Hello all. The next CAARC General Meeting will be on Wed Nov 18 at 19:00 hours. There will be a draw for a new Baofeng UV-29 Pro Max
September 1978.
The annual general meeting and potluck supper were held at the Senior Citizens Downtown House on Ross Street. A C.W. Public Service Net is to start on October 2, 1978 on 3.680 MHZ at 0230 UTC Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This net is at 10 wpm so will be great practice for everyone improving his or her code for the Advanced License. C.A.R.L. will be holding theory classes at the Red Deer College again this fall starting October 3 1978. Cost is $35.00 for 10 weeks. The annual CARL picnic become a very popular event and was well attended by local and province wide amateurs alike.
The 1979 executive of CARL consisted of Len VE6CGE President, Bob VE6BLD Vice President, Louis VE6BJK Treasurer, Ralph VE6BFQ Secretary, Brian VE6CKC director , Elmer VE6UK director, Pat VE6BAF director, Bert VE6BGF Public Relations. Meetings were held at the Seniors Downtown House in Red Deer.
In the spring of 1980 Len VE6CGE was transferred to Edmonton and Bob VE6BLD stepped in as President for the remainder of the year.
During the picnic of 1980 Bob VE6BLD accepted the President’s Award on behalf of the CARL club from the Amateur Radio League of Alberta for the great success of the many previous annual Red Deer Picnics .
Spring 1980.
A number of CARL senior members agree to establish the Senior Parkview Radio Club and obtain a large grant from the New Horizons funding program to set up a new repeater in the area.
During the year CARL entered into an agreement with the Inspection Services Dept. of the County of Red Deer to help set up, install and maintain an All Purpose Public Service Transporter. In July 1980 the club ordered $2500.00 worth of Ham equipment from Glenwood Trading Co Ltd. and installed it in the county Disaster Bus as it became known. The bus was always used at the picnic and was taken to many areas of the county for disaster training.
Fall 1993.
VE6PZ Repeater is activated on top of Baldy mountain 5 km NW of Nordegg. The site is at 6800 ft and is using a 2104c antenna at 60 feet. The frequency is 145.210mhz. Brian VE6CKC reports the net is averaging from 23 to 37 checkins on a regular basis. The executive for the year are as follows: Pres——-VE6BJH Blair
Vice Pres-VE6QA Jim
Past PresVE6ALD Pat
Sec———VE6SND Sandy
Tres——–VE6IHW Ivan
As the club grew and progressed with the times a two-meter repeater was built by members and installed in the Red Deer area. Over the years the system has been rebuilt and upgraded by Skip VE6BGT and other volunteers . It is now regarded as one of the most reliable and modern linked systems in Alberta. In the spring of 1978 Brian VE6CKC volunteered to operate a new 2-meter net that the club agreed to operate. After a slow start the net became very well supported after formally restarting in the fall of 1978 on Sunday October 1, at 8:30 PM local time. Brian and a number of other members including Clarence VE6BHR, Bob VE6BLD, Al VE6OX, Pat VE6ALD, Sue VE6SJD , Garry VE6SNL, Garry VE6PNQ and a few others continued to keep the net running to this day on Monday evenings at 8:30 PM local time. A local swap and shop has also been operated after the net for many years.
In 1995 CARL celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Red Deer Picnic and a great time was had by all that attended. We obtained the special events call sign CF6RDP and many stations were worked from the picnic site using that call.
On behalf of the CARL club I thank you for this opportunity to give you a small part of the history of the Central Alberta Radio League since it’s inception in October , 1955.
73 , Bob VE6BLD