RAC Bulletin 110528

RAC Ontario Section Bulletin for May 28, 2011
NATIONAL NEWS
1. Ontario Distracted Driving Appeal
Bill Unger, VE3XT, RAC Director Ontario North/East, is co-ordinating
the drive to exempt Amateurs in Ontario against the Distracted
Driving legislation (Bill 118). He needs letters of support from
third party groups and organizations. If you help with
communications for any group or are part of an emergency response
procedure for your community, please ask them for a letter.
The letter need not say that amateurs need to operate mobile, but
just a strong statement that Amateurs are important to the operation
of their event or emergency preparedness plan. The letters can be
addressed either to Kathleen Wynne MPP, Ontario Minister of
Transportation, or to your individual group.
-- RAC Bulletin Service
2. RAC Ontario South Director Elected
Congratulations are extended to Jeffrey Stewart, VA3WXM who was
recently elected as the RAC Director for Ontario South for the
remainder of a two year term which ends December 31, 2011. Mr.
Stewart emerged with the majority vote over Nelson Jenking, VA3NDJ
in a mail ballot closing May 13th.
Mr. Stewart has been a certified amateur operator since March 1999
and involved in many aspects of the hobby, including a recent term as
President of the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club.
-- Paul Burggraaf, VO1PRB, RAC Corporate Secretary
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
3. CANWARN Training, June 13-16
The last CANWARN training of 2011 will be offered at these locations:
June 13th, 7 PM, Thunder Bay, at Confederation College, McIntyre
Building, Rm. 195, corner of William and Edward Streets.
June 14th, 7 PM, Fort Frances/Emo, at the Emo-Lavalle Community
Centre, 78 Colonization Road, Emo.
June 15th, 7 PM, Kenora, at the City of Kenora Fire and Emergency
Services Facility and Regional Training Centre, 100 14th Street North
June 16th, 7 PM, Dryden, at the Dryden Fire Services Training Room,
189 Colonization Avenue.
If you will be attending a CANWARN training session, please send an
email to Geoff.Coulson (at) ec.gc.ca, so that he can reserve space.
-- Environment Canada
ITEMS OF INTEREST
4. London Vintage Radio Club Flea Market
The London Vintage Radio Club will hold its annual flea market on
Saturday, June 11, at Hammond Manufacturing, 394 Edinburgh Road
North, the corner of Speedvale and Edinburgh, in Guelph. Note: this
is NOT the Hammond Museum location. Open to public and vendors at 7
am. For more information visit lvrc.homestead.com/fleamarket.html
-- RAC Events Database
5. WX4NHC Station Test
The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane
Center (NHC) in Miami will take place Saturday, June 4, 1300-2100 UTC
(0900-1700 EDT). The purpose is to test all the radio equipment; this
is NOT a contest or simulated hurricane exercise.
WX4NHC will be on the air on HF, VHF and UHF, plus 2 and 30 meter
APRS. Suggested SSB frequencies are 3.950, 7.268, 14.325, 21.325 and
28.525 MHz, +/-QRM. WX4NHC also will be on the VoIP Hurricane Net
1700-1900 UTC (IRLP node 9219/EchoLink WX-TALK Conference).
Stations working WX4NHC exchange call sign, signal report, location
and name, plus a brief weather report, such as "sunny", "rain", or
"cloudy". QSL via WD4R and include a self-addressed, stamped
envelope. Do not send cards to the NHC.
-- ARRL Web
6. Experimental 70 MHz Beacon
A new 70 Mhz beacon, WE9XUP, is on the air from the United States
operating under a non-amateur experimental license. It operates on
70.005 MHz from its location atop Apple Orchard Mountain in Bedford,
Virginia, 4200 feet above sea level, Grid Square FMO7fm.
WE9XUP is currently scheduled to run 24 hours a day until September
1st transmitting in Morse. Its primary purpose is propagation study,
including trans-Atlantic E-skip. Send reception reports to Brian
Justin via e-mail at WA1ZMS (at) arrl (dot) net.
-- Amateur Radio Newsline