Emitter · 2015-12-11 · Emitter November 2007 Published by the Northern Alberta Radio Club PO Box 163, Station Main Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T5J 2J1. Tel: (780) 467-1333 Canada

Emitter

November 2007

Published by the Northern Alberta Radio Club PO Box 163, Station Main Edmonton, Alberta

Canada, T5J 2J1. Tel: (780) 467-1333

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Information & Resource Material for Amateur Radio

Glorious weather for the 2007 Jamboree on the Air

RAC Alberta, NWT & NU Director Brian Nilsson VE6RNR e-mail to [email protected]

RAC Assistant Director (Edmonton Area) David Evans VE6DXX e-mail to [email protected]

RAC Section Manager Thomas Martens VE6TRM e-mail to [email protected]

RAC District Emergency Coordinator James Ewen VE6SRV (Northern Alberta)

RAC Emergency Coordinator (ARES - Edmonton Region) Tom Cox VE6TOX

NORTHERN ALBERTA RADIO CLUB

President: Bruce Donovan VE6NDA [email protected] Vice President Patrick VE6PIE [email protected] Secretary Lorraine Sabourin VE6MSL 467-8679 Treasurer Bruce Aubert VE6SA 437-1603 Past President Carl Gill VE6GGG 428-5422 Emergency Communications Director David Evans VE6DXX 922-0880 Operations Director Ray Semenoff VE6RHS 440-1427 Webmaster Bruce Donovan VE6NDA [email protected] Activities Director Gern Sabourin VA6HGS 467-8679 Public Service Director Paul Duczynski VE6PDD 455-2763 Public Relations Director Glen Chapman VA6GWC [email protected] Program Director David MacFarlane VE6CUT [email protected] Training Director Position Vacent Director at Large Dan Kuzyk VE6DNK

NARC Main Repeater Site —Phone: 780-467-1333 Home Page: NARC URL: http://www.narc.net E-Mail NARC Board members at:- [Callsign]@narc.net

Emitter Editor: Rosemary Evans, G0NDB/VE6 Assistant Editor: David Evans, VE6DXX Fax Emitter articles to: (780) 922-0881 or Email to: [email protected]

Assembly & Distribution Paul Duczynski VE6PDD 455-2763 Dave Loken VE6DJL 440-1427 Malcolm Jameson VE6MKJ 454-4267

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ATV Les Abbott VE6OG 455-7659

RDF Crew Barry VA6DX, Don VE6DKS and James VE6SRV

Packet Sysops Bob Septou VE6AIA 437-2504 (VE6KM) Dave Yaeck VE6DJY 477-2025 (VE6MC)

Membership Chair Lorraine Sabourin VE6MSL 467-8679

Repeater Custodian Loran Liebert VE6LRN 476-3189

Historian Earl Grotzki VE6ERL 481-3643

Net Control Gern Sabourin VA6HGS 467-8679

NARC Main Net (Tuesdays @ 19:30 on 147.060 MHz) New Hams Net (Thursdays at 19:30 on 147.060 MHz) 50 MHz SSB Net (Sundays at 21:00 on 50.145 MHz)

Swap & Shop Vacant

NARC Site Security Officer Carl Gill VE6GGG 428-5422

Chief Examiner Ray Semenoff VE6RHS 440-1427

Front Cover

Jamboree on the Air on 20 October, 2007

see page 4 for VE6PDD’s Report (Picture VE6DXX)

Board of Directors NARC Postage & Emitter Information

NARC Activities

National Activities

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I belong to the VE6SV Contest team; actually I am the SV webmaster. You can see our webpage at: http://ve6sv.com This year we are going to be taking part in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest. We will be operating in the multi-single class. As Gord VE6SV put it on the NARC discussion board, this is one of the center pieces in the contest season. The Sierra Victor Team will be active as VC6S. The contest is run in the following way. You can read the rules on the fol-l o w i n g w e b s i t e : h t t p : / /www.cqww.com/2007cqwwrules.pdf.

