I haven't been a shortwave listener for years. But I am aware that WTWW was a legendary shortwave transmitter. In this video the station is remembered and memorialized by someone who was a real fan and a genuine radio enthusiast.

55 years ago shortwave radio kept me company while doing homework in the wee hours of the morning while I was in college. Hearing stations from thousands of miles away offering news and views that were not local was a wonderful experience that expanded my world view. It made me aware that there were other people living, laughing and loving somewhere over the horizon.

For me radio offered a unique way to gain some understanding how we are all different and yet the same. It was and is a kind of electronic magic carpet that offered a limited but important cross cultural experience that was also a kind of time machine. Radio signals were not restricted by time zones or boundaries on map. They could leap over oceans and ignore mountain ranges carrying with them a limited but valuable connection to others and transcending the limiting factors that isolate and separate.

The very non-technical human aspect of radio which I think is to often not given its proper due. There is no formula to calculate how these boxes called radios resonate on such a powerful emotional level. This video really does express the emotional potency radio can and does have in the lives of millions, or to this author.

If you like me have a connection to shortwave listening you will appreciate the sentiments expressed in the video, enjoy

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.    IARU Region 2 General Assembly Has Largest Participation Ever

The triennial IARU Region 2 General Assembly concluded on Friday,
November 4 after a week of
evening virtual sessions. Meeting virtually enabled many societies to
attend in person for the first time.
There were 117 registered delegates from 26 Member Societies plus
representatives from IARU
Regions 1 and 3 as well as the IARU President, Vice President and Secretary.
Highlights of the General Assembly included the Member Society reports
which underlined the wide
differences in amateur radio circumstances within the region as well as
our many common interests in
amateur radio. Region 2 Committee reports provided insight into the many
different activities undertaken
by the Region from CITEL and WRC 2023 matters that could impact our
spectrum access in addition
to Band Planning, Youth activities, the Monitoring System and ARDF, to
name only a few.

The last day of the Assembly began with a presentation from the IARU
President, Tim Ellam VE6SH.
President Ellam highlighted some of the challenges to amateur radio in
the current telecommunications
environment. He stressed that amateur radio should be alert to
challenges and opportunities in spectrum
matters. Regulators are tending toward sharing of spectrum by users and
since amateur radio has
approximately 9% of the spectrum from 144 MHz to 275 GHz, amateurs may
have to adapt to increased
sharing of spectrum with other users.
A number of bylaw amendments were passed and proposals accepted.
Elections were held for Region 2 Officers and Area Directors. The new
executive committee will take
office on December 15, 2022, and serve until shortly after the next
General Assembly in 2025.
President: George Gorsline VE3YV
Vice President: Gustavo de Faria Franco PT2ADM
Secretary: Rod Stafford W6ROD
The next General Assembly will take place in 2025 in Ecuador and will be
hosted by the
Guayaquil Radio Club.
The Assembly was closed by President Ramón Santoyo XE1KK, who noted that
this was his last
Assembly as an Officer or Director after 16 years working within Region
2. His contributions were
acknowledged by many expressions of thanks and well wishes.
-- IARU region2 website.

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2.  Burlington Amateur Radio Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

On November 11, 1972, the Burlington Amateur Radio Club (BARC) held its
charter meeting.
The terms of that charter remain in effect to this day.
“The Mission of the Burlington Amateur Radio Club is to use our network
of technical
resources for recruiting, training and assisting Amateur Radio Operators
as well as
supporting the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) by providing
equipment and
skilled operators for emergency communications services when called upon.”
The Club currently has 180 members. One of our founding members was Noel
Beattie Eaton,
VE3CJ (1910–1996). Our club continues to use his call sign VE3CJ for
special events.
Call sign VC3CJ50 will be used for a Special Event station that will
operate from
14:00Z Friday November 11 to 23:00Z Saturday November 12, 2022.
A commemorative Certificate will be sent electronically to those
stations contacting our
Special Event station.
-- For more information please visit the BARC website at:
https://www.barc.ca/

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3.  Surrey Amateur Radio Communications "Communicator" (Nov/Dec 2022) is
now available

We're Back With 100+ Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews
Read in over 145 countries now, we bring you Amateur Radio news from the
South West corner of
Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio
publications, you will find
Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and
how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file from:
https://bit.ly/SARC22Nov-Dec
-- SARC

4.  WXWarn software (Updated) released by Scott Davis N3FJP

WXWarn taps into the U.S. National Weather Service real time weather
data feed, constantly
monitors NWS weather updates and displays just the alerts that are
important to you as they are issued.
If you live close to the US border this software may help with an
advanced warning of severe weather.

