Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
General News
AMATEUR RADIO PODCAST EPISODE 373 – PAUL MOWER – VA6MPM
Oct 31st
Paul Mower, VA6MPM, treks across the Canadian Rockies.
SARA Flea Market
Sep 17th
The SARA Flea Market in Calgary this October has been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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
Silent Key VE6BJK
Sep 12th
On Monday September 6th, 2021, Louis (Lou) William Maga, loving husband, devoted father, passed away at age 83.
Louie was a very important member of the Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club (CARL originally) for many years. I remember helping him install his tower on the west side of the house and he always had a big smile and wonderful laugh. He was always helping with all club activities for many years. I was so glad I had an hour visit with him on his porch just a few weeks ago when I bought some new RV batteries. I know he will be sadly missed.
CAARC Social – August 28
Aug 3rd
Hi Everyone,
At the last club meeting way back in May, it was suggested that we have a late summer get together. Saturday, August 28 seems to work for many people and John VE6HPY has offered to host it at his place.
We are planning a low key event from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring your lawn chairs, a beverage of your choice and whatever snacks you may wish to bring. We are planning a fire and John does have extra weenie sticks. Because of Covid, the club executive felt it was best to keep things simple for this get together. In the event of rain we could go into one of John’s sheds. Please RSVP to either myself or to John to give us an idea of numbers.
John’s cell is 403 304 3963 and his address is 39126 RR 280, HWY 11A, Red Deer County. From Red Deer, go west on Hwy 11A and turn right at RR280, go north until you see a long lane lined with trees on the west side.
This will give us all a chance to have a visit and enjoy an evening together. Hope to see you there!
Sandy Jacobs,
VE6SND
CAARC Club President
DF Loop Construction Project
Jul 17th
I have been having issues with RFI across the HF spectrum at my QTH, and having killed the house power at the main breaker, the RFI was still present, so I decided to build a direction-finding (DF) antenna to attempt to locate the source.
A quick web search yielded a link to the ARRL, with design notes to build such an antenna.
I used what parts I found in the junkbox, and it took 2-3 hours to build. The tuning is quite sharp, so I may add a slow motion drive to make tuning easier.
The next step will be to wander the neighbourhood, waving the DF loop around, and likely get some odd looks from the neighbours.
DF loop antenna
Tuning unit with variable and fixed capacitors
Field Day Pictures 2021
Jul 5th
Thanks to everyone who submitted these pictures. Be sure to check all four pages at the bottom of the first page for all the pictures.
These are the field day results as submitted to ARRL (Thanks VA6SGL ) Great job everyone!
Provinces and states worked.
Field Day Update.
Jul 5th