The contest dates and times are given in UTC with the local time start being Friday, October 26th at 18:00 and ends Sunday, October 28th at 17:00 because this is the weekend Alberta changes time this year. We are very committed to helping anyone who wants to explore the ham radio world of competitive operating (radiosport). There is lots to learn. If you have an open mind to learn and a genuine interest to participate that’s all it takes. Radiosport according to the Wikipe-dia is used to describe one of several competitive amateur radio activities. The most common use of the term

radiosport is as a synonym for Ama-teur Radio Contesting. Contesting is an activity where amateur radio sta-tions attempt to make as many two-way contacts with other stations as possible, following certain defined parameters of the competition, to maximize a score. The mission statement of the SV Team it to “maximize fun and com-radeship”. Here is a picture of the station and our Tower number 2 with antenna structure. You can see pictures and descriptions of our other towers and antenna s t ruc t u r es on t he webs i t e . As an example of our antennas the Tower 2 on the right has: a 10M 5 element Yagi @ 85 ft. (same rotator as the 15M 6 element), 15M 6 ele-ment Yagi @ 80 ft. (same rotator as the 10M 5 element), 15 M 5 element Yagi fixed on Japan @ 75 ft and a 160 M shunt feed.

Our operating creed and strategy is that everyone on the operating team contributes to making the team effort a success. Each team operator is "charged" with a specific task to make it all happen. Our operating creed is very much tied to a winning attitude and effort. Operating stamina is the

The President’s Page

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competitive edge of staying in the chair even when the band conditions get rough or slow. Through the course of the contest (it is a 48 hour event) all the operators "cycle thru" the various team tasks. That being run station operator, multi- station operator, spot station operator and logging support. It is imperative that the run and multi-stations be staffed and focused for the entire 48-hour event. I cannot over-emphasize this number one operating strategy! Also keep in mind that run, multi and spot positions must "work" together to maximize the score. We use the packet-cluster to its full extent, all spots are chased and re-confirmed. We never lose sight of constantly searching the bands for multipliers for the full 48-hour period. We have a mild understanding of the propagation for our location that oc-curs during this 48-hour contest and have developed an operating plan to this end. We want to ensure that 40M is mined for every contact and multi-plier. The first 24 hours of operating will set the stage of a winning effort. The second night will separate the “men from boys” and the last daytime

operating hours will be a race to the finish. The master computer position is the contest management position to en-sure that the packet cluster stays operating to edit log entries, create operating reports (QSO rates, multi totals, needed multipliers), check for ten minute rule violations and provide Internet telnet connection should the VHF cluster fail, plus real time space weather reports and information. Sta-tion 2, as an example of one of the three stations, this operating position is usually assigned as the multi-position in M/S or the second run station in M/2. Main rig is a Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V equipped with all filters; amplifier is a QRO HF-2500DX with a Dunestar band pass filter, Digi-tal Voice Keyer MFJ-431, MFJ CW keyer c/w bencher paddles and a Heil Pro headset. The logging computer uses the Write-Log software, connected to the sta-tion LAN. Antenna availability – Tower 1, Tower 2, Tower 4, 80M 4SQ and beverages. 73 Bruce VE6NDA ([email protected])

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Notice is hereby given that the NARC Annual General Meeting, for the purpose of electing certain members to the 2008 Board, will be held on Wednesday 21 November 2007 at 7:30 pm. The venue will be the Conti-nental Inn, 16625 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton, T5P 4A8. The Board members to be elected, by rotation, at this year’s AGM are the Presi-dent, Vice President, Secretary, Operations Director, Programs Director, Activities Director and Webmaster. Brief details about the responsibilities of NARC Board members can be found on page 14 of the October 2007 Emitter. Should you wish to nomi-nate a NARC member for any of the above positions please contact the chairman of the Nominating Committee, Curtis VE6AEW at [email protected] or [email protected] The AGM will be followed by treats and a magnificent door prize, which will be a hand-held radio.

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Radio servicing and repair

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Jamboree on the Air - 2007 By Paul VE6PDD

This year’s JOTA was held at its normal venue; the Scout camp, across from the Botanical gardens near Devon. The Scouts turned up but the HF bands were in poor shape. The best contact was with K2BSA (Boy Scouts of Amer-ica) on the 14 MHz band, while the Illi-nois QSO Party took over the bands on Sunday morning. The kids made some contacts and did have a lot of fun. In all,

it was an enjoyable event and we prom-ised to be back next year. Special thanks to Gern VA6HGS for taking the trailer out to Devon on Satur-day and Ties VE6TVN for bringing it back on Sunday. Both trips were at short notice. Helpers included Craig VE6CCI, John VA6SJA, Radar VE6RDR, Paul VE6PDD, David VE6DXX and Rosemary G0NDB.

