Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
VE6BLD
Welcome to the CAARC web site. I have been a Ham since 1978 and I am active on most modes from HF to UHF Satellite communications.
Posts by VE6BLD
Next CAARC ANNUAL general meeting will be Wednesday November 18, 2020 07:30pm
Oct 17th
The next CAARC general meeting will be Wednesday October 21, 2020 07:30pm on the CAARC VE6QE repeater system.
Everyone welcome.
VE6BLD multi-coax junction box on my tower
Oct 16th
I have just completed building and installing a multi-coax junction box on my tower. I have 9 coaxes coming down the tower and feeding through a 4 inch pvc conduit to the basement. Every time a thunderstorm approached I would have to go behind my operating desk in the shack and disconnect them all. Two of the lines are 7/8 inch hardline with 1/4 inch solid core center conductor. Any lightning strike would have a direct path to the shack- not great!! I had an old aluminum weather proof box which was used for a chart recorder in a town pump house. Please see the pictures for the construction and finished product. There is also another WP box three feet away to connect the coaxes from the house to a grounding bar during bad weather. The red banana plugs ground the disconnected coax coming down the tower after they are disconnected. This way there is no path for the lightning to enter the house through the coaxes.
Correction in Club Name to Use
Jul 2nd
Would you post the following for me? I seem to be caught in an endless loop of verifying myself.
John
Correction in Club Name to Use
CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day`
Garry VE6CIA told me first. When we use the web applet to report our results, when filling in Club/Group Name, when we start typing “Central Alberta”, a list of possible completions is presented. One of the choices is Central Alberta ARC. Go with that, don’t fight it! Then the ARRL will add our individual scores to derive our club score.
John VA6SJA
NET CONTROL DATE SLOTS CHANGE
Jul 2nd
Please check your time slot for net control as Jayne VA6JML has requested to be temporarily removed.
Also please download a new copy of the suggested net script.
Thanks
Bob
CAARC Net Controller
VE6GHP ESTATE FOR SALE
Jun 14th
Click pictures for description
Contact Garry VE6CIA for more information
email—ve6cia at gmail dot com
phone—three four three one nine three zero.
Be sure to check both pages!
Snow birds fly over VE6BLD in Lacombe
May 16th
The Canadian Snow birds flew over Lacombe in support of all the front line covid 19 workers.
Click the video below
Click the following link to watch full video from my YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeRi082bclQ
ARISS is live now: ISS Space Chat – Airdrie Space Science Camp 5-15-2020
May 15th
CHECK OUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CONTACT WITH STUDENTS IN AIRDRIE ALBERTA
This will be the second test of the new-style radio contact, called Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio. The concept was developed for distance learning when schools closed worldwide due to COVID-19. The virus eliminated all opportunities for ARISS radio contacts at education organizations. A new ARISS telebridge radio ground station will be used this time, this operated by John Sygo, amateur radio call sign ZS6JON, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
Apr 24th
There are more than 2,000 active satellites orbiting Earth. At the end of their useful lives, many will simply burn up as they reenter the atmosphere. But some will continue circling as “zombie” satellites — neither alive nor quite dead.
“Most zombie satellites are satellites that are no longer under human control, or have failed to some degree,” says Scott Tilley.
Tilley, an amateur radio operator living in Canada, has a passion for hunting them down.
Click this link to read the complete story.
Bob VE6BLD
Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club Fathers Day June Picnic
Apr 12th
