The next CAARC general meeting will be on Wed. April 17th at 7.30 PM.

Hello all.

The  next CAARC  General Meeting will be on Wed April 17th at 19:30 hours. Meet after 19:00 hours at the Calder School at Sunnybrook Farm 2879 Botterill Crescent .  The Calder School entrance is behind Sims Furniture just north of the Bower mall at the south end of Red Deer.

There will be a zoom available for this meeting. Watch for an email from Don VE6HQ with the zoom link.

The gates will be open for 1900.

Hope to see you at the meeting!

Don VA6HQ

We have planned an important and pertinent technical presentation by Greg McKinney, VA6GMC

Radio construction, antenna installation, test equipment fabrication and RF operations has been a part of amateur radio operations since its inception over a hundred years ago.  Importantly, amateur radio operators have obligation to eliminate RF interference during RF operations and equipment testing. Greg will present  construction methods and project results for a RF dummy load he has designed for use within his station.  In addition, Greg will discuss practical and required workshop safety procedures, best practices and workflow techniques to ensure our “homebrew” construction projects are successful and occur without incident or injury.

Please plan to attend the CAARC April meeting to participate in this information session.

 

 

Long Island amateur radio operators to help with NASA study during Monday’s total solar eclipse

Long Island amateur radio operators to help with NASA study during Monday’s total solar eclipse

 

Click this link to see the full story.

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/eclipse-ham-radio-gps-nasa-tedjbhu7

World Amateur Radio Day, April 18, 2024

Have you ever wanted to operate one of the Radio Amateurs of Canada callsigns, well now may be your chance. World Amateur Radio Day takes place April 18, 2024, and I am looking for volunteers to operate VE6RAC. You’re welcome to operate for the full 24h duration but, even if you can only manage a 2-4h slot, I want to hear from you.

The stipulations to operate VE6RAC are as follows:

  1. Be a paid up member of Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)
  2. Be able to submit a log of contacts made, so RAC can send QSL cards.

There’s no restriction on band or mode.

Interested? Then reach out to me dir.alberta.northwest.nunavut@rac.ca

CAARC March 2024 Technical Presentation

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New CAARC Executive and winner of the new handheld.

The November AGM was held on Wed Nov 15 with a great turnout. The draw for the new handheld radio donated by Mike VE6MIM was won by Tadd who is working on getting his license, CONGRATULATIONS. We hope to hear you on the repeater soon.

New CAARC President Don VE6HQ

Don VE6HQ

 

MikeVE6MIM presenting new Handheld to Tadd.

 

 

New 2023-2024 executive

Click this link to see the new executive.

Ham Radio can help

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cimate-change-telecommunications-ham-radio-help-1.6884108

ARRL FIELD DAY RESULTS

The CAARC entry for 2023 ARRL Field Day has been submitted. We came in with an overall score of 966 points.

The image below is from the ARRL Field Day entry page.

A big thank you to all who took time to operate, especially Bob VE6BLD, and to all helped with the setup and teardown.

73

Steve VA6SGL