Greetings fellow Hams,

The London Amateur Radio Club and the London ARES team would like to invite you to participate in an NVIS exercise we are planning for Sunday Feb 5.

We don’t use NVIS very often, and to verify you can operate successfully, you need some test stations within a couple of hundred miles. So we thought we’d invite Ontario Amateur Radio Clubs and ARES teams to participate in an exercise. We can all test out our NVIS configurations and get an idea of what the range of NVIS actually is. Feel free to invite others to join in.

We will operate as a directed net with a net controller here in London. We plan on being on the air from 2 PM to 5 PM and our planned 40 meter phone frequencies are (subject to conditions):
    7.225 MHz - primary
    7.190 MHz - secondary
    7.270 MHz - tertiary

As part of the check-in process, we will ask for 2 pieces of information:
    1. Your rough assessment of net control’s transmission quality:  Poor, OK, Good
    2. Your location

We hope to get this information onto a map somehow, and publish it on the LARC.ca website.

Our thanks to Brian Jurkowski VE3KLT for taking on Net Control for this exercise.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the organizer:

Doug Elliott VA3DAE
LARC Education Coordinator
London ARES EC
email: canoe.eh@gmail.com
cell / text: (519) 630-8925

Want to learn CW? Don't have CW Key? No problem. 

Most have a laptop or desktop pc, no other investment necessary. Just using the Space Bar as the Key.

I came upon a program that will generate CW and display what you are sending and your speed. 

Give it a try. https://stendec.io/morse/copy.html

Let me know what you think?

Topic: Open Mic conversation 
Open 7:30pm
VE3BQM Bernie Net Control
KO4DXQ Bob
VA3EAC Janet
VE3PCP ROB
VA3MFO James
VE3VCG Marvin
VE3OZW Richard
VE3RQY Greg
VA3TS Tom

HF contacts
VA3MFO James
VE3PCP ROB
VE3OZW Richard
VE3RQY Greg

Close 8:40pm

WFD is quickly approaching. 

Winter Field Day is always held the last full weekend in January. For 2023, it will be held on January 28th and 29th. The 24-hour operational period starts at 1900 UTC (2:00PM EST) on Saturday, the 28th and ends at 18:59 UTC (01:59PM EST) on Sunday, the 29th. Stations may begin setting up no earlier than 19:00 UTC on Friday before. However cumulative set-up time shall not exceed 12 hours.

If you are thinking of improving your operating skills at contesting, contribute to club tally or just see if you can do better then previous year then your setup should be ready and tested before the contest. We seem to experience that every Field Day.

I have put together complete set of instructions in the attached pdf file to help you make WFD logging painless, you may find this useful if this is your first or just to refresher. 


  WFD Setup.pdf (Size: 542.36 KB / Downloads: 3)

Hope you find it useful and don't forget to include "Georgian Bay ARC" in the Cabrillo file.

eg. partial cabrillo file
 
START-OF-LOG: 3.0

Mini Ring Core Calculator Program

(Iron Powder Cores (AMIDON), Unknown Cores, Air Cores, Ferrite Cores (AMIDON), Ring Cores from EPCOS, Ring Cores from Ferroxcube (Philips))

Tools

• Determining and Permeability µi of Unknown Cores
  
• Resonant Circuits
  
• Calculating Resistance of Copper Wire
  
• Conversion Inch <-> Meter, AWG -> mm, °F -> °C
  

GBARC 2M net VE3OSR(146.94) & VE3GBT (146.73) Tone 97.4 Echo Link node 333014
On the air every Wednesday evening 7:30 local time(EST)  
Following check-ins and topic discussions, we revert to HF for the "73" round open mic on or about 3.783 MHZ.

Net Control Operator -VE3RQY - Greg-Owen Sound, ON
Topic for tonite: Surges, spikes and lightning - what are your experiences with them, what methods do you employ to mitigate their effect on your radio equipment?
Check-ins: 

Echo link:
KO4DXQ Bob -  Soddy Daisy Tennessee
VE3GIO - Larry - Woodstock, ON

VHF
VE3VCG - Marvin                                     HF                                                                
VE3EAC - Janet                                       VE3XBO-Bart
VA3MFO Jim                                           VE3GIO - Larry
VE3BQM - Bernie                                     VA3MFO - JIm
VA3TS - Tom                                           VE3VCG - Marvin
VE3PCP - Rob                                          VE3BQM - Bernie                                           
                                                              VE3PCP -Rob
Thats all for this week.
I will be unable to continue as Net Control  Operator for the time being. I will miss it and hope to return to the rotation soon.

73 Y'all VE3RQY - Greg

First, as a dedicated CW operator, let me state my total disapproval of this idea, harrumph! However, you softee phone/digital ops may find this very interesting:

TAP: A morse alternative mode for the HAM, with no need for training. http://qrp.gr/tap/

Net Controller — VE3OZW Richard - Otter Creek

Topic for discussion -
1. Modes - I have been enjoying AM mode.  What do you prefer and why?  
2. Do you have a New Year's resolution?  Are you willing to share?
3. OR OPEN MIC

There was not a 2m net due to VE3OSR not functioning as expected.

HF – 3.788 MHz

VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3PCP Rob - Inverhuron
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley

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.

Consider being a GBARC Net Controller.  It is a positive learning experience and great fun.  The only scary part is when your pen runs out of ink while the calls are coming in!

Thanks to all, 73

We discussed this military HF comms exercise on the net tonight.  The information was from the ARRL ARES Newsletter, which I receive as a member.  I checked and ARRL permits republication for non-commercial educational purposes.  So I attached the article for your reading pleasure.

Hope everyone gets thru the storm OK.  Have a nice Xmas.

73
Dave, VE3WI

Attached Files

  NOBLE_SKYWAVE.pdf (Size: 62.21 KB / Downloads: 1)

Topic: What are your plans for spring 2023 (inspired by those of us who have to think 5 months ahead to book Ontario Parks campsites!)

VA3KOT John Owen Sound VHF NCS
KO4DXQ Bob Tennessee
VE3GIO Larry Woodstock
VE3PCP Rob Inverhuron
VE3VCG Marvin Paisley
VA3EAC Janet Paisley
VE3IXR Ron Walkerton
VA3MFO Jim Mount Forest
VE3FP Adam Elmwood
VE3RQY Greg Owen Sound
VE3WI Dave Port Elgin
VE3BQM Bernie Owen Sound
VE3OZW Richard Mildmay
VA3KOT John Owen Sound HF NCS 3783KHz
VE3VCG Marvin Paisley
VA3MFO Jim Mount Forest
VE3GIO Larry Woodstock
VE3BQM Bernie Owen Sound
VE3OZW Richard Mildmay
VE3WI Dave Port Elgin
VE3PCP Rob Inverhuron
VE3PJW Jim Elmwood