2024-01-27, 08:21:25
This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Former RAC President Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA SK
Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC
President, Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA, became a Silent Key on December 2, 2023, at the
age of 79. RAC would like to extend its sincere condolences to his family and
friends. A tribute article will be included in an upcoming issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
In addition to serving as RAC President, Daniel was also a member of the
Administrative and Finance Committee for several years. He also served as Area A Director
of Region 2 of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).
Daniel served as President of the Fédération des clubs radioamateurs du
Québec (RAQI) for several years from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s.
-- Phil McBride, VA3QR, RAC President and Chair
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
2. 2024 Orlando HamCation Awards
The HamCation® Awards committee has announced the 2024 Orlando HamCation
recipients of the Carole Perry Educator of the Year and the Gordon West
Ambassador of the Year awards. Both awards will be presented at the 2024 Orlando
HamCation, on February 9 - 11, 2024.
Lewis Malchick, N2RQ, is the recipient of this year's Carole Perry
Educator of the Year Award. He formerly taught chemistry at the Brooklyn Tech High
School, where he's an advisor to the school's Amateur Radio and Wireless Tech Club,
W2CXN. Malchick is the trustee for the Stuyvesant High School Amateur Radio
Club, W2CLE, the chairperson of the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club Education
Committee and has participated in five ARISS contacts. He's spent his lifetime
educating children and adults about amateur radio.
The 2024 Gordon West Ambassador of the Year Award winners are Fred, AB1OC,
and Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB. The Kemmerer's hold Amateur Extra-class
licenses and are active in the Nashua Area Radio Society promoting amateur radio
instruction, youth outreach, and STEM education. Together, they've created and helped
grow Ham Bootcamp, a program encouraging more than 900 hams to learn new skills.
They're active in the club's training and licensing events, along with
Tech Night, which complements club meetings. Their participation in STEM activities includes
high-altitude balloon launches, foxhunts, and ARISS contacts for many
schools.
HamCation has been sponsored by the Orlando Amateur Radio Club, W4PLB,
since 1946, and is held annually on the second weekend of February.
-- ARRL News
3. QRP Self-Spotting Website
Low power is fun, but especially if we manage to make QSO's or contacts.
QRP signals are usually weak and easily missed in noise and interference. That's why
we came up with the idea of creating a QRP self spotting Cluster, where every QRP
broadcasting enthusiast can announce on which frequency they are working, in which
mode, or with what equipment and power they are working.
-- QRP Cluster https://www.qrpcluster.com/
4. Why We Need “Shortwave 2.0”
Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct
observation that shortwave listening is no longer a mainstream activity in most of
the world. The future of shortwave broadcasting — “Shortwave 2.0” — will not
involve any revival of those large audiences. Instead, it will be an activity of
communications enthusiasts and professionals. They would comprise a reserve corps able to relay
information to larger populations in their countries when newer media are blocked or become
unavailable.
The beginning of the end of “Shortwave 1.0” was described in “Shortwave
Broadcasting Begins Its Long Slow Fade,” an article in the 1995 World Radio TV Handbook.
The really big chunk fell from the shortwave glacier six years later,
when BBC World Service ended its English broadcasts to North America. In the following
years, other international broadcasters followed, first dropping shortwave to North
America, and eventually to other parts of the world.
Read more – RadioWorld: https://bit.ly/4912TYi
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. Former RAC President Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA SK
Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that former RAC
President, Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA, became a Silent Key on December 2, 2023, at the
age of 79. RAC would like to extend its sincere condolences to his family and
friends. A tribute article will be included in an upcoming issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine.
In addition to serving as RAC President, Daniel was also a member of the
Administrative and Finance Committee for several years. He also served as Area A Director
of Region 2 of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).
Daniel served as President of the Fédération des clubs radioamateurs du
Québec (RAQI) for several years from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s.
-- Phil McBride, VA3QR, RAC President and Chair
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
2. 2024 Orlando HamCation Awards
The HamCation® Awards committee has announced the 2024 Orlando HamCation
recipients of the Carole Perry Educator of the Year and the Gordon West
Ambassador of the Year awards. Both awards will be presented at the 2024 Orlando
HamCation, on February 9 - 11, 2024.
Lewis Malchick, N2RQ, is the recipient of this year's Carole Perry
Educator of the Year Award. He formerly taught chemistry at the Brooklyn Tech High
School, where he's an advisor to the school's Amateur Radio and Wireless Tech Club,
W2CXN. Malchick is the trustee for the Stuyvesant High School Amateur Radio
Club, W2CLE, the chairperson of the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club Education
Committee and has participated in five ARISS contacts. He's spent his lifetime
educating children and adults about amateur radio.
The 2024 Gordon West Ambassador of the Year Award winners are Fred, AB1OC,
and Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB. The Kemmerer's hold Amateur Extra-class
licenses and are active in the Nashua Area Radio Society promoting amateur radio
instruction, youth outreach, and STEM education. Together, they've created and helped
grow Ham Bootcamp, a program encouraging more than 900 hams to learn new skills.
They're active in the club's training and licensing events, along with
Tech Night, which complements club meetings. Their participation in STEM activities includes
high-altitude balloon launches, foxhunts, and ARISS contacts for many
schools.
HamCation has been sponsored by the Orlando Amateur Radio Club, W4PLB,
since 1946, and is held annually on the second weekend of February.
-- ARRL News
3. QRP Self-Spotting Website
Low power is fun, but especially if we manage to make QSO's or contacts.
QRP signals are usually weak and easily missed in noise and interference. That's why
we came up with the idea of creating a QRP self spotting Cluster, where every QRP
broadcasting enthusiast can announce on which frequency they are working, in which
mode, or with what equipment and power they are working.
-- QRP Cluster https://www.qrpcluster.com/
4. Why We Need “Shortwave 2.0”
Debate about the future of shortwave broadcasting focuses on the correct
observation that shortwave listening is no longer a mainstream activity in most of
the world. The future of shortwave broadcasting — “Shortwave 2.0” — will not
involve any revival of those large audiences. Instead, it will be an activity of
communications enthusiasts and professionals. They would comprise a reserve corps able to relay
information to larger populations in their countries when newer media are blocked or become
unavailable.
The beginning of the end of “Shortwave 1.0” was described in “Shortwave
Broadcasting Begins Its Long Slow Fade,” an article in the 1995 World Radio TV Handbook.
The really big chunk fell from the shortwave glacier six years later,
when BBC World Service ended its English broadcasts to North America. In the following
years, other international broadcasters followed, first dropping shortwave to North
America, and eventually to other parts of the world.
Read more – RadioWorld: https://bit.ly/4912TYi
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