No Delta ARS meeting June 4, instead we will be holding our Burger & Brew at Sundance, 6574 Ladner Trunk Rd, Delta. Do you have your tickets?

Upcoming Events:

June 11, North Delta, Ralph, VE7XF will talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
June 18, South Delta, Ralph may not be able to repeat his informative talk on contesting techniques. Cable Testing of antenna feedlines for Field Day will go ahead.
July 12, Tour de Delta
October 4, ComFest
October 15, Bowling night?

May 28 meeting will be 1900 at the Public Safety Building, 11375 84 Ave.

Do you have your Burger & Brew tickets? Bring a friend! Don’t forget, one of the Silent Auction items is an IC-31A UHF D-STAR capable portable courtesy of Doug VA7DJ! Successful bidder will be required to have an Amateur Radio Certificate.

Agenda:
June 4, Burger & Brew – Tickets available this evening
June 11, North Delta, Ralph, VE7XF will talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
June 18, South Delta, Ralphrepeats his informative talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
July 12, Tour de Delta
October 4, ComFest
Open forum, member’s items

Tonight’s entertainment has been brought to you at great expense, all the way from Langley! We’ll keep the talk short as Steve VE7SGW will be presenting “N1MM Plus” night in the big room. Everyone planning to work Field Day should attend. Those bringing laptops should open N1MM Plus and ensure you have the latest revision. Club members not working Field Day should still come out, it’s a great chance to learn N1MM Plus for other contests or personal logging.

Tour de Delta: Michelle is in need of more volunteers for the Tour de Delta.
Tour de Delta is an amazing three day event that brings together cyclists from all over the globe for three incredibly exciting races. If you have not yet attended any of the Tour de Delta events, I highly recommend that you make a point of attending this year!

If you are able to volunteer for any portion of this three day event, register now.
If you plan to be with radio on the 12th, contact Darrel VE7CUS.
If you would like to volunteer the other two days please let Michelle know as soon as possible.

NO PIC needed for this event!

Michelle Hebein
Tour de Delta Volunteer Director
mhebein@delta.ca mhebein@delta.ca>
604-946-3307
604-346-5386

Coquitlam Amateur Radio Club will host an open house May 24 starting at 10AM.

For details, please go to:
http://ve7scc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CARESS_OPEN_HOUSE.pdf

May 21 meeting will be 1900 at South Delta CoPS, 1108 56 St. What will the Coded Words opening be tonight?

Do you have your Burger & Brew tickets? Bring a friend! Don’t forget, one of the Silent Auction items is an IC-31A UHF D-STAR capable portable courtesy of Doug VA7DJ! Successful bidder will be required to have an Amateur Radio Certificate.

Agenda:
May 24, Ladner May Days Parade
May 28, Steve, VE7SGW presents N1MM Plus
June 4, Burger & Brew – Tickets available this evening
June 11, North Delta, Ralph, VE7XF will talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
June 18, South Delta, Ralphrepeats his informative talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
October 4, ComFest
Open forum, member’s items

Ladner May Days Parade May 24. This is an open event (non-Corp Delta), no yellow shirts. So far we have Ted VE7ZZV, Tom VE7DID, Jeanne VA7QLT, Rand VE7HRA, Mark VE7CLX Horst VE7AFW, Bob VA7BJC, Dave VE7HR, John VE7JNH,Chris VE7QCS and me VE7WLF or VCE7TP (I’m having an identity crisis!).

Ken, VE7BC still needs operators for the May 23 Hyack Parade in New Westminster (had some cancellations). Contact Ken Clarke kenjclarke@shaw.ca kenjclarke@shaw.ca> 604-816-5775 (cell, texting is good)

May 14 meeting will be 1900 at South Delta CoPS, 1108 56 St. What will the Coded Words opening be tonight?

Do you have your Burger & Brew tickets? Bring a friend! Don’t forget, one of the Silent Auction items is an IC-31A UHF D-STAR capable portable courtesy of Doug VA7DJ! Successful bidder will be required to have an Amateur Radio Certificate.

Agenda:
May 24, Ladner May Days Parade
May 28, Steve, VE7SGW presents N1MM Plus
June 4, Burger & Brew – Tickets available this evening
June 11, North Delta, Ralph, VE7XF will talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
June 18, South Delta, Ralphrepeats his informative talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
October 4, ComFest
Open forum, member’s items

Ladner May Days Parade May 24. This is an open event (non-Corp Delta), no yellow shirts. So far we have Ted VE7ZZV, Tom VE7DID, Jeanne VA7QLT, Rand VE7HRA, Mark VE7CLX Horst VE7AFW, Bob VA7BJC, Dave VE7HR, John VE7JNH,Chris VE7QCS and me VE7WLF or VCE7TP (I’m having an identity crisis!).

