Hi Everyone:
The meeting tonight is at North Delta. We will talk about field day for a bit and then upcoming events.
C U Tonight at 7
Gord

from the desk of VA7IQ

Don / VA7IQ is starting to rebuild his station and needs to give away a 5′ computer table (27″ wide) in order to make room.

The table is brown laminate with rubber edging and in good shape (1 ding on the top). It is well suited for sitting at a radio or computer on one side. It’s a solid table, capable of holding valuable radio equipment without falling apart. I’ve used it for several years for my HF station setup.

This is a FREEBIE table, and will go to whoever wants it and will come and get it (sorry – no deliveries). The table will probably be disassembled, which will help in it’s transport.

Please call me at 604-943-4754.

Don VA7IQ

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Chris now has pics of field day posted on the site. https://deltaamateurradio.com/wp/?page_id=2413

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Darrel is still in need of some volunteers for the White Spot Tour De Delta. If you can help out email him at: darrels@me.com for full details.

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via ve7wlf

To: Delta ARS members

If anyone would like to take part in Celebration of Light communications please contact Jim at the address he provided below. I may be able to answer some of your general questions but you must sign up with Jim.

Doug ~ ve7wlf

From: Jim Forsyth
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 8:14 PM
To:
Subject: 2013 Celebration of Light

The Celebration of Light is just over a month away. This year this does
take place on July 27th, July 31 and August 3rd.

All of you did participate in 2012, if you are available for this year’s
event, it is shaping up to be a fairly good one. Please feel free to
circulate this request to others who may be interested in coming out.

This event does take the better part of a month to put it together. If you
are available for any or all three of the nights please let me know, if you
have a favorite spot on the beach or would like to try one of the leadership
positions, I would like to know this as well. If you could send me an email
at jim.forsyth@vectorradio.ca , I would appreciate it.

Cheers,

Jim

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Alberta Flooding and Amateur Radio

As of yesterday at 10:00 PDT the amateur radio folks in Alberta stood down. I can tell you there are a lot of tired hams who dedicated many hours to the floods there. I would like to share with you the email I received from VE6KGA in Edmonton yesterday.

> On behalf of ARES members in Alberta, I want to thank all of you for your
> understanding and offers of assistance. During the emergency DSTAR was
> our only link into Canmore. As the events of the weekend unfolded, the
> Provincial Operations Center tasked us with coming up with secondary and
> tertiary comms. While HF worked intermittently and, yes I know DSTAR
> relies on the infrastructure, it did work, was the clearest comms we had
> and traffic was passed.
>
> We needed XRF021B mostly because the repeaters to be used were on there
> already on a perminant basis and the operators at all ends were complete
> rubies in the DSTAR world and would not have been able to reconnect.
> Training during an emergency was not an option
>
> Moving forward DSTAR equipment will become standard in the POC in Alberta.
> With that will be the training necessary to switch to a different
> reflector will be provided as well as step by step instructions that could
> be relayed to remote sites.
>
> Kerry Atkinson VE6GG (VE6KGA)
> Emergency Coordinator, Edmonton ARES

In talking with Kerry yesterday, to his knowledge this was the first time in North America that DSTAR was used for priority traffic as well as health and welfare. The HF was a constant relay and as he said it worked intermittently at best. If your not aware Alberta does have a VHF backbone through most of the province. Kerry said although technically it did work 100% it was often difficult to understand. As Kerry points out DSTAR was there clearest communications they had.

The hoop la that took place Friday night when the request came in for xrf021b was a real eye opener both for Kerry and myself. The request came in approx. 1 hr. prior to start of the CanNet. xrf21b had already been hooked up to another reflector to give world wide reception. We were kinda stuck that we couldn’t move the emergency traffic to xrf21c and it was too late to unlink the second reflector. The CanNet ops for the night (myself and VE3AJB) offered stoppage of the net if they needed the reflector. Both Kerry and myself have proposed changes to the “brains” of free star on how to make this more efficient moving forward.

