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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Devastating Hawaii Wildfires Prompt Response from Amateur Radio
Emergency Service

ARRL is closely following updates from the Hawaii Amateur Radio
Emergency Service®,
Hawaii ARES®, as amateur radio operators respond following deadly
wildfires on Maui.

On Tuesday, August 8, wildfires, fueled by the strong winds of Hurricane
Dora, were burning in
Maui and Hawaiʻi Counties. By the next day, much of Lāhainā on Maui had
been destroyed.
ARRL Section Manager Jospeh Speroni, AH0A, reported that the ARRL Hawaii
ARES website,
https://hawaiiares.net, was modified to provide the latest emergency
communications news.
The website includes updates on Maui’s amateur radio and communication
infrastructure, including
affected and operational radio systems, repeaters, and other emergency
communication details.
“Wildfires have affected phones, internet, and cell services across
Maui. very Limited Cell
contact was established with Lahaina or its ham operators due to burned
fiber lines and very
limited hams in the area,” included one of the updates.
Johnston emphasized that most of amateur radio communications, including
any messages being
relayed, are being handled on the existing repeater system in the state.
On shortwave, HF stations
across Hawaii are operating nets on 7.088 MHz.
-- Rull article on arrl news

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2.  Ottawa (Carp) 2023 Hamfest

Sponsor:    Ottawa Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Date:        Saturday, September 9, 2023
Location:    Carp Agricultural Fairgrounds, 3882 Carp Road, Ottawa, Ontario
Times:    Commercial Vendor: 7:30 am, Private Vendor: 8 am, Open to
Public: 9 am - Noon
Cost:        Admission: $6. Children 12 and under are free.
Talk-in:    VE2CRA, 146.94-, 100 Hz
Description:    The region's largest fleamarket and hamfest. All of the
big Ham Radio retailers are
        going to be there! Major door-prize draws.
        Coffee and snack concession in the lobby area. Volunteer
organizations and displays,
        including RAC, ARES, QCWA, etc will be present.
Email Info:    hamfest@oarc.net
Webpage:    https://oarc.net/hamfest2023

3. 2023 Ontario Qso Party results have been posted

the first link is to the certificate and plaque winners:
http://www.va3cco.com/oqp/results/2023/index.htm

and this is the link to the scores, summary, soapbox and all time
records writeup
http://www.va3cco.com/oqp/results/index.htm

Thanks to all that participated in the OQP - see you next April.


ITEMS OF INTEREST

4.  Fair Radio Sales (Lima, Ohio) is closing

An iconic electronics surplus store will soon be closing its doors.
Phil Sellati, owner of Fair Radio Sales in Lima, Ohio, says it's time to
close the business.
"I took over the business that my dad started in 1947, and after 50
years, it's time to close the
doors," he said. Sellati has had an offer on the building and feels that
it's time to move on.
Sellati wants to be done with the business by October 2023, but he
thinks it might take a little
longer. He has even received suggestions to stay open for next year's
Hamvention®.
Thousands of amateur radio operators, collectors, experimenters, and
shortwave listeners have
visited the store over the years. The shelves and aisles are full of old
military radios and receivers.
Many Fair Radio Sales visitors started visiting when they were young,
and they continue to shop
there now. For one radio amateur, it was a must-stop location every year
on their way to Dayton
Hamvention. Another amateur radio operator said he stopped there in 1980
to pick up a Teletype
Model 19 that still works today!
-- ARRL letter

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

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NCS VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake

Net Topics - summer projects

VHF/Echolink
KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VA3EAC Janet - Paisley
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VE3GIO Larry - Woodstock
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke

HF – 3.783 MHz
VE3GIO Larry - Woodstock
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke

Larry VE3GIO is looking for a good used Ham IV rotor
Marvin VE3VCG is also needing some help with his rotor

* Welcome to our newest net controller , Jim VA3MFO, and the return of Greg VE3RQY.
https://gbarc.ca/meet.php

Update on RAC Annual General Meeting and Conference

RAC Annual General Meeting: Saturday, August 19 at 3 pm EST
Conference: Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20

The Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Halifax, Nova Scotia in conjunction with the Halifax Amateur Radio Club's 90th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Conference, which is being held at the same location.

The Conference will feature a range of presentations and discussions on various topics related to Amateur Radio including emergency communications, contesting, digital modes and more. There will be opportunities to ask questions and interact with the presenters, creating a valuable learning experience for all attendees.

The RAC AGM will be part of the Conference and will be held on Saturday, August 19 at 3 pm EST.

All presentations and the AGM will be streamed live via YouTube. A list of the links is available on the AGM webpage at: https://www.rac.ca/agm

Annual General Meeting:

All RAC members are encouraged to attend the Annual General Meeting which will be held as a hybrid event (both in-person and online).

Date: Saturday, August 19.

Time: 3 pm (Eastern Time)

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.

