RAC Bulletin 2015-01-17

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for January 17, 2015

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

NATIONAL NEWS

1. Jim Dean, VE3IQ passes on... a pillar of the Radio Amateurs of Canada has left this earth.

As many of you know, Jim Dean, VE3IQ has been a pillar of RAC for many years and his counsel 
was sought by a great many in the amateur community both nationally and internationally. 
Among his many roles he served internationally as our man in Geneva for WRC conferences, 
domestically as a Canadian Amateur Radio Advisory Board (CARAB) liaison and an advisor 
to many RAC Presidents including myself. He will be missed.

Geoffrey Bawden VE4BAW; President and Chair, RAC

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2. Niagara Peninsula Amateur Radio Club's Big Event!  

When:	Saturday, February 7, 2015 
Where:	Merriton Community Centre
 	7 Park Ave.
 	St. Catharines, Ontario

Times:  Open at 7:00 AM for Vendors and to the Public at 9:00 AM.
	Out-of-the-Cold Reception area is open at 8:15 AM 
Admission: $7.00 per person - see website for table pricing.

Talk-in:VE3NRS 147.240+ Tone 107.2 Hz
For more info:   http://www.nparc.on.ca/bigevent.php 

3. K1N Navassa DXpedition

It is looking like K1N will be QRV the first two weeks of February.
It has been over 22 years since Navassa was activated and USFWS will not 
allow another operation for at least 10 more years. 

Everyone can make the most of this opportunity by LISTENING to the operator's 
instructions. We will not be working all modes on all bands, but limiting most 
bands to a specific mode, so that we can work the pileups down to the last caller.

For more information see www.navassadx.com 


4. Special Event Callsign Active

2015-02-01 to 2015-03-01	CG350F	
Celebrating the	50th Anniversary of Canadian Maple Leaf Flag
QSL to: Robert Emerson VE3RHE 


5. CQ Combining January/February 2015 Issues, Closing CQ Plus Digital Supplement:

CQ magazine today announced that it will be publishing a combined January/February 2015 
issue and will be ceasing publication of its "CQ Plus" digital edition supplement as of 
the March 2015 issue. Both moves are intended to help restore the magazine's normal 
schedule for its print edition and to strengthen its foundations moving forward.

CQ will continue to publish both print and digital editions, but the digital edition will 
no longer contain the 50-60 additional pages each month that constituted "CQ Plus." 
Ham radio will remain the magazine's primary focus, as it has been for the past seven decades. 
CQ is marking its 70th anniversary of publication as of its January/February issue.

Subscribers to both the print and digital editions of CQ will have their subscriptions extended 
by one month due to the combined January/February issue.

From CQ Magazine.

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clarifications?
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