Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
Meetings
CAARC 50th Anniversary Annual Picnic and Hamfest 2022
Mar 6th
CAARC 50th Anniversary Annual Picnic and Hamfest 2022
The 50th Anniversary Annual Red Deer Amateur Radio Picnic and Hamfest
will be held on June 17, 18, and 19 , 2022.
Radioworld Central has announced they will be attending the Picnic.
Be sure to come and have a QSO with their representative.
Click the blue Radioworld Central above to go to their site
The picnic and hamfest is sponsored by the
Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
Location: Shady Nook Hall
Directions from Red Deer:
Go west on highway # 11 Turn south on RR 283. Take RR 283 south to Township Road 380 and turn right (west) to the hall just past the feed lot. 52*13.904′ N -113* 56.823′ W
Click the blue more options on this map for a Google Maps view to get driving directions from your QTH>
Please click the following link to download a word document to present to businesses for possible door prizes for the picnic.
donor_letter_2022 in word format
click to download the picnic-poster-2022
Raffle tickets for the following draws.
First prize $500.00
Second prize $200.00
Get your raffle tickets from CAARC members for just $5.00 a ticket, tickets also available at the picnic site.
Planning on attending the CAARC Picnic in beautiful Central Alberta?
At the picnic there are plans for family activities, ladies crafts, childrens games and other entertaining ideas. Red Deer and area has many other interesting things to do for visitors. Red Deer has a beautiful walking or biking trail system and natural areas. There is lots of shopping and restaurants, we even have a craft beer tour! Many hotels, motels and campgrounds are available. Check out nearby Sylvan Lake, historic downtown Lacombe or even book a trip on a steam train in Stettler. Please go to www.visitreddeer.com or Travel Alberta https://www.travelalberta.com/ca/ for more info!
CAARC Picnic Tentative Schedule & Prices
June 17, 18 and 19, 2022
Please Note: We are unable to accept any credit or debit cards. Please use cash or cheques
Friday June 17
14:00 – 22:00 Registration and Special Events Station
19:00 – 22:00 Hospitality Hour – campfire, smokies and s’mores.
Saturday June 18
08:00 – 17:00 Registration and Operating SPECIAL EVENTS HF Station VE6QE
10:00 – 12:00 Ladies Coffee and Crafts
10:00 – Fox Hunt
10:30 – 12:00 Tail gate flea market, Vendor tables
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch SARA dogs
13:00 – 14:00 SARA meeting
15:00 – Fox Hunt
14:00 – 15:00 ARES Meeting
16:30 – 18:00 Main hall closed for pot luck supper preparations.
18:00 – 20:00 Main hall pot luck Supper with BARON OF BEEF ROAST provided by the club
– Please bring your own dishes and cutlery, as well as pot luck dish: eg. – salad, side dish or dessert
20:00 – bedtime! Bonfire (Weather and fire restrictions permitting)
Sunday June 19
8:00 – 9:30 Pancake Breakfast. Please bring your own dishes. (Cost – donation at the door)
10:00 -11:00 Kids Games and Egg Toss
11:00 – 12:00 Liars Contest, Raffle and Draw Prizes
Weekend Family pass – $40.00 – Single $25.00
Day Family pass – $20.00 – Single $10.00
Optional – Raffle tickets – $5.00
Have you paid your dues and confirmed your RAC membership to the executive?
Sep 17th
CAARC Membership
Club memberships are due in November. Please submit your dues as shown below.
Club memberships are $25.00 each or $30.00 for a family and are due now. You must be a paid-up member to be eligible to vote at the Annual General meeting in November. Cheques may be mailed to Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club, Box 1103, Red Deer, AB, T4N 6S5. If you prefer, Garry VE6CIA has also agreed to accept e-transfers for club memberships at ve6cia at gmail dot com. This is what we did for the club raffle earlier this year.
Club insurance is due. Please also confirm your RAC membership by email ( ve6cia at gmail dot com ) so we can get the best rate for the club.
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
Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club Fathers Day June Picnic
Apr 12th
Please be advised, the Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club Fathers Day June Picnic has been cancelled till 2021 due to Covid-19.
Canwarn Training
Mar 24th
CANWARN, acronym for CANadian Weather Amateur Radio Network
Please note that CANWARN is not about storm chasing, it is about putting trained eyes at the local level to confirm what is happening under severe weather and communicating that information to the Meteorological Service of Canada.Here’s how CANWARN works in Central Alberta. When the regional weather forecast office (for the prairies this is the Prairie Storm Prediction Centre in Winnipeg, MB) would like to get ground observations of potentially severe thunderstorms they telephone the CANWARN person whom they have listed as the call-out person for the area of interest. In Central Alberta this will be the same people that are listed as ARES emergency coordinators. All Central Alberta and Olds ARES EC’s are trained CANWARN network controllers. The mechanics of how the net operates, local hams are notified and how their weather reports are forwarded to the forecast office are up to the CANWARN net controller. CANWARN Net Control may relay the observations or may elect to use a phone  to put the forecasters and amateur observer in direct contact.Typically, the person contacted by the Meteorological Service of Canada notifies the affected-area CANWARN hams who then radio their weather reports to their CANWARN Net Control Net. Net control then forwards the weather observations to the weather forecast office on a dedicated 1-800 phone number. As the storm moves along, reports would hopefully still come in from either stationary or mobile spotters allowing weather forecasters to continually compare the Carvel and Strathmore Doppler radar to what is being observed at ground level (below the radar horizon) and adjust their weather forecasts, Watches and Warnings accordingly.
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-Â 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
Club General Meeting Draw
Nov 23rd
Come to the next Club General Meeting November 18, 2015 to qualify for a $1.00 draw ticket for an Icom IC-229H VHF mobile radio.
One ticket per person, must be there to win. Hope to see you all there.
Congratulations to the winner  Rick VE6RAK  Enjoy the radio Rick!
New Brochure for the Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
May 18th
I have produced a new Brochure for the Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club.
To download a color printable PDF document of the Club Advertising brochure complete with hot links back
to the web site  click this link
or check the second Tab under Site Tools menu.
Bob VE6BLD. Webmaster