-- see https://wxwarn.affirmatech.com/ for more information.

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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Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Net Report
November 9, 2022 9:30 (17:30) EST
Net Controller VE3VCG Marvin in Paisley

Topic: What attracted you to HAM radio? Were you more interested in the electronics and the technical side of radio operation, or communicating with other operators, or both?

The 2 meter portion of the net was conducted on VE3YOS because the UHF link between the club repeaters VE3OST in Owen Sound and VE3GBT in Paisley had not yet been restored. Bernie VE3BQM reported that repairs to the repeater have been completed and he is waiting for a date when he can have access to the repeater site to reinstall the repeater and reestablish the link.

Richard VE3OSW, monitored VE3OSR for Echolink or other check-in’s

Participants: 2 Meters
K04DXQ (Bob via Echo Link from Tennessee)
VA3EAC Janet / absentee check-in via VE3VCG
VA3KOT John
VE3PCP Rob
VA3TS
VE3RQY Greg
VE3WI David
VE3IXR Ron
VE3BQM Bernie
VE3JMD Jim
VE3MFO Jim
VE3OZW Richard

Participants 80 Meters
VE3MFO Jim
VE3KOT John
VE3FJN Colin
VE3BQM Bernie
VE3OZW Richard
VE3PCP Rob

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Net on temporary VE3YOS 146.64 - tone -156.7 negative offset. VE3OSR link to VE3GBT being repaired. 
Topic: Good of the Club - Open mic suggestions, reminiscences, etc.

Check ins to VHF;
VA3MFO - Jim
VE3PCP - Rob
VO1IDX - Chris - Portugal Cove NFLD. Via remote from Rob  VE3PCP
VE3VCG - Marvin
VA3KOT - John
VE3IXR - Ron
VE3OZW - Richard
VE3BQM - Bernie
VE3WI - Dave
VA3TS - Tom

Echo Link (received just prior to net start on VE3OSR);
VY2NX - Bob - PEI
KO4DXQ - Bob - Soggy Daisy Tennessee

HF 3.783 MHZ -  73 round
VA3KOT
VE3BQM
VE3OZW
VA3TS
VA3MFO
VE3VCG
VE3WI
VE3PCP
VO1IDX ( remote from Rob - VE3PCP).

THANKS to all participants -  73!

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. November-December 2022 eTCA Now Available
The digital (eTCA) version of the November-December 2022 TCA is now
available for viewing
or download.  The paper version is now at the printer.
https://www.rac.ca/digitaltca/

-- RAC Website

2. Radio Amateurs Support the Great ShakeOut 2022 in Puerto Rico

Students at the University of Puerto Rico participated in a
communications practice session as part
of the yearly Great Puerto Rico ShakeOut Drill on October 20, 2022.
International ShakeOut Day
draws millions of people worldwide to participate in earthquake drills
at work, school, or home.

ARRL Puerto Rico Section Assistant Section Manager Leyda Rios, WP4RBK,
presented a
paper entitled, "Radio Services and the Great ShakeOut," which provided
advice and hands-on
activities about how to use different personal radio services in the
event of an earthquake. Staff
members and students learned about the Amateur Radio Service and several
other radio services.

