It is my sad duty to report that Doug Johns went Silent Key last weekend.
You may remember Doug helping out at events or attending our meeting regularly, before he moved out of town to Lindsay.
The obit is posted https://www.mackeys.ca/memorials/douglas-johns/4830425/obituary.php
Paul, VA3PC
Well, we had 2 responses via the poll on the site, 2 emails from members to me directly, and 2 conversations at coffee indicating interest.
That makes 6 expressions of interest. With the sudden increase in cases in North Bay, prudence prevails. So, no meeting this month.
We'll try again in January. Perhaps we can have a show and tell of what Santa brought us for being good this past year (or two).
73 Paul, VA3PC
Well its been a while since we got together.
Dan VE3DLL has offered the use of the Shrine Club for a meeting in November.
Needless to say the meeting will adhere to all current Covid-19 protocols.
We could also have a virtual meeting using zoom or another videoconference application.
We have to elect another board member to replace Drew, or perhaps have a general election.
Your thoughts please. I will place a poll on the website for you to vote on your preference.
The poll will be open for a week.
General comments can be left on this message.
On September 26, a loving father, grandpa, and GG Papa left this world to join his wife Margaret of 70 years.
Jim leaves 3 children, Anne (Richard), Jim (Marleen), and Maureen (Joseph). He was a cherished grandfather of 8,
and GG papa to 11 great grandchildren. Jim, known to many as “Scotty”, lived a rich life with interests that included
amateur radio, music, art, and computers. Dad was always enriching his mind.
ROTG Saturday September 25, 2021
Hopefully most of the COVID restrictions have been lifted, but just in case they haven't,
we'll start with a request for 5 volunteers (same as last year).
Chris VA3CMX will not be available, so I'll be coordinating the volunteers, email me with any questions.
Rod is moving after next weekend to a condo in North Bay. He is looking to dispose of his ham gear, since he wasn't able to put up his tower since moving here 7 years ago. After mentioning it on the net this morning, I was contacted and its all spoken for at the current time. I will advise if that changes.
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), the national association for Amateur Radio in Canada, is pleased to announce that we have now partnered with the Ontario Storm Prediction Centre Team (OSPC) to provide CANWARN Training this spring.
This will be a one-time session for this season, offered through the Zoom online meeting platform.
Date: Wednesday, May 26 Time: 7 pm EDT
To register for the training session please visit the RAC CANWARN webpage at: https://www.rac.ca/emergency-services/canwarn/
Well, It wasn't the exciter board. I went to the VE3NFM site and swapped exciters, and it transmitted perfectly. I then went back to the ERX site and checked voltages now that I had a functioning voltmeter (don't try and use a digital meter with a dead battery). There was no keying voltage to the exciter. That comes from the station control module in the MSR2000. I swapped it with one of my spare cards, and the repeater came back to life. I did some maintenance on it, and returned it to service. If it goes down again please let me know.
73 Paul, VA3PC
VE3ERX has been acting up the past few weeks, and I've been attending the site troubleshooting. At first I thought it might have been a receiver problem, but when attending the site this afternoon, I discovered that the receiver and controller are working fine.
I could not hear the exciter even when in the repeater shelter, which leads me to believe its either the channel element causing the issue, or the exciter board itself. I am gathering parts tonight and hope to re-visit the site tomorrow to troubleshoot further.
I'll let you know how I make out.
