RAC Bulletin 121103

RAC Ontario Section Bulletin for November 3, 2012

NATIONAL NEWS

1. VE3AJB Receives Accolade
Former Ontario Section Manager, and current Ontario North Section
Manager Al Boyd VE3AJB has been recognized with an OPP Accolade
award. This award recognizes an individual whose actions and
behaviours demonstrate and/or exceed commitment to the OPP and their
communities.
Boyd joined the OPP in 1981, and currently holds the position of
community service officer for Manitoulin detachment, North East
Region. Our congratulations to Al !
-- RAC Bulletin Service

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

2. OPN Seeks Net Controller
The Ontario Phone Net is looking for a net control operator for the
Saturday net. The net starts at 1900 Eastern Time, on 3745 kHz.
If you would like to help out, please contact Shawn VE3PSV on the
Ontario Phone Net, or via NTS message.
-- Shawn Gartley, VE3PSV, acting net manager

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. Kingston Hamfest
The Kingston Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual hamfest on
Saturday, November 17, at the Military Communications & Electronics
Museum, 95 Craftsman Blvd., in Kingston. General admission at 9
a.m.; talk-in on VE3KBR repeater, 146.94 (-), 154 Hz tone. This
event is co-sponsored by the museum, and the museum will be open.
For more information visit www.ve3kbr.com
-- RAC Events Database

4. GRE quits the scanner business but Alinco not affected.
GRE, the radio manufacturer which also represents Alinco
in the United States, has ceased all manufacturing of
scanner radios. The good news is that Alinco product sales
and service will continue.
The news was a bit of a shock to the GRE group in Belmont,
California where word from Japan earlier this month that GRE
personnel in Asia and the United States were being dismissed
and scanner operations were being discontinued. The Belmont
office will stay open for sales and service of the Alinco product line.
(Amateur Radio Newsline)

5. Canadian AM Stations Leaving the Air
More AM stations are leaving the medium wave AM broadcast
band in Canada than are coming on the air, according to
the trade publication Radio World. It says since 2009,
some sixteen Canadian AM broadcasters have gone
off the air, several have moved to the FM band and
companies have closed the least profitable stations.
A quick search of the Canadian Radio-Television and
Telecommunications Commission site shows 727 remaining
commercially licensed radio stations, not broken down by service.
(trade publication Radio World)