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The Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club
Est. October 18th, 1973
P.O. Box 113, Owen Sound, Ontario Canada N4K5P1
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Field Day 2010
This year field day was held at the QTH of Malen VA3VID, with a great turnout of 15 members, VA3IZ, VE3IZS, VA3VID, VA3STG, VA3XMC, VE3IJD, VE3TSA, VE3BQM, VE3LKD, VE3SNX, VE3YYR, VA3ILT, VE3USI, VE3NX and VA3FIN. Malens' farm gave us plenty of space and an elevation of approx 1400ft asl. Setup started off with a few sprinkles of rain but it quickly dried up and stayed that way for the rest of the event. We were operating Hf bands as well as 6m and vhf/uhf. As usual there was plently to eat, the supper dishes eveyone brought were delicious as well as snacks and desserts. I don't think anyone has ever gone hungry at field day hi. Thanks to everyone who helped make this yet another succesful field day. I'll post the contact results as I get them...73 Tom VE3TSA
Antenna setup for vhf/uhf provided by Mark VA3FIN.
Homebrew 6m quad and tower supplied by Adam VE3IZS
Mary VA3ILT operating 40m ssb.
Malen VA3VID operating 10m ssb.
Gene VE3IJD (red jacket), Adam VE3IZS, Maggie (fur coat), Matt VA3XMC, Fred VA3STG (yellow jacket) and Tim VE3SNX. This is Freds' setup to operate via AO-51. The antenna arrangement atop the swivel tripod operates vhf and uhf on the same boom. Shown here attempting a field day contact.
VA3FPI
Weekend of July 31st to Aug 2nd 2010
Weekend of July 31st to Aug 2nd 2010
Another fabulous long weekend spent on Flower Pot Island, our mission, to activate the Island and lighthouse using the callsign VA3FPI.
Upon arriving to the island after a short boat ride on the zodiac, a
short hike to the lighthouse keepers residence, I met up with Garry and Heather Keast our hosts and the 2 dogs. After catching up since the last time we at the island, I started to gather up what was needed, the antenna was still in the green bag in the boathouse, that's the 20, 40, 80 m wire antenna, 2 rolls of coax, lots of rope, and a tool kit just in case repairs was needed. I added a new addition to the bag, a manual antenna tuner, one less thing to carry.
In my Backpack, the radio an Icom IC7000, switching power supply on loan from Malen, the antenna tuner, and the antenna analyser. Setting up the antenna took 1:30 hr then I was on the air. My first contact was July 31st at 12:45 on 80mt then tested 40 mt, also 20 mt, 40mt was the best band so I started calling CQ at 1:30 pm on 7.200mhz, it didn't take long for the pileup. and it lasted until 6PM, that's when the dinner bell rang. Garry provided another great meal. I took the night off to spend time with our hosts, a bit of swimming and conversation.
August 1 at 9:00AM, I was on the air hosting the GBARC net on 3.782 mhz, thank you to all that checked in. After our net I decided to take the ontars net for the 10 AM hour on 3.755mhz.
The visitors to the island were coming in by full boat load, I started to operate on 20 MT collecting other countries until the rain came, then the tourists came on the porch to shelter from the rain...yes I had to stop operating, too many distractions and too much QRM on the deck...that was the end of operating. After dinner, the rain stopped so I took the oppertunity to take the antennas down, the forecast was not great, more rain in the evening, posible tunder storm and more of the same for the next morning. August 2nd he hiked back to the dock for the boat ride back.
Thank you to everyone that made a contact with VA3FPI. Please note, 130 contacts logged for 2010.
If you are interested in participating next year, send me an email at ve3bqm@gmail.com , we need to book no later than September 30th 2010 to reserve our spot for July 30 to August 01, 2011. If no interest is indicated we will forfeit our spot and our host will find another interest group to take our place to the island. That would be sad.
Bernie Monderie VE3BQM
Upon arriving to the island after a short boat ride on the zodiac, a
short hike to the lighthouse keepers residence, I met up with Garry and Heather Keast our hosts and the 2 dogs. After catching up since the last time we at the island, I started to gather up what was needed, the antenna was still in the green bag in the boathouse, that's the 20, 40, 80 m wire antenna, 2 rolls of coax, lots of rope, and a tool kit just in case repairs was needed. I added a new addition to the bag, a manual antenna tuner, one less thing to carry.
In my Backpack, the radio an Icom IC7000, switching power supply on loan from Malen, the antenna tuner, and the antenna analyser. Setting up the antenna took 1:30 hr then I was on the air. My first contact was July 31st at 12:45 on 80mt then tested 40 mt, also 20 mt, 40mt was the best band so I started calling CQ at 1:30 pm on 7.200mhz, it didn't take long for the pileup. and it lasted until 6PM, that's when the dinner bell rang. Garry provided another great meal. I took the night off to spend time with our hosts, a bit of swimming and conversation.
August 1 at 9:00AM, I was on the air hosting the GBARC net on 3.782 mhz, thank you to all that checked in. After our net I decided to take the ontars net for the 10 AM hour on 3.755mhz.
The visitors to the island were coming in by full boat load, I started to operate on 20 MT collecting other countries until the rain came, then the tourists came on the porch to shelter from the rain...yes I had to stop operating, too many distractions and too much QRM on the deck...that was the end of operating. After dinner, the rain stopped so I took the oppertunity to take the antennas down, the forecast was not great, more rain in the evening, posible tunder storm and more of the same for the next morning. August 2nd he hiked back to the dock for the boat ride back.
Thank you to everyone that made a contact with VA3FPI. Please note, 130 contacts logged for 2010.
If you are interested in participating next year, send me an email at ve3bqm@gmail.com , we need to book no later than September 30th 2010 to reserve our spot for July 30 to August 01, 2011. If no interest is indicated we will forfeit our spot and our host will find another interest group to take our place to the island. That would be sad.
Bernie Monderie VE3BQM
VE3OSR has been returned to service Aug 25th
The 30th Terry Fox Run will take place on Sunday , September 19, 2010 at the Harrison Park band shelter, OwenSound. The Radio Club has been asked to supply communications in case of an emergency where the St. John's first aiders can be contacted. This will be GBARC's 15th consecutive year in helping. As a group we usually meet at Harrison Park around 09:30 . They have registration starting at 9 and the actual run/walk/bike goes at 10 am...things last about an hour and we are all done before noon. If you can bring a hand held with good batteries , great.. , if you don't own a handheld someone else usually has a spare.
I plan on running (limping) again this year and would like to ask for your financial support but please don't think you have to support me to join the event. Some people have donated to me just before the event and others like to go online.
Here's the online address and see you on the 19th....Gene..VE3IJD
Go to the page then select Donate
Now ...follow the clues....do the search for Individuals..
my full name is Gene McDonald ...Thankyou..Gene
I plan on running (limping) again this year and would like to ask for your financial support but please don't think you have to support me to join the event. Some people have donated to me just before the event and others like to go online.
Here's the online address and see you on the 19th....Gene..VE3IJD
Go to the page then select Donate
Now ...follow the clues....do the search for Individuals..
my full name is Gene McDonald ...Thankyou..Gene
The 30th Annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research
September 19, 2010 Harrison Park 09:30 am
September 19, 2010 Harrison Park 09:30 am
