RAC Bulletin 2015-01-10

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for January 10, 2015

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

NATIONAL NEWS

1. New RAC Membership Benefit.

RAC is pleased to announce that it has recently reached a deal to provide
members with a 10% discount on books available from the Radio Society of
Great Britan. Check out the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of The Canadian Amateur
(Page 8) for details.

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2. 2014 DX SOUND BITES!

Tom, K8CX, has done it again. He has provided DXers with 152 memorable
rare DX sound clips (in MP3 format) from 2014.

Visit Tom's famous "HAM GALLERY" Web site at: http://hamgallery.com/dx2014
While there you can also check out other features on his Web page, such as:
17 years of "Rare DX Sound Clips" of the past, QSL Card Museum, and
Dayton Photo Galleries.

and speaking of Dayton ---

3. 2015 Dayton Hamvention venue

Despite financial struggles dogging the owners of Hara Arena, site of
the Dayton Hamvention® since the 1960s,
the 2015 Hamvention General Chairman Jim Tiderman, N8IDS, has told ARRL
that he expects the world’s largest
Amateur Radio show to continue there — this May and in the years ahead.

“Both Hamvention and DARA have absolute confidence in the Wampler
family’s guiding their corporation through
reorganization and have plans in place to keep Hara operating for years
to come,” Tiderman said.
Last year, Dayton Hamvention attracted nearly 25,000 visitors.

4. Dayton Contest University 2015

Registration is now open for the 2015 Dayton Contest University (CTU).
Sessions will take place on Thursday, May 14, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
in downtown Dayton.
2015 will mark the ninth year in a row that CTU sessions have been held
in Dayton, in conjunction with
Dayton Hamvention.® More than 3700 students have attended Dayton CTU,
and more than 80 instructors
have shared their contesting experience and expertise.

For more information check out www.contestuniversity.com

5. PAY PHONES MAY DISAPPEAR IN DA BIG APPLE

Pay phones on New York City streets would become a remnant of the past
under a plan
that would replace them with standalone devices offering free Wi-Fi and
nationwide
phone calls.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls the project LinkNYC. He
describes it as a
plan proposed by the CityBridge group who have been selected to replace
the pay phone system.

If the plan is approved up to 10,000 devices with touch screens for
users to access city
agencies would be installed. The devices will also display advertising
and announcements.
New York City leaders claim that advertising revenue from these devices
would bring in
$500 million over the next 12 years.

The only phones left would be three booth-style pay phones on New York's
Upper West Side that would be preserved as pieces of New York City history.

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V__3____ returning the frequency to net control.