversary and gala dinner to be held in
conjunction with the
RAC AGM. You can check the newsletter out at the following page:
http://www.halifax-arc.org/newsletter/

-- Paul, VA3PC

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.

** I'll be on holiday next week and travelling, but I hope to get a
bulletin issued.**

Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC

This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.  New update to the RAC HF Band Plan (June 1, 2023)

The HF band plan has been updated to include the new 630m band and the
60m band allocation,
and the notes giving power and bandwidth limits on these bands.The plan
is a living document
that will be updated periodically. Comments and suggestions may be
directed to the Chair of the
RAC Band Planning Committee, Al VO1NO, at dir.atlantic@rac.ca.
Download it here:  https://www.rac.ca/rac-0-30-mhz-band-plan/
--- RAC website

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2. Hanover Ham Haul

Date:        Saturday, August 12, 2023
Location:    Hanover Drive-in Theatre
Times:    Vendors at 0830 and buyers/public at 0930 hours running until
1300 hours.
Cost:        Cost:$5.00 per person and $5.00 per vendor space. Children
under 12 free.
Talk-in:    Talk in on 146.520 simplex, no tone
Description:    This is the fifth annual Hanover Ham Haul.
Info:        BYOT (bring your own table) hamfest. All proceeds after
expenses go to the support of
        local charities..The Drive-In concession will be open at 9:30
for drinks, hot dogs, fries,
        popcorn and the WASHROOMS. The washrooms will be cleaned and
sanitized as they
        always have in the past. The Drive-In owner has supported the
Hanover Ham Haul each
        year and we need to remember their support when we are onsite.
        The Hanover Ham Haul is an open air tailgate type event and
will run regardless of the
        weather so be sure to prepare for rain (then you won't need to
use it, hi, hi).
        For those that use GPS the coordinates are 44.1508° N, 81.0033° W.
-- RAC Events

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. VB2M DXpedition: July 22 to 30, 2023

Team VB2M will be active from Petite-ile-au-Marteau (NA-176) on July
22-30, 2023,
IOTA Contest included. A 10-member team of “Fédération des clubs
radioamateurs
du Québec” (RAQI) will be active from:“La Petite-Île-au-Marteau” in the
“Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve”
Plans are to operate 24/7 on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and FT8.
QSL via LoTW, Club Log, or direct to Federation des clubs radioamateurs
du Quebec (RAQI),
7665 Bd Lacordaire / Montreal, QC H1S 2A7, Canada.
The DXpedition will offer contacts including Parks on the Air, Islands
on the Air and Lighthouses
on the Air – all of this in CQ Zone 2.
Last minute details will appear on the QRZ, and VB2M web page.
Information and QSL requests: https://raqi.ca/contact/vb2m
-- RAC website

4. Summits on the Air 2023: North America

Summits on the Air (SOTA) in North America has three events scheduled
between August 4 - 7,
2023. The Colorado 14er annual event will run from August 4 - 7, the
SoCal SOTAFest in
Southern California will run from August 4 - 6, and the Pacific
Northwest Not-Quite-Fourteener
event will run from August 5 - 6, and includes climbers in Washington
and Oregon.
SOTA is an award scheme for radio amateurs that encourages portable
operation in mountainous
areas. It provides opportunities for summit climbers (known as
activators) to scale some of the highest
peaks in North America and contact amateur radio stations locally and
around the world.
Many different frequencies and modes will be used during the August
events, but the recommended
2-meter FM frequencies have been changed to 146.58, 146.55, and 146.49
MHz to align with the
use of the North America Adventure Frequency for SOTA (146.58 MHz).
Operation is also permitted
on select HF frequencies. The National Simplex Frequency (146.52 MHz)
may also be used. Each
event website provides a list of operating frequencies. All amateur
radio operators and shortwave
listeners are invited to participate.
Read more about SOTA at their website. https://www.sota.org.uk/
info at:
https://ham14er.groups.io/g/ham14er/wiki/
https://groups.io/g/socalsota/wiki/21580
https://qrpdx.org/
-- ARRL newsletter

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.

NCS VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake

Net Topics

VHF/Echolink
KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VE3FP Adam - West Grey
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3OZW Richard - Otter Creek
VE3IXA Brad Bass Lake
VE3MIO Maureen Wiarton
VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke

HF – 3.783 MHz
VE3IJD Gene Honey Harbour
VE3FJn Colin Hamilton
VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3OZW Richard - Otter Creek
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke

Net controller next week Bernie VE3BQM Topic- radio filters



Net topics Suggested
-antennae
-space weather
-portable ops ..POTA
-test equipment
-digital modes
-aprs
-projects
-most memorable contact
-favourite radio

interested in becoming a net control station?    netmanager@gbarc.ca

https://gbarc.ca/meet.php

KPH Cipher Event


On 22 July 2023, KPH will transmit a message in 5-letter Morse code groups. The message will be encrypted using the famous ENIGMA code machine and is an authentic message sent by a U-boat in the North Atlantic in 1942.

You are invited to try your hand at receiving and decrypting the message. Certificates will be awarded for proof of successful decode, first to decode and use of original or replica hardware.
Crypto broadcast date, time and formats:

The crypto broadcast will commence at 2000Z (1300 Pacific) on 22 July 2023 on all KPH CW and RTTY frequencies. The CW frequencies are (in kc):

6477.5
8642.0
12808.5
17016.8
22477.5

Upon completion of the CW transmissions, the broadcast will be repeated on the KPH RTTY frequencies. The RTTY transmission will be 170cps shift Baudot, 45 baud. The RTTY frequencies are (in kc): 6324.5, 8427.0 and 12585.5

If propagation from California to your QTH is problematic, try using one of the many web-based SDRs in the continental US to copy the broadcast. (see www.rx.linkfanel.net)

Further Information:

For full information, decoding procedures and a link to an Enigma simulator see the MRHS Events page: https://www.radiomarine.org/mrhs-events