Participants had the opportunity to talk with several amateurs using
simplex frequencies and repeaters.
Many were interested in learning more about radio communications, and
the event answered questions
about how amateur radio can assist during emergencies when other means
of communications fail.
The drill was attended by students and staff members. Information on how
to obtain an amateur radio
license and where to obtain radio equipment was also available
-- arrl news

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST

3.  WIARC Flea Market (Montreal, QC)

Sponsor: West Island Amateur Radio Club
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2022
Location: Lakeside Heights Baptist Church, 275 Braebrook Ave,
Pointe-Claire, QC, H9R 1W1
Times: Sellers 7:00 AM, public at 8:00 AM.
Cost: Admission $5
Info: Jonathan vp @ wiarc.ca
Web: https://wiarc.ca

4.  The RAC Operating Awards Program

There are thousands of operating awards for confirmed contact with
Amateur Radio stations in different
continents, countries, states, provinces, counties, townships and
islands around the world, and using
different modes. Radio Amateurs of Canada has been pleased to make the
following awards available
to all Radio Amateurs worldwide: Canadaward, 5 Band Canadaward,
Trans-Canada Award, and the
Worked All RAC Award.
There have been significant changes in technology which have eliminated
the need for the cumbersome
task of confirming radio contacts. I am pleased to announce that as of
July 1, 2021 QSLs from Logbook
of the World (LoTW) will now be accepted for all RAC Operating Awards.
Please see  https://www.rac.ca/operating/rac-operating-awards/ for the
updated application process.
-- John Scott, VE1JS  (RAC website)

Those who know me know that I am a long time follower of OH8STN. He is the real deal when it comes to lightweight, off-grid, man (person) portable operating. Located in the north of Scandinavia he is confronted with very challenging operating conditions yet, does portable activation's in all seasons, even the depth of the sub-arctic winters. He buys and field tests gear so as to provide real world results for his followers. Which is to say, what he offers are not arm chair gear reviews.


My purpose in sharing this video is because it features a relatively new and important solar panel technology. When operating portable and off-grid power is naturally the single most important aspect for any station. Having more power available from solar proves the operator with options that would otherwise not be possible. The powerful, lightweight solar panels featured in this video are real game changes for potable operators. When combined with lightweight, LiFePo batteries these panels make possible a practical, portable and capable field station which can operate virtually anywhere under the most demanding conditions.



Even if you have no personal interest in operation in this fashion I can still recommend watching the video. Information is power and so knowing what technology is available is a least enlightening. I believe that it is important that we each consider how important it might be to be on the air during a real emergency. Traditionally that means having either a generator or just a battery with companion AC/DC charger. However, conditions in the world are rapidly changing with regard to fuel making the use of a generator for backup power uncertain. For me the ultimate solution for backup power is a decent solar panel, a point which OH8STN (Julian) makes very well with his demonstrations.



While Julian is showing state-of-the-art solar technology for portable operating this is only one approach to power as station off-grid. Even a simple rigid 40 watt solar panel from Canadian Tire of other such outlet, with a cheap charge controller and 12 volt SLA battery will keep a modest station on the air during a blackout. For a fixed station such an arrangement, while not ideal is better than nothing. Solar is not a panacea, just another way to power a station in a pinch. If fuel is in short supply, as happens during prolonged blackouts like in Texas of California, solar can save the day. Likewise when it is -40C and the generator will just not turn over, solar has no moving parts and does not require a pull starter to get going. Even on overcast days, solar still produces power.



If nothing else, I hope this video will inspire you to think about backup power. Enjoy

I ran into a problem trying to get my IC-7300 to talk to the log program Amateur Contact Log.  I read all the help information on the log publisher's website (https://www.n3fjp.com/aclog.html), and also referred to the setup info in the book Radio Today Guide to the IC-7300 by Andrew Barron ZL3DW, but no joy.  After much random fiddling with settings, I got it to work.  The key change for me was to set "CI-V USB Echo Back" to ON.

Afterwards (of course) I found a detailed description of how the PC interface of the IC-7300 works, and what all the settings do.  It would have helped me, & also is an interesting read and useful reference for any IC-7300 user.  Nice work by Ian, G3NRW.  Here's the link:

http://www.g3nrw.net/ic-7300-files/IC-73...20v1.0.pdf

73
Dave, VE3WI

Gbarc net report , VA3YOS 146.64- Tone 156.7

Topic: Open Mike 
VE3BQM Bernie - Host
VE3VCG Marvin
VA3KOT John
VE3WI Dave
VE3RQY Greg
VA3MFO James
VA3TS Tom
KO4DXQ Bob
VE3OZW Richard
VA3EAC Janet

HF 73 round
VA3MFO James
VA3KOT John
VE3FJN Colin
VE3WI Dave
VE3VCG Marvin
VE3OZW Richard