2023-03-11, 09:23:04
This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Special Event Call Signs for the Coronation of King Charles III
The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III will take place on
Saturday May 6. The Ceremony
will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, conducted by the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada has approved
the use of special
call prefixes from May 5 to July 2.
These dates correspond to the early summer operating season and will be
available to all
Canadian Amateurs who wish to use the special event prefixes on all
occasions including Field Day
and the RAC Canada Day Contest.
To use the special call sign, substitute the prefix normally assigned to
your province or territory by
the special prefix. VE1 (NS) – CK1, VA1 (NS) – CJ1, VE2 (QC) – CK2,
VA2 (QC) – CJ2,
VE3 (ON) – CK3, VA3 (ON) – CJ3, VE4 (MB) – CK4, VA4 (MB) – CJ4, VE5
(SK) – CK5,
VA5 (SK) – CJ5, VE6 (AB) – CK6, VA6 (AB) – CJ6, VE7 (BC) – CK7, VA7
(BC) – CJ7,
VE8 (NT) – CK8, VE9 (NB) – CJ9, VO1 (NF) – CY1, VO2 (LAB) CY2, VY0
(NU) CZ0,
VY1 (YT) CZ1, VY2 (PEI) CZ2, CY0 Sable Island N/A, CY9 St-Paul Island N/A
For more info on the coronation, please visit:
https://www.royal.uk/coronation
-- RAC website
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
2. Planning for the 26th annual Ontario Qso Party - April 15th, 16th, 2023
This event is held annually on the third full weekend of April.
Beginning in 1998 under the
thoughtful guidance of Bob Chandler VE3SRE it quickly became a popular
event among
Ontario hams and beyond. In 2006 the organization of the party was
turned over to
Contest Club Ontario (CCO) who now manage the event. The OQP counts for the
QSO Party challenge sponsored by ICOM.
In the contest, stations outside Ontario make as many contacts with
Ontario amateur radio stations
as possible. Ontario stations contact as many amateur radio stations as
possible both in Ontario
and elsewhere. See the full set of rules for the contest exchange,
frequencies, modes and categories.
Full rules http://va3cco.com/oqp/rules.htm
Even if you operate casually, please accounce your activity on the
"Who's On" page at
http://va3cco.com/oqp/plan.htm We would like to get all multipliers in
Ontario active this year.
-- OQP Committee
ITEMS OF INTEREST
3. 2023 Hamvention Awards Announced
The Special Achievement Award recipient is Dr. Jason McDonald, MD,
N2TPA. He is an active,
well-known Amateur Extra-class operator who earned his license in 2003.
Dr. McDonald began as
a radio frequency engineer before changing careers to become a trauma
surgeon. Dr. McDonald’s
amateur radio interests range from operations on the air to
international disaster response.
The Amateur Radio Club of the Year is the Delaware Valley Radio
Association (DVRA), an ARRL
Affiliated Club formed in 1930 and serving the Trenton, New Jersey,
metropolitan area. The club has
tripled in size over the last 6 years due to the wide range of amateur
radio activities and events they offer.
An all-purpose club, the DVRA’s activities include public service
events, operator training/mentoring,
informational monthly meetings, POTA events, and the operation of W2ZQ a
world-class club station.
The Technical Achievement Award recipient is Dr. James Breakall, WA3FET,
whose work has been
instrumental in amateur radio antenna technology for decades. As a
professor of electrical engineering
at Penn State University from 1989 to 2022, Dr. Breakall developed
cutting-edge antenna technology
and mentored his students in amateur radio, resulting in 700 new licensees.
Amateur of the Year 2023 Carsten Dauer, DM9EE, has been active in
European amateur radio
through the World Radiosport Team Championship and Youth on the Air for
30 years. Recently,
he has spearheaded a movement that provides amateur radio equipment to
war-torn Ukraine by
collecting donations and personally delivering the approximately 5,000
kg of radios, power banks,
solar packs, and first aid kits to Ukraine. On the return trips from
Ukraine, Dauer transports
war refugees to havens in Germany, including his own hotel.
You can read more about the 2023 Hamvention Awards at the Hamvention
website or at ARRL.org.
-- www.hamvention.org
4. Cycle 25 exceeds all expectations
The current solar cycle 25 far exceeds the predictions of the
international panel convened for this
purpose in 2019. The solar cycle is important in determining the
lifetime of satellites in low-Earth orbit
because satellite drag correlates with the solar cycle. In addition, the
forecast gives a rough idea of the
frequency of space weather storms of all kinds, from radio blackouts to
geomagnetic storms to radiation
storms, and is therefore used by many to estimate the expected impact of
space weather in the coming
years.