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Hi Everyone:

Now that Field Day 2013 is in the books and its either a bunch of high fives or whimpering in your beer for amount of contacts made, I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of all DARS members to thank Darrel (VE7CUS) for all his efforts in organizing this year field day event. For those of our members who either operated or just came out for a visit, they found they had a wonderful time.

As you know the intent of Field Day is an exercise to show in case of an emergency we can deploy and setup without plugging the equipment into a socket somewhere. As some of you were aware this year’s field day was both that exercise and emergency exercise rolled into one. On Friday, talking with a friend in Edmonton about the flooding situation I made the offer if we could lend assistance call me. He said he might take us up on the offer. Although we weren’t called upon, we had two or three stations at the field day site and one station offsite monitoring VE7SUN DSTAR repeater in case we were needed.

I saw cameras being clicked all over the place and in the coming days we will make sure Chris gets the pics and we will get a selection on the web for all to see.

Thanks again Darrel for all your hard work and we look forward to field day 2014.
Gord
ve7fky

Dinner Saturday night.

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Field Day is tomorrow. I would like to take this opportunity for you to join us. Bring along some friends and show them what we do. It all gets started at 11am tomorrow morning and runs for 24 hours. Entrance is off of 72 St & Ontario. Ontario is just before the railway tracks if your coming from #17.
Hope to see you there even if it’s only for a little while.
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Many people picked up their name badges last night. If your not going to be able to make a meeting in the near future, contact Tom: Email and make some arrangements.
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Don’t forget the under 20 club this Sunday at 7:30pm. A good way to brush up on your cw or start learning. The clubs repeater is monitored in case you have a question.
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September 7 is quickly approaching and our special event event will be up and running. We have about 10 members signed up so far, but we would like to get many more. Remember, you can work as many hours as you wish, the bands you wish, and the modes you wish. You can even operate from a park or anywhere else you happen to be that day. Email me: Emailt and get yourself involved.
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VA7TU files this report

>> Wanted CW keys and code practice oscillators, scrap radios
>>
>>
>> The Quarter Century Wireless Association Dogwood Chapter 98 is sponsoring an amateur radio history exhibition at the Burnaby Village Museum. We will be teaching and demonstrating cw (morse code), crystal radios, restoring and repairing older ham gear, and operating VE7QCW each Wednesday in July and August. We are looking for donations of cw keys and code practice oscillators that will not be returned as the condition can not be guaranteed after several thousand visitors have tried to pound out the code! We are also looking for older tube or hybrid radios that are ready to be scrapped to be able to show the inside of older gear and restoration techniques. All amateurs are welcome to visit and operate this summer. The theme of the Burnaby Village Museum is RADIO and we want to be sure visitors know the major role amateur radio has played in the development of radio. Other clubs please copy this ad.
>>
>> Contact: Eric at Email or 604-728-2820
>>

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Have a good week everyone and hopefully if your not operating at field day you can find some time to drop by and spend some time with us.
’73

 

Hi Everyone:

The meeting tonight is in Tsawwassen. We will put the finishing touches on field day plus a bit of other business to let you know about. For those of you who ordered name tags they are now ready to be payed for and picked up. If you can’t make it to a meeting in the near future contact Tom: tomrobson@dccnet.com to make arrangements for payment and pickup. To keep the figuring simple the pricing with tax is as follows:

pin: $5.50
magnet: $8.50

See you tonight at 7 @ the cop shop.

gord

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Received word from both RAC and ARRL that our special event station will be listed on their websites and printed in TCA and QST. We have a number of members already gearing up for the day. If you haven’t already signed up email me and I’ll get you on the list. Remember this has to be the simplest event you will ever be involved in. Work as many hours as you can, where you want and what HF bands and modes you wish. Our webpages are still a work in progress, but Chris has put together the makings of a great site for our event: http://deltaamateurradio.com/hb/

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September 29 is ComFest 2013. We are accepting table reservations now. Cost is still only $25 but if you pay prior to September 7, the table is only $20. Get your name on the list now and pay later. Email me at: Email. And of course as usual as we approach the big day we will be looking for volunteers to setup and tear down the venue.