Setup crew, Craig VE6CCI, Paul VE6PDD, John VE6SJA, Rosemary G0NDB and David VE6DXX (taking the picture)

The Scout Camp Operating

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NARC BREAKFASTS (Second Saturday of each month)

$4.00

D-Star Meeting - find out more! Anyone interested in finding out more about D-Star or interested in getting

D-Star digital equipment is invited to a session at the NARC site on Saturday 17 November at 1:30 PM.

CW Sessions — Hands on CW sessions now take place at the VE6HM site on Saturdays at 2 p.m. If you want to participate, just show up! Morse keys op-tional. Hope to see some of you there — Michael VE6XUK ([email protected])

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With the shorter days and longer nights we should expect to see HF conditions improving. The Winter months, in the Northern Hemisphere, are when all of the big contests take place. Listen around in a contest and you might catch some really good DX. Guess what, the DX stations are looking for every contact they can get to increase their points, so an ideal time to be on the air. Here are some of the bigger contests to look out for up until the new year: - Japan International DX Contest (SSB – from 0700 Saturday 10 Nov to 0700 on Sunday 11 Nov 1300), CQ WW DX Contest (CW

from 0000 Saturday 24 Nov to 0000 on Sunday 25 Nov), ARRL 160m contest (CW – from 2200 on Friday 30 Nov to 1600 on Sunday 2 Dec), ARRL 10 metre Contest (CW & Phone – 0000 Saturday 8 Dec to 2359 Sunday 9 Dec), not forgetting of course the RAC Canada Winter Con-test (CW & Phone – 0000 to 2359 Satur-day 29 December. For the RAC Canada Winter Contest make sure you contact John VA6SJA (@narc.net) because John will be coordi-nating activity at the NARC site. 73 David VE6DXX

In 2005, I became a new “ham”. One of my first learnings as a new ham was how to build a trailer. This took a lot of time, energy and resources from many people. Many of the re-sources came from industrial contacts supplying us with scaffold, rubber, man lift, tools and more. It took little time to realize that a trailer with multiple radio stations set up for members to use, a brand new training and meeting facility and let’s not forget a modern washroom, would cost dollars to operate, clean and maintain. This led to a project fo-cused on approaching major industry and organizations to recognize and assist in supporting our worthwhile cause. When approaching more major com-panies the protocol is different. A need for an “eye catching” brochure that managers, engineers and HR persons will take notice of and want

to share with their peers is essential. I embarked on this project by adver-tising at Grant MacEwan College. We chose Mr. Jordon Carson BFA, one of the respondents that had knowledge of radio, astronomy and is a graphic artist. Myself & Jordon worked together for many months to come up with a sample brochure that will be used to achieve our goals. The plan is to advertise the skills and re-sources we, as a Club, have and the need to sustain our skills in emer-gency preparedness, technology and human resources. Currently the last change is being made and a plan to print 50 folders is in place. While I am focused on the more major companies each one of us who read this can approach their companies and friendly business owners for donations / contributions. Most businesses are willing to help. Every donation will help us.

NARC Public Relations By Glen VA6GWC (NARC PRO)

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1 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS

2 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO

3 Sat Informal gatherings - (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m.

VA6HGS

4 Sun Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 4804 Calgary Trail at noon VE6PDD 5 Mon 6 Tue NARC Net on VE6HM (2m) at 7.30 p.m.

YL Net on VE6NHB (2m) at 8.30 p.m. VA6HGS VE6MSL

7 Wed Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 7641 Argyll Rd. at 8:30 p.m. VE6PDD 8 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 9 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO

10 Sat Informal gatherings - (1) (1) NARC Breakfast at VE6HM Site - 9 - 11 a.m. NARC (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m.

VA6HGS



14 Wed Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 7641 Argyll Rd. at 8:30 p.m. VE6PDD

15 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 16 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO

17 Sat Informal gatherings - (1) VE6HM Site 9 - 11 a.m. NARC (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m.

VA6HGS



21 Wed NARC AGM — Continental Inn at 7.30 pm VE6NDA 22 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 23 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO

24 Sat Informal gatherings - (1) VE6HM Site 9 - 11 a.m. NARC (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m.

VA6HGS



28 Wed Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 7641 Argyll Rd. at 8:30 p.m. VE6PDD 29 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 30 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO

November — Local Events Calendar

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1 Sat Informal gatherings - (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m.



