| Website Updated: Monday, August 23rd., 2010 |
| WARC Westcumb Amateur Radio Club WARC |
| ...with members from Westmorland County, New Brunswick & Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Every Monday night except in July and August, Rick, VE9RWS conducts the WARC Weekly Net at 8 pm on various linked repeaters. Why not listen and check in? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Storm Watch: If the WX looks inclement for a WARC meeting night, then listen to the VE1WRC Repeater (147.285+ MHz) during the day for a recorded message regarding its status. |
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1) Our club newsletter, "The Tantramar" for September 2010, is now on the website HERE. 2) The NSARA Summer Picnic was held in Two Islands, NS at the summer cottage of Abbie & Brad Ross (VE1BFB & VE1ZX) on Saturday, August 21st, 2010. Here is a report with photos from this picnic subject to additional info and photos as it and they come in. Click: HERE. 3) The minutes from the WARC June 2nd, 2010 Meeting are now available HERE. 4) There is a new stand-alone 70 cm repeater at the VE1PAR site. Here is the report from Lorne, VE1BXK: "Brad (VE1ZX) and I have the UHF repeater now installed at the VE1PAR Solar site connected to the 310C4 antenna with the call sign as VE1PAR. UHF Repeater is not connected to any controller, just a stand alone self internal programming (CE-27). VXR-7000U (Adjusted for 40 W RF) with 6 can uhf mobile duplexer. Replaced 4 can VHF duplexer with 6 can VHF duplexer on VHF Rpt and replaced #10 wires with #6 wires for solar panel connections to regulators. 443.450 MHz + 5 MHz. On air tests welcomed! 73, Lorne" 5) HERE are some photos from the June 2010 Edition of Exercise Handshake send to me by VE1JBL, Jim. Scroll to the page bottom. For the full report on the exercise, go to www.maritimeamateur.ca and look for the link. 6) Thanks to the efforts of Rob Ireland VE9KM, our club now will have use of the special event callsign VC1J from October 20th until November 20th for the club's use at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs Museum in Joggins, NS. The cliffs have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Our club plans to operate HF radio from this location using this special callsign sometime during this special event period. More on this plan here as details become available. To see three 360° views of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, click on this link: http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/america/canada/eastern-provinces/joggins/map.html 7) A report on Field Day 2010 held on the weekend of June 26th / June 27th may be found HERE. Thanks to all who participated in this fun event. The official ARRL Log has now been submitted by VE1CHI, Jim on 9th July 2010. 8) The May 2010 Brunch was held in Parrsboro, NS at the Harbourview Restaurant on the 22nd. You can see a report and photos from this event which coincided with the Atlantic Open Fly-In motorized paragliders morning flights from this area, HERE. Scroll to the page bottom. Additional photos from Brad VE1ZX added on May 25th. |
| Upcoming Events |
1) Exercise "Handshake" - an ongoing exercise held on various repeaters and held monthly on the last Tuesday of every month starting at 7 pm in 2010: August 31st, September 28th, October 26th, November 30th and December 28th. 2) The September 2010 Meeting of the WARC will be held at the E.D. Fullerton Building in Amherst, NS on Wednesday,September 8th,2010 starting at 7 pm. This meeting will consist of two - first the AGM with the election of the new executive. This will be followed by the regular September meeting. Hope to see you there. Sandwiches: VE9RWS, Rick. Sweets: VE1CHI, Jim. 3) The September Brunch will be held at Patterson's Restaurant in Sackville, NB on Saturday, September 18th, 2010 starting at 11 am. Hope you will be able to bring a guest and join us. (This is the same day as the Shediac Fleamarket and could be subject to change to the following Saturday.) 4) Saturday, September 18th, 2010 - The Shediac Fleamarket Details: 2010 MAARC Fleamarket - DATE: Saturday, September 18, 2010. LOCATION: Louis J. Robichaud High School, Main St., Shediac NB. TALK-IN: 147.090+ & 147.375+ TIMES: Sellers 8am. General Admission 10am. ADMISSION: $4.00 per person. TABLES: No Charge. 5) The October 2010 Meeting of the WARC will be held at the E.D. Fullerton Building in Amherst, NS on Wednesday,October 6th,2010 starting at 7 pm. Why not bring a guest with you this time and get him or her interested in our hobby? 6) Saturday, October 16th, 2010 - The 2010 Greenwood Fleamarket details: GREENWOOD AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 22nd ANNUAL FLEAMARKET 2010 Date: 16 OCT 2010 (Saturday) Time: 10:00AM – 1:00PM (Open 8:00AM To Sellers) Place: Greenwood Community Centre, Church Street, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Cost: Admission $4.00. Tables Free To Sellers. GPS Coordinates: N44° 58.512’ W064° 55.612’ Talk In: VE1WN 147.240+ |