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A note from Darrel regarding Delta Triathlon – Still need a few more operators

> Event:- Tour de Delta White Spot Road Race
> Date:- July 7
> Time:- 0830 – 15:30
> Place:- Tsawwassen
> More Info:- www.tourdedelta.com
> we require operators to help out either for the full race or the ladies race from 0830-1130 or the mens race from 1200-1530.

If you can help out email Darrel at Email

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The under 20 club is always looking for more people to join the fun. 28.020 Sunday at 7:30 pm PDT.

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RAC Bulletin
Scouts National Jamboree – July 5-13, 2013
2013-06-12

Scouts Canada will be holding a National Jamboree in Alberta at Camp Woods Sylvan Lake near Red Deer. We will have an Amateur Radio station and will be using the call signs of VE6JAM and VA6JAM. The Jamboree will be from July 5 to July 13. We will be on HF (JOTA Frequencies), and VHF/UHF and PSK31 and plan on contacting the International Space Station.

73

Ralph Jenkins. VE3RJE

= = = = = = = =

Editor’s Note: JOTA Frequencies

JOTA Phone frequencies 50.160, 28.390, 24.960, 21.360, 18.140, 14.290, 7.090, 7.190, 3.690, 3.940 MHz

JOTA CW frequencies 50.160, 28.280, 24.910, 21.140, 18.080, 14.060, 7.030, 3.570 MHz

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Vernon Ikeda – VE2MBS/VE2QQ
Pointe-Claire, Québec
RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor

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VA7IQ files a report about Stanwood Field Day

Greetings,

I am sending the June 10, 2013 SCARC Net Report as a Adobe PDF Document … Please open the attachment to read the content.. Last evening’s W7PIG NCS was ME !

*** Please read carefully… If you are interested in operating either W7PIG or W7FLY Field Day stations, instructions and qualifications are explained within!***

73 de N7MZ

It is a Beautiful Thing !
My Favorite Field Day Photos !

Best viewed full screen…

Several Weeks before Field Day, and during the complete
overhaul of a Cushcraft A4S Tri-band Yagi, to be used at
Field Day 2011, I asked WA7OYI – Richard who was also working
on the antenna, if he would ride with me to the Arlington Airport,
to find a ultra-light pilot who we could talk into a fly by of the
W7PIG Field day site to shoot a couple aerial photographs.

Dick said “Leave it to me ! I have a friend !”

These aerial photographs were shot by Arnold Marler, a
life long friend of WA7OYI – Dick Arnett… Arnold took off
from the Arlington Airport flying his powered parachute
style ultralight with the sole intent to photo document the
SCARC – W7PIG 2011 Field Day Event…

Thank You Arnold !
You have provided a life long memory for me ! N7MZ

Absolutely Beautiful !!!

CQ, CQ calling CQ Field Day
from W7PIG !!!
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WB0RUR reports the American government has finally stopped eavesdropping on our QSO’s with American hams.

By WBØRUR, on the scene

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia; June 13, 2013 – As news headlines across the country report on the National Security Administration’s controversial cellular telephone and email data collection efforts, the United States’ top high frequency monitoring service is disbanding a little-known program designed to listen in and record data related to ham radio QSOs.

In a classified filing sent to a Congressional oversight committee, the Secret Commission against Airwaves Terrorism (SCAT) says OPERATION RAGCHEW is being stopped immediately. All federal OPERATION RAGCHEW employees are being reassigned to new duties, all receiving equipment is being sold on eBay, and the office coffee pot is being sent over to Human Resources. All collected data is being shredded and dumped in the Pacific Ocean to form a new coral reef near the Solomon Islands. (Note: look for this “atoll” to become a new DXCC entity in the near future.)

An insider (not authorized to speak publicly) tells Ham Hijinks that the whole mess was a disastrous fiasco.

“It seemed like a great idea when it was authorized,” says Mr. X, who declines to be identified. “We listened and recorded key details on thousands of amateur radio communications; both domestic and international. But later, after the security specialists analyzed the first quarter data, we discovered it was a huge waste of time. Seriously. Nothing of value.”

After hours of investigative reporting, Ham Hijinks has uncovered the top 10 most often recorded conversation topics reported by OPERATION RAGCHEW to the Congressional committee.