5 Wed Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 7641 Argyll Rd. at 8.30 p.m. VE6PDD 6 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 7 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO 8 Sat Informal gatherings - (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead

Trail at 9 a.m.



12 Wed Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 7641 Argyll Rd. at 8:30 p.m. VE6PDD 13 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 14 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO 15 Sat Informal gatherings - (1) (1) NARC Breakfast at VE6HM Site -

9 - 11 a.m. NARC (2)Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m.

VA6HGS



19 Wed Club Meeting — Continental Inn at 7.30 pm VE6NDA

20 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 21 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO 22 Sat Informal gatherings - (1) VE6HM Site 9 - 11 a.m. NARC (2)

Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m. VA6HGS



26 Wed Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 7641 Argyll Rd. at 8 p.m. VE6PDD 27 Thu NARC New Hams Net - 1930L on VE6HM (VHF) VA6HGS 28 Fri Local Gathering - PARA, Tim Hortons 50St./44 Ave. at 7 p.m. VE6ELO 29 Sat Informal gatherings - (1) VE6HM Site 9 - 11 a.m. NARC (2)

Yellowhead Inn,149 Str. & Yellowhead Trail at 9 a.m. VA6HGS

30 Sun Local gathering – Boston Pizza, 4804 Calgary Trail at noon VE6PDD

31 Mon

December — Local Events Calendar

NARC Website http://www.narc.net

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The ING Edmonton Marathon is an annual event which qualifies winners for the major international events such as the Boston Marathon. Held every August, the Ed-monton Marathon features a 26 mile course from downtown Edmonton to the sou thwes t pa r t o f the C i t y . Rather than waiting for an event to come to us, ARES Edmonton Region was look-ing for an event with a specific purpose in mind; ARES members had expressed concern that they were not doing enough "radio" during many of our precautionary callouts. As well, a need to push our alter-nate capabilities such as amateur televi-sion ATV, APRS and digital modes was identified. Testing and playing with them doesn't put our operators under the gun as would be the case with a real life emer-gency. We needed an event where time would put the amateurs under pressure to perform and resolve problems. The ING Edmonton Marathon was specifi-cally targeted as an event where amateur capabilities could be tested and exer-cised. As well, the event takes place in a month with few other amateur radio com-mitments. A meeting was arranged with the key organizer to pitch the use of TV and APRS amateur radio technology. With the organizers, it was agreed to pro-vide a demonstration of the APRS and ATV capabilities. The marathon had their own rental radios and it was agreed that the amateurs were not required to prov ide vo ice communicat ions. The amateur television team consisted of David Evans VE6DXX, Paul Duczynski VE6PDD, Loran Liebert VE6PE, David MacFarlane VE6CUT and Ray Semenoff VE6RHS. This group put in endless hours building and packaging a portable televi-sion repeater along with multiple cameras and transmitters. Amateur Television capability doesn't appear in an instant and this group of individuals spent many nights

and weekends (and even taking vacation time) in order to complete the kits. The APRS crew consisted of Curtis Bidu-lock VE6AEW. While many others helped him, especially the ATV crew, Curtis took the lead and provided the brains and the rubber bands to patch together enough APRS units to cover lead and sweeps for both the marathon and the half marathon along with the ambulance go-karts. One of the major issues with the APRS (which would certainly be encountered during an emergency) is the vast array of vehicles (truck, car, motorbike, mountain bike, 10-speed, go-kart) and the myriad of power connection and antenna connection configurations required. From backpacks to saddle bags to cigarette lighters to bat-teries, Curtis and David VE6DXX man-aged to bungee, strap, fold, coddle and kanoodle each piece of APRS equipment onto the appropriate conveyance.

The 2007 Edmonton Marathon By Tom VE6TOX

Two television crews were used to broad-cast at the event with assistance from Kelly Weist VE6KSW. Numerous loca-tions were pre-determined to view the race, especially where the weekend Walk for Breast Cancer crossed the path of the marathon and a site about six blocks from the finish line to give the announcer a "heads up" on runners arriving.

