RAC Bulletin 130706

RAC Ontario Section Bulletin for July 6, 2013

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL NEWS

1. RAC Incoming QSL Bureau

Please remember that all VE/VA cards to VE/VA Amateurs are to be sent
to the RAC Incoming Bureau in Saint John, not to the Outgoing QSL
Bureau. This QSL service is only available to RAC members.

Also, if you choose not to receive QSL cards via the bureau, please
notify your respective bureau and also post your QSL requirements to
services such as QRZ.com. Thousands of QSL's are received annually
and never claimed. Bureau volunteers would appreciate your assistance
with this issue.

-- The RAC Report

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

2. Submitting Bulletin Items

Amateur Radio groups in Ontario that wish to announce upcoming
events, or report on their activities, are invited to send brief
items to the Official Bulletin Manager email address,
obm (at) ve3rhj.net. Items should be no more than twelve lines long,
and must be received by Wednesday for the next week's bulletin,

-- Brad Rodriguez, VE3RHJ, OBM

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. VHF/UHF Portable Quad

Wayne N6NB has published an inexpensive design for a tri-band
144/222/432 MHz cubical quad antenna, for roving or portable VHF/UHF
operation. Several of these are in use around Southern California.
See it at tinyurl.com/vhfquad

-- ARRL Contest Update

4. Center for the Advancement of Science in Space

CASIS Academy is an interactive learning website created to educate
middle school students about the International Space Station (ISS)
and to pique their interest through multimedia videos and features.

Students are most likely to lose interest in science fields while in
the middle grades. CASIS Academy targets students at this critical
age, using the excitement of space as a tool to increase interest in
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.
For more information, please visit www.casisacademy.org.

-- AMSAT News