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Bill VE6OLD SK
Jan 1st
Hello – I received a phone call this morning from Carole Guthrie with the sad news of Bill VE6OLD’s death. Bill Guthrie was a long time member of CAARC and was very active in club activities until ill health slowed him down. Bill was a fixture at club picnics, serving up SARA dogs with a smile! He always had lots to sell at any of the flea markets and was on the air all the time when he was still working, driving from one job to another. Bill was a past president and one of the founding members of SARA. Bill’s voice will live on, on the VE6REP repeater controller. He will definitely be missed!
Because of Covid restrictions, there will be a small family service. Condolences can be posted on the Wilson’s Funeral Home website on the Tribute wall. Donations maybe made in Bill’s memory to the Canadian Cancer Society
Obituary posted for Ian “Bill” William Guthrie. See http://www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca/obituary/IanBill-Guthrie
73’s
Sandy Jacobs
CAARC President
RAC Basic amateur radio course
Dec 31st
Registration for Winter 2021 RAC Basic Course is closing soon
https://www.rac.ca/rac-basic-amateur-radio-course-winter-2021/
For immediate release:
Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Amateur Radio course so that individuals from all across Canada can obtain their Amateur Radio Operator Certificate with Basic Qualification while continuing to practise social/physical distancing.
Date: The course will start on Thursday, January 14 and will finish in late March. Registration is still open but it will be closing soon.
Time: Classes will be held on Thursday evenings from 6 pm to 8:30 (1800 – 2030) Eastern Time (1900 – 2130 Atlantic Time) and Sunday afternoons 1 pm to 3:30 pm (1300 – 1530) Eastern Time (1400 – 1630 Atlantic Time).
Cost: The registration fee for the course is $50 plus GST/HST. The cost of the Basic Study Guide is extra and an order link will be provided upon completion of payment.
Background information:
The course will again be conducted with the assistance of the Annapolis Valley Amateur Radio Club (AVARC) of Nova Scotia.
This course prepares students for the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Basic Qualification Level Operator Certificate exam to operate on allocated Amateur Radio frequencies.
Course material pertaining to all topics covered in the course syllabus will be provided to all registered students. Students must have a copy of the Canadian Amateur Radio Basic Qualification Study Guide provided by Coax Publications. For more information please visit the RAC Study Guides webpage.
It is essential that all students have the necessary equipment and bandwidth capable of taking the course – at least a tablet or PC and a DSL broadband connection.
Instruction:
The course will use the GoToMeeting web-based service. Students will receive instructions on how to log on to the online sessions once they have registered for the course. Classes will be recorded, so occasional absences are not a problem.
The course instructor is Al Penney, VO1NO. Al was first licensed in 1977 and has been active in many areas of Amateur Radio including contesting, DXing, VHF/UHF weak signal, satellites, emergency communications and DXpeditioning. He has served as the President of six different Amateur Radio clubs in both Canada and the United States and currently chairs the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 Band Planning Committee. Al has taught the Basic Qualification Amateur Radio Course since 1994.
Complete information about the course and a downloadable copy of the course syllabus are available at:
https://www.rac.ca/rac-basic-amateur-radio-course-winter-2021/
Other Amateur Radio Courses:
Amateur Radio Basic and Advanced Qualification courses are also now being provided both online and in person by Canadian Amateur Radio Clubs and organizations. Please visit the Amateur Radio Courses webpage for more information at the link provided below.
https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-courses/
Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA
RAC President and Chair
Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director
www.rac.ca
720 Belfast Road, #217
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5
613-244-4367, 1- 877-273-8304
raccomms@gmail.com
Stolen repeater
Oct 4th
The Border Communications Group suffered a loss of equiment a short time ago. 1- Yaesu DR-1X repeater, 1- Arcom 210 controller, 1- CDM750 UHF and 1-CDM 1550LS Motorola mobile radios and 1 Solar Panel Charge Controller from an active repeater site. All interface cables also were taken. Cables were custom configuration to allow special features. (Southern Alberta)
Anybody hearing of a great deal on a Yaesu repeater and / or controller . . . .be aware. It may be stolen.
CAARC Raffle
Jun 22nd
Congratulations to Ernest VE6EC for winning the $500 and Jeff VA6JL for winning the $200 CAARC raffle draw Sunday.
Buy A Book Raffle
Apr 11th
SOLD OUT!! Thanks all who supported out cause…Garry VE6CIA
“Buy a Book Raffle”
Please be advised, the Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club Fathers Day June Picnic has been cancelled till 2021 due to Covid-19.
In order to proceed with the club raffle, which was already underway, we wish to appeal to Amateurs all over Alberta to help us continue with the raffle, without losing money, since we would normally sell most of the tickets at the picnic.
This is our “Buy a Book” bail us out offer.
The tickets are in books of 10 tickets @ $5.00 each, so a book is $50.00.
First prize is $500 and second prize is $200 for each ticket. Only 400 tickets available.
You can etransfer $50.00 to ve6cia@gmail.com. Be sure to put your email address and the name you want on the tickets, in the message of your etransfer, as it doesn’t always come automatically.
He will fill out your 10 tickets and email back a scan of them, all filled out, and they will, personally guaranteed, go in the draw. In the unlikely event they are sold out, we will immediately advertise the raffle is closed. Should we receive an etransfer after sellout, your money will be refunded. It will be open otherwise, till Sun. June 14, 2020 and the draw will be Sunday June 21, 2020 as advertised on the ticket. AGLC licence #555551.
The videotaped and publicly posted draw, will be held in the presence of 4-5 CAARC executive members that are 6′ apart (if that still applies by then).
The raffle is open ONLY to all Alberta residents over the age of majority. They need not be licenced radio amateurs.
Cochrane Winter Rally 2020
Feb 1st
There is an opportunities for public service at the upcoming Cochrane Winter Rally. This event is sponsored by the Calgary Sports Car Club and is one of the best radio service events of the winter season. Some of you have already helped us to advertise this event, so please accept my thanks for the efforts that you have made to date.
I am helping to organize the rally and one of my responsibilities is to recruit radio operators for the event. The rallies are some of the best field radio operations opportunities available to the Amateur Radio community in our region. They are challenging, fun, and a great way to test your equipment and skills in “real world” conditions. I hope that members of your club will consider joining us.
This year’s event takes place on Sunday 08 March in the Waiparous region northwest of Cochrane. Radio operators are needed to provide communication services and safety observation at various locations throughout the course. Training is provided, so no prior experience is required.
Additional information is available at the URLs noted below. Please consider circulating this invitation among your club’s members.
General event information is posted on the Rallywest website, at:
https://www.rallywest.com/events
Information that is specific to radio operators is posted in the following forum:
Registration instructions have been posted in this forum. Anyone interested in helping at the rally should check this forum regularly for updates.
Thank you for your assistance and please contact me with any questions you may have.
73,
Garry, VE6GDS
VE6GDS@gmail.com
Basic Amateur Course 2020
Jan 20th
Due to lack of registrations (one) this course will be visited again next year.
Please see http://www.clares.ca/self/index.html to take the free online version and contact any accredited examiner when you are ready to write.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/025.nsf/eng/h_00004.html
Thanks…Garry VE6CIA
VE6XY silent key
Sep 19th
A funeral service for VE6XY Rod Lins President of CAARC was held on Friday the 27th of Sept. 2019 at Wilson’s Funeral Home Lacombe, AB.