As well as the previously mentioned op-erators, Carl Gill VE6GGG, Tom Cox VE6TOX and Craig Winton VA6CCI were on scene to assist with operations and shadow the event organizer. Ties Van Nidek VE6TVN brought his motorcycle and assisted on the course. The end result was that the ARES Ed-monton region alternate communications modes were thoroughly tested. Numer-ous issues were identified that will require additional preparation for next year. For a first time event, this is both expected and desirable. Seeking out the marathon rather than waiting for a public event to come looking for us allowed us to target an event which would give us maximum benefit without interfering with any other amateur radio events occurring at other times of the year. Using alternate modes rather than simply doing another event with voice only allowed us to expand and test our capa-bilities. For the marathon, it gave them a demonstration of the range of amateur radio capabilities. For everyone, we also learned the limitations, such as the diffi-culty of broadcasting TV from ravines or the problems of hooking up APRS when the bike doesn't have a bike rack. Finally, the Edmonton Marathon gave ARES Edmonton Region a high-profile event where time was a continual is-sue. Either you were ready for the start of the race or you weren't. Either it worked during the race or it didn't. There isn't much better preparation for emergency capabilities than finding a great event to target. ARES ER intends to work with NARC next year during the Marathon to further de-velop the TV and APRS capabilities. We even have additional ideas to propose to the organizers for amateur radio support. For ARES Edmonton Region, the contin-ual support of the Northern Alberta Radio Club allowed us to run a great event.

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www.narc.net

Self powered tracker

APRS along the Marathon route

Tracking a Go-Kart

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World’s Tiniest Radio The world's tiniest radio is a step closer to reality. US scientists have unveiled a detec-tor thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can translate radio waves into sound. According to a University of California team, the study marks the first time that a nano-sized detector has been demonstrated in a working radio sys-tem. Made of carbon nanotubes a few atoms across, it is almost 1,000 times smaller than current radio technology. Peter Burke and Chris Rutherglen incorporated the microscopic detector into a complete radio system. They used it to transmit classical music wirelessly from an iPod to a speaker several metres away from the music player. Full details of their findings will be published next month in the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters. "Though we have only demonstrated the critical component of the entire radio system out of a nanotube (the demodulator), it is conceivable in the future that all components could be nanoscale, thus allowing a truly nano-scale wireless communications sys-tem," they write. Smart dust Many companies are interested in the long-term potential of carbon nano-tubes - tiny cylinders of carbon that measure just a few billionths of a me-tre across. Kris Sangani, Consumer Electronics Editor at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, one of the world's leading profes-

sional societies, said there were many possible real world applications of "microscopic radio technology"- in medicine, commerce and on the bat-tlefield. He said the real challenge for industry was to miniaturise not just radio technology but other compo-nents such as sensors, the power supply and processors. "Scientists are looking at carbon nanotubes to miniaturise all other technologies as well," he told BBC

News. "If you can combine miniaturi-sation with cost control; that type of technology would be ubiquitous." Such a development would bring the concept of smart dust - a cluster of devices, smaller than a grain of sand, equipped with wireless communica-tions that can detect the likes of light, temperature, or vibration - into the realms of reality rather than science fiction. Future uses might include meteoro-logical, geophysical and biological research sensors. They could also be used for discrete military surveillance, or to create a distributed internet that would be accessible anywhere.

Thanks BBC

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October General Meeting Minutes By Lorraine VE6MSL

Welcome: David VE6CUT welcomed everyone to the meeting. Guests: Ron Flame. Silent Key: it was announced that Norm Simmons VE6HR passed away recently. Sick or Injured Hams: Loran has been in hospital for a while; also Earl VE6MGM. We wish them both a full recovery. Announcements from the Floor: a) Glen VA6GWC mentioned an ARRL on-line auction b) Craig VA6CCI has been looking into prices for T-shirts, hats, etc. that would have the NARC logo and the individual’s call sign: prices for shorts would run around $32.00. Minutes of the Previous Meeting: David VE6CUT asked for a motion to accept the minutes as distributed at the meet-ing. Mitch VE6OH mentioned that there was an error in the proposed year of the Hamfest; that it should be 2008 as op-posed to 2009 as recorded. On exami-nation after the business meeting it was confirmed that 2009 is the correct date so the minutes will stand as written on that point. Paul VE6PDD asked for a correction on the Public Service Direc-tor’s report stating that he was not pre-sent at the September meeting and that the report was read on his behalf. Moved by Mitch VE6OH, seconded by Craig VA6CCI that the minutes be ac-cepted as amended. Carried. Director’s Reports: President—Bruce VE6NDA mentioned that candidates are still needed to fill Board positions for the election in November and encouraged everyone to consider running in an area of interest to them. He encouraged all to come to the HM Site to see the new building and said that this Club was one of the best he has ever been involved in. Vice President: Patrick VE6PIE re-ported that a) except for the seaming,