Ken, VE7BC still needs operators for the May 23 Hyack Parade in New Westminster (had some cancellations). Contact Ken Clarke kenjclarke@shaw.ca kenjclarke@shaw.ca> 604-816-5775 (cell, texting is good)

May 14 meeting will be “tapped in,” 1900 at the Public Safety Building 11375 84 Ave.

Agenda:

May 15, Police Week
May 24, Ladner May Days Parade
May 28, Steve, VE7SGW presents N1MM Plus
June 4, Burger & Brew – Tickets available this evening
June 11, North Delta, Ralph, VE7XF will talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
June 18, South Delta, Ralphrepeats his informative talk on contesting techniques for Field Day. Also this evening, “Cable Testing” of antenna feedlines you plan to use on Field Day
October 4, ComFest
Open forum, member’s items

Ladner May Days Parade May 24. This is an open event (non-Corp Delta), no yellow shirts. So far we have Ted VE7ZZV, Tom VE7DID, Jeanne VA7QLT, Rand VE7HRA and Mark VE7CLX. We could use some more volunteers. Contact me via email: ve7wlf@gmail.com ve7wlf@gmail.com>.

Ken, VE7BC is in need of operators for the May 23 Hyack Parade in New Westminster. Contact Ken Clarke kenjclarke@shaw.ca kenjclarke@shaw.ca> 604-816-5775 (cell, texting is good)

May 7 meeting will be held at South Delta CoPS, 1108 56 St.

The meeting will be tapped in at 1900.

Agenda:

May 15, Police Week
May 24, Ladner May Days Parade
May 28, Steve, VE7SGW presents N1MM Plus
June 4, Burger & Brew – Tickets available this evening
Open forum, member’s items

Call for volunteers for Ladner May Days Parade May 24. This is an open event (non-Corp Delta), no yellow shirts. Details to follow but expect to be in place 1030 to 1300. AND, there’s a great pancake breakfast before! Contact me via email: ve7wlf@gmail.com ve7wlf@gmail.com>.

Also, Ken, VE7BC is in need of about 25 operators for the Hyack Parade in New Westminster. Further details as the event draws closer. Contact Ken Clarke kenjclarke@shaw.ca kenjclarke@shaw.ca> 604-816-5775 (cell, texting is good)

April 23 meeting will be held at South Delta CoPS, 1108 56 St.

We expect Dave, AHT to tap the meeting in at 1900.

Agenda:
Saturday, April 25 Delta Triathlon
May 4, Quake Cottage in conjunction with EP Week
May 15, Police Week
May 24, Ladner May Days Parade
May 28, Steve, VE7SGW presents N1MM Plus
June 4, Burger & Brew – Tickets available this evening
Field Day
Open forum, member’s items

April 16 meeting will be at the North Delta Public Safety Building 11375 84 Ave. Please remember to sign in at the main floor desk.

There are a number of items from today’s Emergency Planners meeting and the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Team Meeting as well as reports from the three Corporation of Delta open house events.

April 25: Delta Triathlon: We could use a few more volunteers. Please contact Darrel directly at s-darrth@dccnet.com s-darrth@dccnet.com>

Burger and Brew tickets for June 4 will be available.

Committee reports, hobby stuff and if time and the big room are available, “How to set-up the grab and go kits.”
73

Doug ~ ve7wlf

The new VE7SUN Yaesu repeater was installed today, April 7. The frequency and tone remain the same, 147.340+ T 107.2
The repeater is presently operating in the all mode functionality. This means that if anyone has a new Yaesu mobile or portable you will be able to use the digital functionality or standard FM. The repeater will sort this out and function in both modes.

For those of us to using FM, this means if someone is using the digital function, you will hear a bunch of garbage coming out of your radio.

To fix this, you should put CTCCS on the receive side of your mobile or portable. This will prevent you from hearing the digital noise, although the channel will still be busy.

The repeater also uses TONE to access the repeater so the bottom line is you should have TONE AND SQUELCH programmed into your radio ie: TX and RX.

Theoretically the repeater performance SHOULD be about the same. Let us know if you are having problems. With all of the construction at the ND REC center there could be some areas which might have deteriorated.

Also, the 147.340+ and 444.425+ repeaters are no longer tied together. This may change in the future.

If you want to find out about the nitty gritty of the repeater, google YAESU DR-1X

Thanks to Tom ve7did for heading the project as well as Stewart va7sjt and Doug va7dj for assisting in the move. They had to relocate the repeater although the antenna is still in the same location.