RAC Bulletin 2015-02-14

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for February 14, 2015

This is V_3___, Offical Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada, with this week's bulletin.

NATIONAL NEWS

ONTARIO NEWS

1. Burlington ARC Spring Fleamarket
When : Saturday February 28th. Sellers 7:00am, Buyers 9:00am
Where: Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 70, 828 Legion Road, Burlington, ON
Info : Talk in VE3RSB 147.21+ (131.8Hz Tone)
General Admission $7.00, Tables $12.00
Webpage:http://www.barc.ca/barc-events/spring-fleamarket/
Contact: springfleamarketchair @ barc.ca
Tables: hamfesttables @ barc.ca

--- RAC Events

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2. The Code: A declassified and unbelievable hostage rescue story.
How the Colombian army sent a hidden message in Morse Code to hostages... using a pop song
See the article at http://www.theverge.com/
and scroll down to the bottom of the page and use "morse code" in the search box.

--- submitted by Brad, VE3RHJ

3. Realtime Band Conditions Website.

Bandconditions.com is a new experimental website designed to provide 24 hour a day, 
7 day a week, 365 day a year real time band condition information to amateur raido operators.

This information is not based on any software predictions or any kind of satellite based
readings. Instead it uses a new Ionospheric sounding method called 
"HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used 
by NASA.  Its in cyberspace atwww.bandconditions.com.

--- (OPDX)

4. Motorola up for sale?

The last vestige of the Motorola empire is on the block after struggling with stagnant 
earnings. Motorola Solutions Inc., the $15.6 billion maker of two-way radios and other 
communications equipment, is exploring a possible sale, 
according to people familiar with the matter.

A sale could mark the final step in the dismantling of Motorola Inc., which was split 
up four years ago into Motorola Solutions Inc. and a handset (Cellphone) unit, 
which was purchased by Google Inc.
Motorola Solutions is working with financial advisers as it seeks a buyer.
A transaction isn’t imminent, though a sale process has been under way for several months.

The full article is available athttp://www.bloomberg.com and search for Motorola

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or clarifications?

Hearing none, This is V__3____ returning the frequency to net control.