RAC Bulletin 2015-08-15

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 15, 2015 
 
This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada, with this week's Bulletin 
 
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS 
 
1. WWV 25MHz signal restored to its original antenna. 
 
Time may seem to stand still – at least for a few moments - at WWV, in Fort Collins, Colorado.  
The time and frequency standard station is celebrating the completion of its successful first year  
with a restored vertical dipole, one it had stopped making use of in 1977. 
 
Last year, the 25 MHz signal went back to transmitting at the antenna’s original location  
on an experimental basis. The experiment, it seems, worked just fine. 
 
The decision was made to resurrect the older vertical dipole which after restoration  
now looks just like it looked in 1977. The vertical dipole has a lower angle of radiation 
and now has a transmitter of its own, radiating 2.5 kilowatts.  
 
WWV welcomes signal reports and comments sent to its email address at wwv-at-nist-dot-gov   
(wwv@nist.gov  ). 
 
-- ARRL 
 
 
2.  THREE HONORED BY YASME FOUNDATION 
 
Three hams have been given the Yasme Excellence Award for what the group’s directors deem a significant   
contribution to amateur radio – whether operational, technical or organizational. They are: 
 
Mike Mertel, K7IR, of Washington State, for his revolutionary invention of a tunable Yagi antenna that   
was later made available to the amateur radio community under the brand name SteppIR 
 
Koos Fockens, PA0KDF, of the Netherlands, for his investigations, measurements and publications   
regarding noise in the amateur radio bands that played a key role in the global fight against Broadband   
Over Power Line (BPL) interference 
 
James Ying, N2IW, of Rochester, New York, for his creation of an on-line scheduling application that was   
used by many W1AW/portable operations during the 2014 ARRL Centennial and remains available without   
charge 
 
The award consists of a cash grant and an engraved crystal globe.  
 
-- arnewsline.org 
 
 
ONTARIO NEWS 
 
3. Subject: Toronto Star Article on Ham Radio 
 
Here is an informative article on amateur radio published by the Toronto Star Newspaper 
with tie-ins to CANWARN and emergency preparedness. 
 
You can check it out at: 
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/08/02/local-hams-take-to-the-airwaves.html   
 
--  Stiig VE3LBX 
 
ITEMS OF INTEREST 
 
4.  Podcast site authored by Eric 4Z1UG. 
 
http://www.qsotoday.com/   
 
There are 53 interviews on the site with interesting radio amateurs.   
New interviews are added regularly. 
 
I find the interviews to be enjoyable.  Take a look, maybe you will too. 
-- Rick ve3mm  
 
 
This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or clarifications? 
Hearing none, This is V__3____ returning the frequency to net control.