RAC Bulletin 2014-07-05

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for July 5, 2014

NATIONAL NEWS

1. Renew Your RAC Email Notifications

Effective July 1st, Canada's anti-spam law requires RAC to have your
consent to continue sending you notifications and emails. You can
do this by re-subscribing at tinyurl.com/rac-emails. If you do not
re-subscribe, you will no longer receive emails from RAC.

-- RAC Bulletin Service

2. RAC Annual General Meeting

A reminder: RAC will have its Annual General Meeting in British
Columbia associated with the Pacific Northwest DX Conference from
July 25 to 27 of this year. For more information about the conference
visit tinyurl.com/orca2014dx.

For those who cannot attend in person, we will again have an
electronic outreach. We started this outreach in 2011 in St. John's
and want to see it grow in use, to ensure that members have an
opportunity to participate.

-- RAC Report

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference

The 2014 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference,
sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union, returns to the
United States this year. The conference will take place on August 14
and 15 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama, adjacent
to the Von Braun Convention Center, where the Huntsville Hamfest will
be held on August 16 and 17. For more information visit
w4ozk.com/GAREC14.htm

-- CQ News Service

4. No Young Ham of the Year

There will be no Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award
presented in 2014. According to Chairman Mark Abramowicz, NT3V, the
judging committee decided to defer making an award this year due to
the low number of nominees. This is not a reflection on the quality
of the nominations they did receive; merely that more nominations and
documentation would be needed to make a fair determination. Right
now the plan is to open nominations again in February of 2015.

-- Amateur Radio Newsline

5. Basics of HF Propagation

Practical Wireless Editor Don Field G3XTT took part in the RSGB
Commonwealth Contest and used it as a basis for explaining the basics
of HF propagation. Practical Wireless have given permission for the
article "The Basics of HF Propagation" to be made available on the
Commonwealth Contest website. You can download the PDF file at
tinyurl.com/pwhfprop

-- Southgate ARC News