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The latest information we have has been posted on our webpage

https://gbarc.ca/fd.php

NCS VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake

Open Mic

VHF/Echolink
KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VE3MIO Maureen - Wiarton
VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VA3DNY Dan - Owen Sound
VE3DGY Doug - Annan
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VA3EAC Janet - Paisley
VE3OZW Richard - Otter Creek
VE3FP Adam - West Grey


HF – 3.777 MHz
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3DGY Doug - Annan
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VA3DNY Dan - Owen Sound


Thanks to all, 73

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.  RAC is at Dayton Hamvention
Radio Amateurs of Canada is very pleased to once again be at the Dayton
Hamvention,
the world’s largest Amateur Radio gathering, which is being held from
May 20 to May 21.

The RAC booth 2504 is in Building 2 next to the Young Ladies Radio
League and near the
International Amateur Radio Union, the American Radio Relay League and
other organizations.
We look forward to meeting you here!

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter at #RACatDayton.
-- RAC Website

2. Volunteer Opportunities at R.A.C.

RAC continues to provide many programs and services to its members and
strives to adapt
to meet today’s requirements, but we need your help to do so. Please
take a look at the following
opportunities and consider joining the RAC Volunteer Team. Contact
information for each volunteer
position is provided on our website but please contact Alan Griffin at
marcom@rac.ca if you need
assistance.

1) Information Technology (IT) and Website Management
2) RAC Operating Awards
3) RAC Field Organization

In addition to its vital role in protecting our spectrum, RAC also
offers many programs and services
to its members to enhance their enjoyment of Amateur Radio and as you
can see from the pages of
RAC’s membership journal, The Canadian Amateur magazine, the number of
programs and services
have been steadily increasing since the start of the pandemic.

These include providing Amateur Radio courses (both Basic and Advanced),
updating the RAC
Contest System and Operating Awards to take advantage of new technology,
and revamping and
expanding the RAC Field Organization to keep pace with an everchanging
and increasingly challenging
global environment.

The list is extensive and it may surprise you to know that the vast
majority of these programs and
services are provided exclusively by volunteers! Yes, I said volunteers.

RAC only has two paid staff: a RAC Office Manager and MarComDirector/TCA
Editor.

Its Board of Directors, Executive, Committee Member, QSL Bureaus, Youth
Program Coordinators,
ARISS Teams, Section Managers and Field Organization representatives and
almost everyone else
are all volunteers.
--  more info at    https://www.rac.ca/volunteer/

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

3. London Vintage Radio Club Flea Market
Sponsor:    London Vintage Radio Club
Date:        Saturday, June 10, 2023
Location:    Hammond Mfg.parking lot, 394 Edinburgh Rd. North, Guelph
Times:    7AM for public and vendors alike.
Cost:        $10.00 for vendors, no charge to public
Description:    This flea market is an annual club event, held outdoors
Bring your own table.
        You will find antique and vintage radios, ham / amateur radio
equipment, tubes,
        radio collectables, parts, magazines and all sorts of radio
goodies for sale, trade etc.
        The club has over 150 members.
For more info: Visit the club website. Google "London Vintage Radio
Club" or "LVRC"
Email contact: larry.asp@sympatico.ca
Webpage:    http://lvrc.homestead.com/fleamarket.html

ITEMS OF INTEREST

4. POPULAR SATELLITE DECAYS FROM ORBIT

Satellite enthusiasts have one fewer satellite to rely on now. The orbit
has decayed for the popular
linear transponder satellite known as XW-2A. The satellite was sent into
space in September 2015
from China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite does not
leave space without sharing a
little bit of glory: In August of 2022, two amateurs used XW-2A to
achieve communication over a
record distance for the 25 kg microsat. It was a transatlantic QSO
between EA4NF in Spain and
VE1CWJ in Nova Scotia, a memorable distance of 4,751 km.
-- Amateur Radio Newsline

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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Net Controller — VE3OZW Richard - Mildmay

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 (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 has to cover 1 night every 4 weeks.  Imagine if we had more and doubled the number to 8.

Topic for discussion -

1. Power Supplies
    - What do you use?  Linear?  SMPS (Switch mode), battery?
    - Do you or have you used a computer or server power supply?
    - Do you have a back up supply?
    - What are your thoughts?