the roof is completed and sealed and the skirting is up with some finishing details to be completed. b) Building materials on the grounds need to be cleaned up before winter. C) Shirley VE6XYL asked if handrails on the steps to the new building would be built be-fore the cold weather. Patrick agreed that it is a safety concern and it would be looked after. Treasurer: a) Bruce VE6SA presented a verbal update of the current finances of the Club. b) He reminded the members that we will be having a Casino sometime in the sum-mer of 2008 and asked all to keep this in mind as a number of volunteers are needed. Secretary: Lorraine VE6MSL announced that we have five new mem-bers, graduates of the fall Basic class. Public Service Director: Paul VE6PDD announced that a) Alberta Parks would be doing the communications at the Birkie in 2008 and that they indicated that it was likely for this year only as they try out their new equipment. b) The September Toy Run was successful with an estimated 3500 to 4500 partici-pants. A 48’ trailer was filled to capacity with toys and a donation of $20,000 made. c) JOTA will be held this Satur-day in Devon; there is another at Sylvan Lake with VE6KTK and they will be doing the full 50 hours in recognition of the 50th JOTA anniversary. Public Rela-tions Director: Glen VA6GWC a) had been unable to do a lot in this portfolio recently because of work commitments, but things have settled down now. b) He recognized that Durham has been gen-erous to NARC and thanked them for their support. c) He showed a publicity folder that has been developed over the past few months which will be used to promote NARC, explaining what we do, the services we provide. These will be presented to large industrial companies soliciting their support to sustain the

Club and the work it does. d) he also mentioned that he has found that the new building is quite noisy when there are a number of people there and lots of conversation going on and wondered if there was something we could do to reduce the level. e) Glen explained that he would be in touch with the Birkie Board to try to clarify our position with the organization. Webmaster: Bruce VE6NDA answered several questions and listened to several suggestions about the Club website. He encouraged members to send him an email with their comments. Program Director: David VE6CUT said that Bruce VE6NDA would be making a presenta-tion about the Solar Energy Society and NARC. He reminded the members that the November meeting is the Annual General Meeting and the election of new Board members. Emergency Com-munications Director: David VE6DXX a) brought one of the yellow Pelican cases containing the new 220 MHz emer-gency portable radio equipment and invited members to have a look at it during the break. b) David confirmed that D-Star was part of the Edmonton area planning for linking Agencies using data. He will call a meeting in Novem-ber which will focus on D-Star. He an-swered a number of questions and members were referred to the ICOM web site where further information is available. Operations Director: Ray VE6RHS a) did a lot of work on NAR-CPAK II; considerable power has been added. David VE6BRV assisted in the clean up of the trailer. b) Recently 100 mph winds shorted out one of our bat-teries powered by the wind generator. The wind generator produces 1500 watts continuously. c) There is cabling work to be done which involves trench-ing. If we cannot get it done before the ground freezes it will be done later. He would like to get it done this fall as the trenching involved three different pro-jects. d) Industry Canada sent NARC a letter indicating that each call assigned to the Club must have a person’s name associated. Ray wrote them back using

his own name and on checking found it was acceptable to IC. e) Ray will be teaching a Basic class to CPRN, a spe-cial interest class, which will start Tues-day, October 23 at 7:00 p.m. There are 25 people in the group but others are welcome to attend. Some classes may be held on weekends and will be an-nounced at the classes. Activities Direc-tor: Gern VA6HGS reported that a) this Tuesday evening net had 39 check-ins; the Ladies Net had 13; last week the New Hams Net had 24 and is held on VE6NHB. b) At least 30 were served at last week’s breakfast. Next breakfast is November 10 and the December break-fast will be the 8th. c) December 2 is the Northern Alberta 4x4 Club CHED toy run and he encouraged anyone inter-ested to take part. A number of their members belong to NARC. Webmas-ter: Bruce VE6NDA a) is looking for a volunteer to archive old Emitters on the website; b) the 2008 registration form is on line; c) he has added new informa-tion in red so it is more visible. He is also looking for a better photo of an antenna. Training Director: Michael VE6XUK had five pass the Basic exam, all got over 90% so have HF privileges. Bruce VE6NDA encouraged members to be mentors for the new hams. Direc-tor at Large: Danny VE6DNK — no report. New Business: a) There will be a bal-loon launch this weekend with live video. The group is going for a world record. The call sign is VE6RDF-11 and can be tracked on standard APRS. NARC would send an email to members to advise the location and time of the launch. b) December 29th is the RAC Winter Contest. Elections and positions vacant — Curtis VE6AEW: Michael VE6XUK spoke on Curtis’ behalf. The nominations commit-tee will be developing the slate and are having a meeting next Tuesday eve-ning. The Business Meeting was ad-journed and the presentation began after a short break.