For more information please visit the AGM webpage at: https://www.rac.ca/agm

Phil McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ
RAC President and Chair

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.  IARU Approves two Digipeating Amateur Satellites

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has coordinated two
European digipeating
satellites that are scheduled to launch in fall 2023. Slovakia's
satellite Veronika, a 1U CubeSat,
is scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 launcher on the Transporter 9
mission in October 2023.
The satellite will be equipped with a 24/7 digipeater on two different
bands, as well as
experimental slow-scan digital video (SSDV) transmissions. The satellite
will be equipped with
a novel Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) subsystem,
including
electromagnetic actuators and a global navigation satellite system
(GNSS) receiver. This will
also help to identify the satellite during the first days and weeks of
orbit.
Altogether, Veronika will provide: AX.25 telemetry, a CW beacon, a
digipeater, AX.25 and
CW messages, experimental SSDV transmissions, SatNOGS integration, a
decoder, and a
dashboard. A downlink on 436.680 MHz has been coordinated, and it will
use 9k6 G3RUH
AX.25 and a CW beacon. A SpaceX launch on the Transporter 9 mission will
send the
satellite to a 500/600-kilometer polar orbit.
The Romanian Federation of Amateur Radio (FRR) is preparing the ROM-3
for launch in
October or November 2023. ROM-3 is a 50 x 50 x 100-millimeter picoSAT
with three missions
and objectives. Its primary mission is to act as a digital amateur radio
repeater. Its secondary
mission is to transmit low-resolution SSDV images in a Gaussian
frequency shift keying (GFSK)
mode. The tertiary mission is to transmit a CW beacon that will help
amateur radio operators
detect the presence of the satellite and measure basic properties of the
signals, such as its strength,
fading due to spinning, and Doppler to measure speed. A downlink on
436.235 MHz has been
coordinated for 20 WPM on CW, 500 (bps) GFSK telemetry, and 5 (kBps)
GFSK SSDV.
A SpaceX launch will send ROM-3 into a 500-kilometer polar orbit.
-- ARRL letter

2.  New Pact Expands Ham Radio Use During Emergencies

A new agreement between the African Telecommunication Union and the
International Amateur
Radio Union is being hailed as a landmark agreement.
Praising ham radio for its responsiveness in a crisis, the
secretary-general of the African
Telecommunications Union signed an agreement with the I.A.R.U.advocating
for expanded
use of ham radio during emergencies in African nations. The agreement
places a special
emphasis on ham radio's role in the 51 African countries that belong to
the ATU. Both
organisations pledged to cooperate when preparing for and responding to
crises. A large part
of the pact involves coordinating workshops and training programs and
stepping up promotion
of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education in Africa
through the use
of amateur radio.
Sylvain Azarian, F4GKR, the president of IARU Region 1, said that the
agreement would also
have an impact on regulatory changes needed for amateur radio in Africa.
As he signed the pact,
he told those in attendance "This is our first step to initiating a
collaborative approach that is keen
to find solutions and to ensure a conducive environment for amateur
radio operations in the region.”

-- Jason Daniels VK2LAW. (Amateur Radio Newsline)

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3.  The 3rd Masonic Lodges on the Air (MLotA), Saturday, September 23, 2023

The event is open to all amateur radio operators. The idea for the event
grew from the realization
that many Freemasons also have a love for amateur radio. The Fulton
County Amateur Radio Club
and Ohio's Fulton Lodge #248 first hosted the event in 2021.
The mission is to promote fraternal bonds within the ranks for Free and
Accepted Masonic lodges
and its many amateur radio operators, who are also brothers in the
fraternity while encouraging
contact with amateur radio operators around the state, county and world.
The event will take place
from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET, on 80 - 40 - 20 -15, and 10 meters SSB.
Amateur radio participants are asked to honor all band plans, and all
contacts must be on the phone
portion of the bands. Stations may be contacted once on each band.
Complete contest rules
and more information can be found at cqmorelight.com/rules.
-- ARRL Letter

4.  The New England Amateur Radio Festival will be held October 13-14, 2023

NEAR-Fest is an international event run by and aimed at all radio
hobbyists and enthusiasts,
including hams, short-wave listeners, scanner buffs, and vintage/antique
radio fans.
NEAR-Fest is held biannually in the spring and fall, rain or shine, at
the Deerfield Fairgrounds
in Deerfield, New Hampshire. The event will begin on Friday at 0900 ET
and end on Saturday
at 1500 ET. NEAR-Fest typically attracts attendees from New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and other states, as well as from Quebec, Ontario, New
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Some attendees travel great distances. One participant from Los Angeles,
California, has attended
NEAR-Fest 15 times, and in 2010, one radio amateur traveled from Greece.
The program will
feature a huge outdoor electronic flea market and three buildings full
of commercial vendors, forums,
technical seminars and symposiums, demonstrations, exhibits, displays,
licensing examinations,
special event stations, and a jam session. The event is the largest of
its kind in the Northeast and
was once described as the "Woodstock of Amateur Radio." More information
is available at
<www.Home - NEAR-Fest.com>.
-- ARRL Letter

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clarifications?
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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 


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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.