2023-05-13, 16:22:44
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.
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.