2. Open Mic is always an option.

VHF/Echolink

KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VE3MIO Maureen - Wiarton
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VA3DNY Dan - Owen Sound
VE3DGY Doug - Annan
VA3EAC Janet - Paisley
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest

HF – 3.777 MHz

VE3BQM Bernie - Red Bay
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3DGY Doug - Annan
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VA3DNY Dan - Owen Sound
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest

Thanks to all, 73

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.  National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station Annual Test

The amateur radio station of the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC
(NHC), located on the
campus of Florida International University in Miami, will conduct their
on-the-air Annual
Communications Test on Saturday, May 27, 2023, from 9 AM - 5 PM EDT
(1300z- 2100z).
This is the NHC's 43rd year of public service. The purpose of this event
is to test amateur radio
equipment and antennas at the NHC as well as operators' home equipment,
antennas, and
computers prior to this year's hurricane season. The 2023 hurricane
season begins June 1 and
runs through November 30.
The Hurricane Watch Net will try to stay on 14.325 MHz for most of the
time, as well as
7.268 MHz depending on propagation. They may also change frequencies due
to potential QRM.
The VoIP Hurricane Net will also be active from 4 PM - 5 PM EDT
(2000-2100z), IRLP node
9219/EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node 7203. Visit their website for more
information.
QSL cards are available via WD4R with a self-addressed stamped envelope.
More information
about the NHC is available at their website.
-- ARRL newsletter

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2.  37th Annual Smiths Falls Flea Market

Sponsor:    Rideau Lakes Amateur Radio Club
Date:        Saturday, June 3, 2023
Location:    Smiths Falls Curling Club, 13 Old Sly's Road, Smiths Falls
Iimes:        Vendors 7:00 a.m., General Public 9:00 a.m.
Cost:        $5 per person (includes door prize ticket), youth under 16
admitted for free.
Talk-in:    VE3RLR on 147.21 Mhz+ tone removed for the duration of the
event.
Description:    Our 37th annual flea market of amateur radio equipment,
includes a number of
        commercial and private vendors, a canteen, a consignment table
and equipment
        testing table. Check the web page which will be updated as
measures or
        circumstances change.
Email contact: ve3rlr@gmail.com
Webpage:    https://www.ve3rlr.ca/p/httpsgoo.html

3.  Central Ontario Hamfest

Sponsor:    Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo Amateur Radio Clubs
Date:        Sunday, June 4, 2023
Location:    Just west of Cambridge at the Waterloo Regional Police
Association
        Recreation Park located just off Hwy 401 between Exit 275 and
Exit 268
        We recommend you enter via Exit 268 (County Road 97, Cedar
Creek Rd)
Talk-in:    The talk-in frequency is the VE3KSR repeater on 146.970-
(CTCSS 131.8).
Times:    Vendors 7 am, Tailgaters 8am, Public 9 am to 12 noon,
Cost:        $8.00, Youths 12 & under are free.
Description:    Well over 40 years and still going strong - bringing
together ham radio operators,
        hobbyists and enthusiasts just before Field Day and the summer
heat.
        Indoor tables and tailgating; major vendors, loads of
collectibles; free prize
        draws, tasty refreshments. Easy parking.
Email contact: info@hamfest.on.ca
Webpage:    https://www.hamfest.on.ca/

ITEMS OF INTEREST

4. via HACKADAY: Exploring the Early Days of QRP Radio

QRP initially meant something akin to “you are overloading my receiver,
please reduce
transmitter power” but now means “operating radios at extremely low
power levels”.
There’s been some debate in the amateur radio community over the years
over what power level
constitutes a QRP operation, but it’s almost certainly somewhere below
100 watts, and while the
radios in this video have varying power levels, they tend to be far
below this upper threshold, with
some operating on 1 watt or less. There are a few commercial offerings
demonstrated here, produced
from the 70s to the mid-80s, but a few are made from kits as well. Kits
tended to be both accessible
and easily repairable, with Heathkit being the more recognizable option
among this category. To
operate Morse code only requires a single transistor which is why kits
were so popular, but there
are a few other examples in this video with quite a few more transistors
than that. In fact, there are
all kinds of radios featured here with plenty of features we might even
consider modern by today’s
standards; at least when Morse code is concerned.
via Blog – Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/10/explorin...qrp-radio/

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

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Bryan Rawlings VE3QN, inducted into Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

On Saturday April 15, 2023, members of the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio
Club, the Ottawa
Amateur Radio Club and the National Capital Chapter of the Quarter
Century Wireless
Association – all of which Bryan, VE3QN, is a member – held their first
in-person gathering
since the pandemic began in March 2020.

