2024-07-27, 08:59:10
This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Ham Radio During Hurricane Season
ARRL encourages all amateur stations to prepare for what the National Hurricane Center has predicted will be a busy hurricane season.
Amateur radio plays a critical role in the warning and recovery process of hurricanes. From providing surface observations which give forecasters at the National Hurricane Center ground truth, to providing communications when infrastructure is damaged, ham radio is as vital as ever.
Nets - HF/VHF/VoIP/Winlink/Digital Radio/Echolink/IRLP are all ways to communicate with the NHC.
Please see the full article on the arrl website for more info.
-- Sierra Harrop, W5DX
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
2. Parry Sound Hamfest
Sponsor: Parry Sound Amateur Radio Club
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Times: Vendors 7:30am, public 9:00am
Location: Foley Community Hall, 60 Rankin Lake Road
Cost: donation to Harvest Share Food Bank
Talk-in: VE3RPL 145.49 - (pl 156.7)
Info: www.hamfest.ve3rpl.com and Facebook
Email: PSARC @ VE3RPL.COM
-- PSARC
3. 2024 Ontario QSO Party Results Posted
Head over to http://www.va3cco.com/oqp to check out the results and to download your certificate if you qualified for one. High scores in each multiplier area within Ontario, Canadian Provinces, U.S. States and DX Countries qualify for a certificate. Thanks to all those who participated.
-- OQP Committee.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
4. First M17 Based Radios Begin Shipping
Connect Systems has begun shipping the first radios that operate M17 "out of the box." The M17 project is an open source digital alternative using the Codec 2 voice encoder to modes such as DSTAR and System Fusion which rely on proprietary encoding and decoding hardware and software.
The CS7000 M17 is an HT transceiver running M17 described as "4FSK modulation with an open source Protocol and Vocoder." A "PLUS" version of the HT with additional memory and processing power will also be available.
Info about the M17 Project at https://m17project.org/
Info about the CS7000 at https://www.connectsystems.com/amateur.html
-- M17 Users Group
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
with this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Ham Radio During Hurricane Season
ARRL encourages all amateur stations to prepare for what the National Hurricane Center has predicted will be a busy hurricane season.
Amateur radio plays a critical role in the warning and recovery process of hurricanes. From providing surface observations which give forecasters at the National Hurricane Center ground truth, to providing communications when infrastructure is damaged, ham radio is as vital as ever.
Nets - HF/VHF/VoIP/Winlink/Digital Radio/Echolink/IRLP are all ways to communicate with the NHC.
Please see the full article on the arrl website for more info.
-- Sierra Harrop, W5DX
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
2. Parry Sound Hamfest
Sponsor: Parry Sound Amateur Radio Club
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Times: Vendors 7:30am, public 9:00am
Location: Foley Community Hall, 60 Rankin Lake Road
Cost: donation to Harvest Share Food Bank
Talk-in: VE3RPL 145.49 - (pl 156.7)
Info: www.hamfest.ve3rpl.com and Facebook
Email: PSARC @ VE3RPL.COM
-- PSARC
3. 2024 Ontario QSO Party Results Posted
Head over to http://www.va3cco.com/oqp to check out the results and to download your certificate if you qualified for one. High scores in each multiplier area within Ontario, Canadian Provinces, U.S. States and DX Countries qualify for a certificate. Thanks to all those who participated.
-- OQP Committee.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
4. First M17 Based Radios Begin Shipping
Connect Systems has begun shipping the first radios that operate M17 "out of the box." The M17 project is an open source digital alternative using the Codec 2 voice encoder to modes such as DSTAR and System Fusion which rely on proprietary encoding and decoding hardware and software.
The CS7000 M17 is an HT transceiver running M17 described as "4FSK modulation with an open source Protocol and Vocoder." A "PLUS" version of the HT with additional memory and processing power will also be available.
Info about the M17 Project at https://m17project.org/
Info about the CS7000 at https://www.connectsystems.com/amateur.html
-- M17 Users Group
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