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Classified Ads NOTICE: NARC pins, crests, and stickers are available from Paul VE6PDD at coffee or meetings. Pins & crests are $3.00 each, and stickers are $1.00 each. FOR SALE

T r i -band Mos ley d i rec t iona l antenna. Coax — 100 feet of RG-213/U. Antenna rotator control CDE Big Talk Model BT-1 120 & TRA-4, BT 1 SER1 630. Also top end of a heavy duty tower a total of 20 feet Let me know if anybody is interested in any of the equipment. Contact Rudy at [email protected] FOR SALE

Kenwood TS850S Transceiver, PS52 AC Power Supply, SP31 Speaker, MC60 Desk Mike, Hand Mike, with original boxes, $1300.00. Contact Hans VE6FA - Ph. (780) 436-5843, Fax (780) 439-2655, e-mail: [email protected]

FOR SALE The following items for sale; Bird Thermoline 1000 watt dummy load $100.00, Yaesu FT 101E trans-ceiver 260 watts $350.00, Yaesu FV 101B matching VFO $100.00, SWR and wattmeter $10.00, Hammond cabinet 36 in high $25.00, Antenna tuner new (MFJ) with roller coil $200.00, Yaesu FT 980 built in pwr supply solid state $795.00, Delhi heavy duty self supporting tower, Tri band 4 element Cushcraft beam, 10 element 2 meter beam, 80 feet An-drew heliax 7/8 inch heliax, Hammond, 2000 volt plate trans-former, 4000 volt oil filled capacitors, 4000 volt filter chokes, Pentium 2 a 486 computer with a CD and CD burner, 17 in flat screen monitor, Partial built amp with two 4-400 tubes and sockets, 30 amp Hammond fil. xfmr, in cabinet + lots of other parts. Offers please, Martin Matheson VE6GE 780 483 1406

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The Last Word …..

73 Rosemary G0NDB/VE6

This Emitter should arrive early, hopefully long before we get any of that white stuff! This month, thanks to Paul, VE6PDD, Glen VA6GWC, Tom VE6TOX, Bruce VE6NDA, Lorraine VE6MSL, David VE6DXX and the BBC for their contributions. I hope to include at least one technical article in the December issue, so now is your chance! I am always looking for good tech-nical articles and other material for the Emitter. You can contact me at [email protected] if you have anything of interest.

VE6HM Emergency Access Codes

*3 VE6 LIZ Elizabeth Sadoway *69 VE6 MKJ Malcolm Jameson *37 VE6 MY Mike Eliuk *28 VE6AER Tony Ratcliffe *61 VA6JBS James Smith *62 VA6TWT Thomas Turner

For information on or changes to speed dial, call Dave VE6DJL @ 440-1427.

HM Repeater Fast Access Codes

*70 VE6ADV Tom Forman *34 VE6BKW Jim Munsey *59 VE6DXX David Evans *42 VE6GE Martin Matheson *25 VE6RNF Neil Federspiel *30 VA6DX Barry Bergstrom

NARC Site Map

Links HM VHF repeater to HM UHF repeater To link 147.060 to 444.100 is 4440*

To shut off is 4441*

Links HM VHF repeater to IRLP port To link 147.060 to 444.275 is 4706*

To shut off is 4707* **3 Resets timer on Autopatch 26* Redial (this is not a misprint)

Edmonton VoIP Nodes

To contact to another node, hold down PTT and dial other node number. To disconnect send 73

Call QRG Tone Node # Type VA6XG 147.420 110.9 Hz 1870 IRLP VA6XG 446.475 110.9 Hz 1638 IRLP VE6OG 146.490 None 83835 Echolink