At the meeting Bryan received three awards:
1) RAC President Phil McBride, VA3QR, presented Bryan with the CARHOF
plaque on
behalf of Radio Amateurs of Canada and the CARHOF Board of Trustees.

2) Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club (OVMRC) President Barry Allison,
VE3NA, presented
Bryan with the award of “Life Membership” for his service to the Ottawa
Amateur Radio
community and his wonderful presentations to the OVMRC.

3) Quarter Century Wireless Association Chapter 70 President Dave Parks,
VE3AV,
and Awards Chair Pat Brewer, VE3KJQ, presented Bryan with his QCWA
Century Club
Certificate.

The gathering was attended by Bryan’s wife Louise and by Christine Hsu
from Innovation Science
and Economic Development Canada, who served as Chair of the Working
Party 5A Preparatory
Meetings at the World Radiocommunications Conference in 2015 and worked
closely with Bryan
in his role as RAC Special Advisor.

A detailed account of his achievements is included in the March-April
2023 issue of  The Canadian
Amateur magazine.

-- Frank Davis, VO1HP Chair, Board of Trustees Canadian Amateur Radio
Hall of Fame
-- Phil A. McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ, RAC President and Chair

2. Upcoming "Beyond CanWarn" Workshops and Q&A Event

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), is pleased to present two upcoming
“Beyond CanWarn”
Weather Spotter Workshops for Amateurs and non-Amateurs. In addition, a
special Q&A
Live Event will also be held to close off this year’s training session.

- Weather Spotter Workshops: on May 18 and June 14

Both events will be held online via Zoom and are identical so you can
pick the one that works
best for you.
In these special events, Geoff Coulson, Warning Preparedness
Meteorologist, will discuss
topics including the basics of thunderstorm formation, the types of
damage severe thunderstorms
can produce and what to look for in the sky. Winter severe weather will
be touched on as well.
Safety tips for you and your family and how to report weather to
Environment and Climate Change
Canada will be covered in these training sessions.
Dates: Thursday, May 18 and Wednesday, June 14  at  7:00pm Eastern Time
Cost: There is no fee for this event.
Please visit the CanWarn webpage to register now:
https://www.rac.ca/canwarn/

- Q&A Live Event: June 28

In this special online live, Zoom event, Geoff Coulson, Warning
Preparedness Meteorologist,
and Jason Tremblay, RAC Community Services Officer, will discuss a
number of topics including:
    the current climate crisis
    El Niño effects for this year
    the adaptation of CanWarn and Beyond CanWarn training programs
Following the presentation there will be a Question and Answer session
with the participants.
Date: Wednesday, June 28 at  7 pm Eastern Time
Cost: There is no fee for this event.
Please visit the CanWarn webpage to register now:
https://www.rac.ca/canwarn/
-- Jason Tremblay VE3JXT

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

3. NPARC Big Event

Sponsor: Niagara Peninsula ARC
Date:        Saturday, May 27, 2023
Location:    Black Creek Community Center 2959 Baker Road Stevensville.
Times:    Vendors 7:30 am, Public 9:00am
Cost:        General Admission $10
Description:    the event will host both indoor and outdoor venues.
Table prices and times
        will be added as the event time grows closer.
Email:    nparcbigevent@gmail.com
Webpage:    https://www.nparc.ca

ITEMS OF INTEREST

4.  SARC Communicator May-June Edition is available

The latest edition of the Surrey Amateur Radio Communications
E-periodical is now
available for view or download.  Short URL: https://bit.ly/SARC23May-Jun
-- SARC website

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clarifications?
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Net control Ve3BQM Topic: Microphone
What is the original microphone?
The crude carbon rod microphone was invented by David Edward Hughes in 1878 and was instrumental in the development of telephony. These devices used the variable electrical resistance of carbon under pressure between metal plates to translate airborne sound waves into an electrical signal.

KO4DXQ Bob
VE3VCG Marvin
VA3MFO James
VA3EAC Janet
VA3TS Tom
VA3DNY Dan
VE3OZW Richard

VE3VCG Marvin
VA3MFO James
VA3TS Tom
VE3FJN Colin
VE3OZW Richard
VA3DNY Dan

https://www.rac.ca/canwarn/

For immediate release:

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), the national association for Amateur Radio in Canada, is pleased to present two upcoming “Beyond CanWarn” Weather Spotter Workshops for Amateurs and non-Amateurs. In addition, a special Q&A Live Event will also be held to close off this year’s training session. Please visit the CanWarn webpage to register now: https://www.rac.ca/canwarn/

Weather Spotter Workshops: May 18 and June 14
The Weather Spotter Workshops events will be hosted by RAC Community Services Officer Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, and will once again feature special guest Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Geoff Coulson.