10) HOW DOES MY SIGNAL SOUND NOW?

9) QSL, WE WENT TO THE GRAND CANYON 10 YEARS AGO ON VACATION

8) THE WEATHER (GOOD, BAD OR OTHERWISE)

7) I THOUGHT I HAD EVERYTHING, BUT HAD TO PURCHASE ONE MORE ITEM

6) I WANT A NEW RIG BUT THE XYL SAYS NO/YES/MAYBE

5) LOTW IS TOO HARD/EASY/NOT AN ISSUE, I DON’T OWN A COMPUTER

4) QRT FOR A BATHROOM BREAK.

3) GALL BLADDER/HERNIA/HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS

2) CHICKENS/GUINEAS/HAMSTERS IN THE YARD HELP CONTROL TICKS

1) WHAT FREQUENCY IS THE INTERNET ON AND WHO IS NET CONTROL THIS WEEK?!

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Have a good and safe weekend everybody and “Happy Fathers Day” to all the dads out there.

 

Hi Everyone:

The meeting tonight is in North Delta. We will keep it on the light side. I got an email earlier in the week booking a table for ComFest for September 29. If your wanting a table for the event, email so I can get your name on the list. $20 per table to club members. Mark your calendars for Thursday July 11. VE7CLX (Mark) will be doing a presentation on the Yaesu FT450 Radio the club purchased. Mark has used our radio quite a bit and then went out and bought his own. Join us that night and find out how it works and ask your questions.

C U tonight at 7
Gord

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A note from Darrel regarding Delta Triathlon

> Event:- Tour de Delta White Spot Road Race
> Date:- July 7
> Time:- 0830 – 15:30
> Place:- Tsawwassen
> More Info:- www.tourdedelta.com
> we require operators to help out either for the full race or the ladies race from 0830-1130 or the mens race from 1200-1530.

If you can help out email Darrel at s-darrth@dccnet.com

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Although still a work in progress we now have some webpages for our special event station Harris Barn on September 7. Check out: http://deltaamateurradio.com/hb/ How about joining us on that day. As I have been saying for a long time, this will be the simplest event you have ever been in. Work from wherever you happen to be that day, work what bands and modes you wish and work as many hours as you can. Email me gdick@telus.net and we will include you in the list you see on the webpage.

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If you haven’t already emailed Darrel about coming to field day please do ASAP as he is putting together the list. s-darrth@dccnet.com

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Darrel showed us an idea he has for some new banners for the club to take out to various events. The left side of the banner will have our logo and the right side will probably have the logo of Delta. We were trying to come up with a catchy phrase for the centre. Have any ideas that describe the society as a whole and not just one area that we cover? Send them along for consideration.

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I will be submitting the name badge order tomorrow (Saturday Sept. 8.) This is your last opportunity to check for errors on the sheet I sent out a few days ago or to order one. gdick@telus.net

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Tropical Storm Andrea begins to lose it’s strength*
2013-06-06

At 10:43pm NT (2013-06-06), Tropical Storm Andrea made landfall over Northern Florida and is already undergoing extratropical transition and likely will not severly impact the Maritimes.

As it tracks near Long Island Friday night, no significant impacts on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are expected.

We will keep you posted as we begin the 2013 Hurricane Season.

73

Doug Mercer VO1DTM/VO1DM CEC
Chief Field Services Officier –
Radio Amateurs of/du Canada
Tel: 709-364-4741
Mobile: 709-697-3319
e-mail: dougvo1dtm@gmail.com

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Have a good week everyone!

Hi Everyone:
The meeting tonight is in Tsawwassen. A bit of business, but will keep it on the light side. Have questions or comments, bring them up tonight. For those who have ordered name tags, tomorrow is your last day for any corrections. I will be submitting the order Saturday.
See you tonight at 7
Gord

Hi Everyone:

I received a call from SMI Electronics today. Has anybody ordered an Anderson Power Pole Contact in the clubs name? If so it has come in and is ready to be picked up.

Can you please call them at 604 533 3967 and let them who you are and when you will pick it up.

The rating on the contact is 10-14 gauge wire and 45 amp.

Thanks
Gord