RAC Bulletin 131109

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for November 9, 2013

NATIONAL NEWS

1. RAC Recognition Awards

Jeff Dovyak, VE4MBQ, has been nominated to receive our first RAC
Member Recognition Award. An Amateur since 1994, Jeff has been very
active with Winnipeg ARES, and is the Emergency Coordinator for
Winnpeg since 1994.

For the very first time, a group has been nominated to receive the
Extraordinary Service Award. The VE4WWO CANWARN Net Controller Team
has been serving the Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Center
(PASPC) in Winnipeg. They number 13 strong, and spend long hours
doing Net Control duties and storm spotting.

-- RAC Bulletin Service

2. RAC 2013 AGM concluded

The Radio Amateurs of Canada held the Annual General Meeting on
October 5th in Ancaster, Ontario. RAC President Geoffrey
Bawden's report is available on the RAC website. Of particular
interest is that, after a two and a half year effort, RAC has
returned to financial solvency, as confirmed by the audit report.

RAC would like to sincerely thank the Hamilton Amateur Radio Club and
its volunteers for hosting the event, and ICOM Canada and Radioworld
for generously providing two transceivers for the hamfest draw.

The 2014 AGM will take place in Vancouver, during the Pacific
Northwest DX Convention, July 25-27th. Convention details can be
found at: www.orcadxcc.org/vancouver2014/home.html

-- RAC Bulletin Service

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

3. New Certified EC

Congratulations are extended to Ken Brightling VE3ETP of London,
Ontario. He's Canada's newest Certified Emergency Coordinator (CEC).

-- RAC ARES Twitter Feed

ITEMS OF INTEREST

4. Salisbury Special Event

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact
is scheduled for the Salisbury Middle School, in Salisbury, New
Brunswick, for the week of November 18th.

Leading up to this event, members of the Moncton Area Amateur Radio
Club and the Tri County Amateur Radio Club will set up a temporary
station in the school on November 15th, to give students a chance to
contact hams in distant lands, and perhaps decide to join the world
of amateur radio. Operation will be from 1300 until 1830 UTC, on 40m
to 10m plus VHF/UHF, using special event callsign VC9SMS. QSL via
VE9GFD. For more information search VC9SMS on qrz.com.

-- RAC Special Events Database and qrz.com

5. Another "Last Man Standing" Ham Episode

"Last Man Standing" producer John Amodeo, NN6JA, reports that lead
character Mike Baxter (Tim Allen) finally gets on the ham bands
during the program's Thanksgiving episode, which was shot in
mid-October and scheduled to air on November 22 on ABC.

According to John, Mike heads to his basement ham shack to escape a
house full of guests waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to be served.
This is the second "Last Man Standing" episode to include ham radio
as a story element, and the first in which Allen's character is seen
operating his ham station.

-- CQ News Service