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Bob Cooke, VE3BDB, RAC VP of Field Services reports that the new national RAC Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Training Manual has been completed and is available for download on the internet. See http://www.rac.ca/fieldorg/racares.htm to download it. |
| The North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) welcome all who are interested in CW and have some interest in using QRP from time to time. Membership is free and you automatically become a lifetime member. Visit their website for more details: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/ This info from Paul, KD2MX, Membership Recruiter for NAQCC as reported in TCA, Nov-Dec. 2008. |
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| The following list of names and callsigns are of paid up club members for the 2009-2010 year thus far. List will be updated as Treasurer Kev, VE1KEV submits info to me. Thanks Kevin. If your name or call does not appear below, then you have NOT paid your dues. Please see Kevin at the next club meeting and become a club member. (List last updated on 30th March 2010) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VE1ZX & VE1BFB VE1JCH VE1SM VE1KEV VE1XDT VE9JMP VE1AFL VE1JSG VE1CHI VE1BIC VE1ADV & VA1SAM VE9UH VE1DEH, VE1CLH & VE1TUX VE9RWS VE1KW & VE1YH VE1ZS VA1MAB VE9KM VE1EDP VE1XTL & VE1GK VE9NEL VE1JBL VE9TER VE1BSM VE9PKV VE1BSD VE1ROD VE9QRP VE1JSP VE1VH VE9DRS VE6NM VE1AVV VE1ALF VE9DWJ VE1AMU & VE1EXE VE9TTT VE1JWM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life Members VE1CZD VE1BXK VE1AIC VE1JJC VE9ES VE1CF VE1CFK |
| For those of you who have taken the WARC Amateur Radio Course or those who just want a 'refresher', here is a "Basic Amateur Radio Course" available FREE online from the Toronto Emergency Communications (EmComm) Group: http://www.emergencyradio.ca/course/ |
| Check out N0NBH's site for everything you have ever wanted to know about Solar Data and HF Propagation!: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html |
| The WARC Alternate Website URL: (backup in case of regular website failure) http://www.warc.byethost5.com/ |
| Access the weather for your area here: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/msc/atl_map_e.html |
Learn Morse Code the correct way!... For those of you taking the ongoing radio course or for others wishing to brush up on your code or increase your speed, here is a free and dandy PC training tool which I think is tops! I have looked and tried enough of them. This morse trainer is called "Teach" from the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) group and was written by Gary Bold. You can download Gary's free software and read about this little utility here: http://www.nzart.org.nz/exam/morse.html Morse should be FUN to learn and this little program does just that. NEVER memorize morse code by sight as this will actually slow you down! Learn only by hearing it sent. |
| Now that you have brushed up on your code, click on the URL below for a great concert by Beethoven written in the key of CW! This is an amazing and entertaining short video. Have your speakers on. Thanks to Brad, VE1ZX for this URL: http://www.zerobeat.net/morse505.html |
Two Metre Repeaters VE1MTN/147.090 +/Moncton, NB VE9TCR/147.345+/Moncton, NB VE9SBR/147.225 +/Shediac, NB VE9SKV/145.230 -/Sackville, NB VY2PEI/145.150 -/Cavendish, PE VE1CRA/146.670 -/Charlottetown, PE VE1UHF/146.715 -/Glen Valley, PE VE1CFR/146.850 -/Summerside, PE VE1WRC/147.285 +/Amherst, NS VE1BHS/145.350 -/Sugarloaf, NS VE1SPR/147.000 -/Springhill, NS VE1SPH/146.805 -/Springhill, NS VE1PAR/145.470 -/Parrsboro, NS VE1NET/146.745 -/Parrsboro, NS VE1HAR/147.135 +/Truro, NS For complete repeater info click this link: http://ve1cra.net/main/rpt-lists.htm (Thanks to Ron, VE1AIC) |
The WARC Nominating Committee was struck during the May 5th monthly club meeting and consists of VE1JWM Jim, VE1AFH Jim, VE1EDP Bob, and VE1CHI Jim (Chair). The executive positions of the club are as follows: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. As a club member, you have the right to nominate another club member for any of these executive positions for the 2010-2011 year. If you have a person in mind, please check with that person first, obtain a seconder for this nomination and send the info to any of the committee members who will then forward this on to the Chairman at <ve1chi@rac.ca>. Thanks for taking part in deciding your new club executive. Nominations can be made from the floor when called for during the AGM in September but it is best to do this earlier rather than later. Thank you all for you cooperation and participation. ~VE1CHI, Jim C. Chair, WARC Nominating Committee |
