2024-06-08, 07:31:17
This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. IARU 2024 Election Results
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has re-elected Timothy Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, as President and elected Thomas Wrede, DF2OO, as Vice President. Both will serve 5-year terms.
Ellam begins his fourth term as President. Wrede has been active in IARU matters for several years and has managed the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) international affairs team since 2009.
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is the worldwide federation of national amateur radio organizations. The membership of the IARU consists of more than 160 member-societies in as many countries and separate territories. ARRL is the IARU International Secretariat.
-- arrl news
2. ARRL Field Day 2 Weeks Away (Jun 22-23rd)
The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is “Be Radio Active.” All amateurs and prospective hams are encouraged to use the Field Day Station Locator (www.arrl.org/field-day-locator) to do just that. Sites are encouraged to have a Get on the Air (GOTA) station for visitors interested in being able to get on the air from the Field Day location.
In a change to the rules for 2024, each GOTA contact adds five bonus points, with no limit on the number of GOTA contacts. This way, each contact adds bonus points, and it should give people a reason to stay radio active.
Complete rules and other resources for the event may be found at www.arrl.org/field-day.
--arrl news
3. RAC Canada Day Contest (July 1st, 2024)
Each year on July 1, the anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, RAC sponsors the RAC Canada Day Contest and Amateurs all over the world are invited to Canada’s Birthday Party on the air.
This year there are several changes including:
• In support of the new RAC Headquarters Amateur Station, RAC contests will now recognize its call sign VE3RHQ as a new 20-point bonus call sign as part of the contest scoring. All the major software authors have implemented this change, so please update your software if you have not recently done so.
• We are no longer accepting paper logs. The RAC Contest Management Teams Web Log System at https://contest.rac.ca/ is the preferred method to submit logs and email logs will still be accepted for the near term.
• The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club and the Manitoba Repeater Society have amalgamated into the new Radio Amateurs of Manitoba. They will now be the sponsor of the Rookie Plaque.
• We have received several inquiries about how the 10-minute rule was adjudicated in the Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter both HP, and LP.
As a result we have extensively rewritten Category Note 4 to provide more clarity.
If you have questions about these rules or need help with preparing or submitting your log or have any other questions, please contact Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU at ve5cpu@myrac.ca.
-- RAC website
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
4. The 13 Colonies Special Event will take place July 1-7.
13 special callsigns will be on the air, each one representing one of the original 13 British colonies that were first established in 1607. Three additional bonus callsigns will be on the air representing Great Britain, France, and Philadelphia.
Certificates will be available whether you work one or all colonies. The bonus stations are not required to earn a clean sweep. More information is available on the 13 Colonies Special Event website.
--13 Colonies Special Event
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. IARU 2024 Election Results
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has re-elected Timothy Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, as President and elected Thomas Wrede, DF2OO, as Vice President. Both will serve 5-year terms.
Ellam begins his fourth term as President. Wrede has been active in IARU matters for several years and has managed the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) international affairs team since 2009.
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is the worldwide federation of national amateur radio organizations. The membership of the IARU consists of more than 160 member-societies in as many countries and separate territories. ARRL is the IARU International Secretariat.
-- arrl news
2. ARRL Field Day 2 Weeks Away (Jun 22-23rd)
The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is “Be Radio Active.” All amateurs and prospective hams are encouraged to use the Field Day Station Locator (www.arrl.org/field-day-locator) to do just that. Sites are encouraged to have a Get on the Air (GOTA) station for visitors interested in being able to get on the air from the Field Day location.
In a change to the rules for 2024, each GOTA contact adds five bonus points, with no limit on the number of GOTA contacts. This way, each contact adds bonus points, and it should give people a reason to stay radio active.
Complete rules and other resources for the event may be found at www.arrl.org/field-day.
--arrl news
3. RAC Canada Day Contest (July 1st, 2024)
Each year on July 1, the anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, RAC sponsors the RAC Canada Day Contest and Amateurs all over the world are invited to Canada’s Birthday Party on the air.
This year there are several changes including:
• In support of the new RAC Headquarters Amateur Station, RAC contests will now recognize its call sign VE3RHQ as a new 20-point bonus call sign as part of the contest scoring. All the major software authors have implemented this change, so please update your software if you have not recently done so.
• We are no longer accepting paper logs. The RAC Contest Management Teams Web Log System at https://contest.rac.ca/ is the preferred method to submit logs and email logs will still be accepted for the near term.
• The Winnipeg Amateur Radio Club and the Manitoba Repeater Society have amalgamated into the new Radio Amateurs of Manitoba. They will now be the sponsor of the Rookie Plaque.
• We have received several inquiries about how the 10-minute rule was adjudicated in the Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter both HP, and LP.
As a result we have extensively rewritten Category Note 4 to provide more clarity.
If you have questions about these rules or need help with preparing or submitting your log or have any other questions, please contact Bart Ritchie, VE5CPU at ve5cpu@myrac.ca.
-- RAC website
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
4. The 13 Colonies Special Event will take place July 1-7.
13 special callsigns will be on the air, each one representing one of the original 13 British colonies that were first established in 1607. Three additional bonus callsigns will be on the air representing Great Britain, France, and Philadelphia.
Certificates will be available whether you work one or all colonies. The bonus stations are not required to earn a clean sweep. More information is available on the 13 Colonies Special Event website.
--13 Colonies Special Event
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