Note: no * required on emergency numbers

91 City Police Department

92 RCMP K-Division 93 City Fire Department 911 City of Edmonton Emergency

CH Call QRG Offset Tone

1 VE6UV 147.090 Plus 114.8

2 VE6HM 147.060 Minus 100.0

3 VE6JN 147.240 Plus

4 VE6VPR 145.290 Minus S.R.V.

5 VE6VPR 147.150 Plus Portable

6 VE6NC 147.015 Plus Portable

7 VE6NHB 145.410 Minus 114.8

8 VE6QCR 146.640 Minus 100.0

CH Call QRG Offset Tone

9 VE6RES 147.120 Plus 136.5

10 VE6GNS 147.360 Plus

11 VE6PAW 147.180 Plus 100.0

16 VE6LOS 146.685 Minus

17 VE6SS 146.880 Minus

18 VE6LAW 146.940 Minus

19 VE6OSM 147.285 Plus

Local Repeaters — Edmonton Area (Channel number is ARES Edmonton)

NORTHERN ALBERTA RADIO CLUB

P.O. Box 163 Main Post Office Edmonton, AB T5J 2J1

www.narc.net

MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION 2008

(PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY AND INCLUDE ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED)

Call sign: __________ Date: __________________ Name: ____________________________________ Date you became a member of NARC ____________ (if known) Address: ______________________________________________________________________________ Street City Province Postal Code Home Phone: _____________________ Business Phone: _________________________________ Cell Phone: ___________________ Service Provider (e.g. (Telus) _________________________________ E-Mail Address: ______________________________________ (required for member e-mails) Qualifications: Basic ___ CW ___ Advanced ___ Additional Call Sign(s) __________________ RAC Member: yes_____ no ____ MEMBERSHIP #: ______________ (This enables RAC to determine club premium rates) ______________________________________________________________________________________________

MEMBERSHIP

TYPE FEE AMOUNT PAID

Regular $25.00

Family (list name(s) and call sign(s) $36.00

Senior $20.00

Youth (18 years and under) $12.00

Student (If over 18) $12.00

Associate (no Emitter or voting privileges) $ 5.00

Life n/c

Honorary n/c

Speed Dial (personal auto dial) $ 5.00

Donation (specify use if desired)

TOTAL $ __________________

NORTHERN ALBERTA RADIO CLUB PO BOX 163

EDMONTON, AB T5J 2J1 www.narc.net

2007 Members of the Northern Alberta Radio Club

It is soon time to renew your membership for 2008! Deadline is January 15. Please complete all information requested on the form as we are required to keep full and comprehensive records. If you know the date you became a member, please include the information or indicate ‘not known’. 2007 has been a stellar year for the club. After hundreds of hours of volunteer labor, a number of members did an outstanding job of completing a state-of-the-art training facility. If you haven’t seen it yet, we encourage you to come out; there are lots of people there on Tuesday nights, or come to breakfast on the second Saturday of each month. There are people at the HM site on a regular basis on most Saturdays. The Board has agreed to designate the new building as The Training Center and the other trailer as The Operations Center. We continue to be involved in community service, providing communications for a variety of events: the Birkie in February, various marathons and runs, JOTA and GOTA, 63 CHED Toy Runs and participating at the Sherwood Park Mall mall-wide displays to promote Amateur Radio. We supported Emergency Preparedness Week at Hawrelak Park through ARES, set up Field Day at Rundle Park in June, supporting the Easter Seals 24 Hour Relay and included our Spring BBQ. The Winter and Canada Day RAC contests were held at HM. We are also close to completion of the Capital Health Authority (CHA) grant to provide communication between the Gray Nuns Hospital and the Edmonton EOC. Two Basic classes per year are held. This year a Train the Trainer class was started to increase the number of instructors for the club. We also have added more examiners who have been authorized by RAC to administer Basic, CW and Advanced exams. Operations has completed a number of upgrades on site and Public Relations is developing promotional material to present to potential corporate sponsors. Please contact me or other members of the Board if you have any questions or concerns. Lorraine Sabourin VE6MSL Membership Chair [email protected] or 467-8679 FALL 2007

Documents

Emitter · 2015-12-11 · Emitter November 2007 Published by the Northern Alberta Radio Club PO Box 163, Station Main Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T5J 2J1. Tel: (780) 467-1333 Canada