For full article see:
https://www.iaru-r1.org/2023/solar-cycle...edictions/
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. Special Event Call Signs for the Coronation of King Charles III
The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III will take place on
Saturday May 6. The Ceremony
will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, conducted by the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada has approved
the use of special
call prefixes from May 5 to July 2.
These dates correspond to the early summer operating season and will be
available to all
Canadian Amateurs who wish to use the special event prefixes on all
occasions including Field Day
and the RAC Canada Day Contest.
To use the special call sign, substitute the prefix normally assigned to
your province or territory by
the special prefix. VE1 (NS) – CK1, VA1 (NS) – CJ1, VE2 (QC) – CK2,
VA2 (QC) – CJ2,
VE3 (ON) – CK3, VA3 (ON) – CJ3, VE4 (MB) – CK4, VA4 (MB) – CJ4, VE5
(SK) – CK5,
VA5 (SK) – CJ5, VE6 (AB) – CK6, VA6 (AB) – CJ6, VE7 (BC) – CK7, VA7
(BC) – CJ7,
VE8 (NT) – CK8, VE9 (NB) – CJ9, VO1 (NF) – CY1, VO2 (LAB) CY2, VY0
(NU) CZ0,
VY1 (YT) CZ1, VY2 (PEI) CZ2, CY0 Sable Island N/A, CY9 St-Paul Island N/A
For more info on the coronation, please visit:
https://www.royal.uk/coronation
-- RAC website
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
2. Planning for the 26th annual Ontario Qso Party - April 15th, 16th, 2023
This event is held annually on the third full weekend of April.
Beginning in 1998 under the
thoughtful guidance of Bob Chandler VE3SRE it quickly became a popular
event among
Ontario hams and beyond. In 2006 the organization of the party was
turned over to
Contest Club Ontario (CCO) who now manage the event. The OQP counts for the
QSO Party challenge sponsored by ICOM.
In the contest, stations outside Ontario make as many contacts with
Ontario amateur radio stations
as possible. Ontario stations contact as many amateur radio stations as
possible both in Ontario
and elsewhere. See the full set of rules for the contest exchange,
frequencies, modes and categories.
Full rules http://va3cco.com/oqp/rules.htm
Even if you operate casually, please accounce your activity on the
"Who's On" page at
http://va3cco.com/oqp/plan.htm We would like to get all multipliers in
Ontario active this year.
-- OQP Committee
ITEMS OF INTEREST
3. 2023 Hamvention Awards Announced
The Special Achievement Award recipient is Dr. Jason McDonald, MD,
N2TPA. He is an active,
well-known Amateur Extra-class operator who earned his license in 2003.
Dr. McDonald began as
a radio frequency engineer before changing careers to become a trauma
surgeon. Dr. McDonald’s
amateur radio interests range from operations on the air to
international disaster response.
The Amateur Radio Club of the Year is the Delaware Valley Radio
Association (DVRA), an ARRL
Affiliated Club formed in 1930 and serving the Trenton, New Jersey,
metropolitan area. The club has
tripled in size over the last 6 years due to the wide range of amateur
radio activities and events they offer.
An all-purpose club, the DVRA’s activities include public service
events, operator training/mentoring,
informational monthly meetings, POTA events, and the operation of W2ZQ a
world-class club station.
The Technical Achievement Award recipient is Dr. James Breakall, WA3FET,
whose work has been
instrumental in amateur radio antenna technology for decades. As a
professor of electrical engineering
at Penn State University from 1989 to 2022, Dr. Breakall developed
cutting-edge antenna technology
and mentored his students in amateur radio, resulting in 700 new licensees.
Amateur of the Year 2023 Carsten Dauer, DM9EE, has been active in
European amateur radio
through the World Radiosport Team Championship and Youth on the Air for
30 years. Recently,
he has spearheaded a movement that provides amateur radio equipment to
war-torn Ukraine by
collecting donations and personally delivering the approximately 5,000
kg of radios, power banks,
solar packs, and first aid kits to Ukraine. On the return trips from
Ukraine, Dauer transports
war refugees to havens in Germany, including his own hotel.
You can read more about the 2023 Hamvention Awards at the Hamvention
website or at ARRL.org.
-- www.hamvention.org
4. Cycle 25 exceeds all expectations
The current solar cycle 25 far exceeds the predictions of the
international panel convened for this
purpose in 2019. The solar cycle is important in determining the
lifetime of satellites in low-Earth orbit
because satellite drag correlates with the solar cycle. In addition, the
forecast gives a rough idea of the
frequency of space weather storms of all kinds, from radio blackouts to
geomagnetic storms to radiation
storms, and is therefore used by many to estimate the expected impact of
space weather in the coming
years.
For full article see:
https://www.iaru-r1.org/2023/solar-cycle...edictions/
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