Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
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CAARC Members receive awards for volunteering during the last year.
Dec 20th
CAARC Members receive awards for volunteering during the last year. Congratulations to the members who received Volunteer Service and Volunteer Service with Excellence awards.
Congratulations to Doug VE6DJC on winning the GIZMO! We look forward to seeing what he adds to it for next year’s Christmas dinner!
CAARC Annual General Meeting Nov 16, 2016
Nov 19th
The CAARC Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday November 16,2016 .
The new CAARC executive was elected as shown below.
Picture taken by Skip VE6BGT
Thankyou to everyone for letting your name stand for these important positions.
A special thank you to Stephen Lee VA6SGL for volunteering
as our new Emergency Coordinator
CAARC Executive for 2016 – 2017
President– Stephen Lee VA6SGL
Past President Bob King VE6BLD
Vice President– Rod Lins VE6XY
Secretary– Sandy Jacobs VE6SND
Treasurer– Karen McKinney VA6LDY
Directors
- Brian Davies VE6CKC
- Garry Jacobs VE6CIA
- John VA6SJA
- Bill VA6BLL
- Mike Mailiot VE6MIM
Appointments
Repeaters
Skip MacAulay VE6BGT
Emergency Coordinator
Stephen Lee VA6SGL
Publicity
Bob King VE6BLD
Webmaster
Bob King VE6BLD
Net Control
Bob King VE6BLD
Have you paid your dues?
Nov 13th
CAARC Membership
We have noticed that there are a lot of members who have not paid their annual membership dues over the last couple of years. Please help keep your repeaters and club active by submitting your membership dues at the Picnic, the November meeting or the December pot luck supper. You can also download the CAARC membership and renewal form under the “Site tools” tab and send your dues by snail mail to the listed address on the bottom of the form or bring it to the meeting. Your support helps keep your repeaters operating and your club active.
Thank you from your executive
73 CAARC Executive
New volunteer net control operator
Apr 19th
We have a new volunteer for the Monday evening net controller.
Thanks to Maria VA6TFL for your willingness to help with the net.
Any other volunteers would be welcomed to add to the list.
Thanks to the five other net controllers for taking your turn.
Please check Updated Net Controller List under the Net info TAB
73
Bob VE6BLD
CAARC Net Controller Co-ordinator
All Band portable antenna
Dec 8th
Portable All Band Antenna
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manually adjustable for any HF frequency band 7 – 30 MHz
plus VHF & UHF bands 50 MHz / 144 MHz / 440 MHz
New CAARC Executive for 2015 – 2016
Nov 24th
The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday Nov 18th at the Red Deer Search and Rescue. Congratulations to the members who were elected to the new executive.
CAARC Executive for 2015 – 2016
Past President Bob King VE6BLD
President– Stephen Lee VA6SGL
Vice President– Rod Lins VE6XY
Secretary– Sandy Jacobs VE6SND
Treasurer– Karen McKinney VA6LDY
Directors
- Brian Davies VE6CKC
- Garry Jacobs VE6CIA
- Greg McKinney VA6GMC
- Jeff Low VA6JL
- Mike Mailiot VE6MIM
Appointments
Repeaters
Skip MacAulay VE6BGT
Emergency Coordinator
Jeff Low VA6JL
Publicity
Bob King VE6BLD
Webmaster
Bob King VE6BLD
Net Control
Bob King VE6BLD
Maxdroid
Sep 9th
Maxdroid
Modification to add a digital display and continuous frequency selection to VHF/UHF Maxtrac transceivers.
By
Avinoam Albo, 4X1HF Avinoam.albo@gmail.com
December 2014
Conversion of a Maxtrac to a transceiver with display and frequency selection
In this article I will explain how to convert the venerable Maxtrac to a rig more user friendly to radio amateurs. The modification requires the addition of only a few inexpensive and easily available components. When the modification is completed you will have a rig with digital display and frequency selection enabling continuous coverage over the whole range of frequencies where the VCO locks. An external programmer is no longer needed.
Disclaimer: Carrying out the modification described requires basic electronics skills. Any modifications are the sole responsibility of the technician. This modification will likely void type certification for commercial radio service. This article does not make any specific claims or recommendations.
Specifications of the transceiver after this modification
- Digital display
- Continuous frequency selection
- Selection of transmitter output power (2 levels or more)
- Selection using VFO or memories
- Selection of VFO frequency steps (5K, 10K, etc.)
- Receive PL (on/off)
- Scanning and saving frequencies to memory (future)
Required Components
- Maxtrac VHF or UHF
- Arduino Nano 328 controller
- Rotary encoder
- LCD 08 X 02 (8 characters x 2 lines)
- 3K, 4.7K, 8.2K, 10K resistors
- Fine gauge insulated hookup wire such as wire wrap wire
Programming the transceiver More >
Horizontal Quad Antenna
Sep 8th
Horizontal Quad Antenna
By: Eli Kovo, 4X4LH (originally published in the IARC newsletter 08/2015 “HaGal” and used with permission of the author. Translated by: Earl, VA6TJ)
I recently came across an article in an issue of “73 Magazine” from 1978 raving about an antenna called “The German Quad” which [at that time] was used by about half the hams in Germany. Below I summarize the main points of the article.
The first thing about this antenna is that it works without a tuner on 6 bands, from 10m to 80m and also on 2m. I could not find confirmation that it works on 6m however I am confident that it will also transmit on that band. Compared to a symmetrical dipole, the horizontal quad has the advantage that it can be fed anywhere, even at a point close to the shack as in illustration 1.
Guest Operation in Brazil during FIFA 2014 World Cup
Jun 9th
Guest Operation in Brazil during FIFA 2014 World Cup
2014/06/09
The Brazilian Amateur Radio League – LABRE – has filed a request and obtained special permission from ANATEL, the Brazilian Telecommunication authority for foreign amateurs wishing to operate during the FIFA World Cup.
Radio amateur operators who visit Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be able to be on air without bureaucracy. During June and July, any foreign amateur will be able to operate in Brazil regardless of the existence of reciprocity agreement between countries. No IARP or CEPT license are necessary and no fees are required.
Amateurs who wish to operate in Brazil must send to LABRE the following documents
– Copy of a valid passport (identification pages)
– Copy of amateur radio license of his/her country
– List of cities in which he/she intends to operate and the respective periods
– Email address for contact
The documents must be scanned and sent to executiva@labre.org.br
For further information, contact George Gorsline, VE3YV RAC International Affairs Officer.
VE3YV@rac.ca