Both events will be held online via Zoom and are identical so you can just pick the one that works best for you.

In these special events, Geoff Coulson, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist, will discuss topics including the basics of thunderstorm formation, the types of damage severe thunderstorms can produce and what to look for in the sky. Winter severe weather will be touched on as well.

Safety tips for you and your family and how to report weather to Environment and Climate Change Canada will be covered in these training sessions.

The training also provides ways that storm reports can be provided to Environment and Climate Change Canada and several safety tips to keep storm spotters safe.

Dates: Thursday, May 18 and Wednesday, June 14

Time: 7 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Cost: There is no fee for this event.

Please visit the CanWarn webpage to register now: https://www.rac.ca/canwarn/

Q&A Live Event: June 28
In this special online live, Zoom event, Geoff Coulson, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist, and Jason Tremblay, RAC Community Services Officer, will discuss a number of topics including:

the current climate crisis
El Niño effects for this year
the adaptation of CanWarn and Beyond CanWarn training programs
Following the presentation there will be a Question and Answer session with the participants.

Date: Wednesday, June 28

Time: 7 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Cost: There is no fee for this event.

Please visit the CanWarn webpage to register now: https://www.rac.ca/canwarn/

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. Reminder of Special Event Callsigns for Coronation of King Charles:

In effect May 5th to July 2nd, 2023
VA becomes CJ, VE vecomes CK, VO becomes CY, and VY becomes CZ

In effect May 5th to July 5th, 2023
VC3C sponsored by VE3FXX
-- IC website

2.  FCC Proposes Changes to 60-Meter Band

The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on April 21, 2023,
that deals with the 60m band. In a prior petition, ARRL urged protecting the
existing use of the band by amateurs when adding a new allocation adopted internationally.
Currently, radio amateurs in the US have access to five discrete
channels on a secondary basis, limited to an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 W PEP.
The FCC proposes to allocate 15 kHz of contiguous bandwidth between
5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz on a secondary basis with a maximum power of  9.15 W ERP. This
allocation was adopted at the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15).
ARRL said that years of amateur radio experience using the five discrete
channels have shown that amateurs can coexist with primary users at 5 MHz.. "Neither ARRL,
nor, NTIA, is aware of a single reported instance of interference by a radio amateur
operating at 5 MHz to date."
The Commission wrote, "Finally, we note that Canada has essentially
implemented the same rules as ARRL has requested."
The FCC proposed to allocate the 15 kHz bandwidth, but stopped short of
making a proposal on whether the existing channels should remain allocated to amateur
radio and what the power limitations should be. They requested comments on their proposal.
-- ARRL newsletter

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST

3.  2023 Online Ham Bootcamp

The Nashua Area Radio Society's spring 2023 online Ham Bootcamp will be
held on Saturday, May 13, from 10 AM to 6 PM Eastern Time. Access to the session
via Zoom.

Ham Bootcamp includes a series of demonstrations and tutorials designed
to help newly licensed hams get on the air. Ham Bootcamp is also a great opportunity
for hams who are interested in seeing what the hobby has to offer.

You can register for Ham Bootcamp at:
https://www.n1fd.org/register-ham-bootcamp/
For additional information, contact Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB, at
ab1qb@arrl.net.
-- Nashua Area Radio Society      https://www.n1fd.org/

4.  Indian Researchers Develop Micro-Supercapacitor

Scientists in India say that they have created the smallest
micro-supercapacitor to date, developing it out of two-dimensional materials: graphene and molybdenum
disulfide.
This is considered significant because as electronic devices continue to
shrink their energy storage devices must be just as small. Supercapacitors are considered
ideal for this task because they not only store energy but can handle the kind of rapid
charge-discharge cycles beyond the ability of conventional chemical batteries.

Researchers used two-dimensional materials for the
ultramicro-supercapacitor because they are semiconductors. Each of the multi-layer electrodes acts as a
field-effect transistor.  The tiny device has a remarkably high capacitance and an easy ability to
integrate with electronic chips because of its use of a gel electrolyte instead of a
liquid.  Their next challenge is to create devices out of other two-dimensional
materials in an attempt to boost capacitance even further.
-- Amateur Radio Newsline (Friday April 28th)

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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