RAC Bulletin 2015-04-11

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for April 11, 2015

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

NATIONAL NEWS

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

1. Ontario North Section, new ARES appointments.

Due to family commitments Dave Hayes VE3JX has retired as SEC effective
April 1st.
Thanks Dave for your years of support to the ARES program.
Stiig Larsen, VE3LBX has been appointed to the SEC position effective
April 1st.
Jim McLean, VE3LJM has been appointed to the DEC position for Killarney
District.
Al Boyd VE3AJB, SM Ontario North

2. Canwarn training - Week of April 26th to May 2nd.

April 29 – 1 PM – Central Huron/Blyth – Emergency Services Training
Centre, 40193 Blyth Road
April 29 – 7 PM – Goderich – Town of Goderich Council Chambers, 57 West St
May 2 – 9 AM – Toronto – Environment Canada Headquarters, 4905 Dufferin St
please RSVP to canwarn.ontario @ ec.gc.ca if you plan to attend these
sessions.

3. Indoor / outdoor HAM RADIO Swapfest

Sponsor: Barrie Amateur Radio Club and the Junk in the Trunk Event
Newmarket
Date/Time: May 2nd - 07:30 to 11:30 AM
Closest town: South / West end of Barrie, Ontario
Location: Grenfell Community Centre / Arena - 1989 Sunnidale Road,
Grenfel, ON L0L 1Y0

Take Highway 400 to Dunlop Road West (Hwy 90), Head 5km west on Dunlop
Road West to Pinegrove Road,
turn right proceed north 1 km to Sunnidale Road. Turn Right,
proceed 500m.
Grenfell Community centre is on your right.

Vendors/tailgators $7.00 - Set up inside or out !! - Bring a table for
your set up. Rain or Shine.
Cost: General Admission FREE !! ! !

Talk-in frequency: Talk In - 147.000 + Tone 156.7
Coffee and snacks available.
For more info: Mike VE3MKX - mkx@bell.net

Webpage: http://www.barriearc.com/

4. Ontario QSO Party next weekend.

Please don't forget to operate in the Ontario QSO Party next weekend
on Saturday April 18 from 1800Z to 0500Z April 19, and 1200Z to 1800Z on
April 19.
See how many of the 58 Ontario areas you can work on ssb and cw.
Your exchange is a signal report and your county, district or single
tier municipality.
Full details are at http://www.va3cco.com/oqp/index.html

ITEMS OF INTEREST

5. DIGITAL VOICE - WHICH WAY TO GO

If your club is thinking of replacing its current repeater with a new
Digital Voice system but don't know
what the right choice is, help has arrived in the form of a new video
release from HamRadioNow.TV.

The VHF/UHF DV System Comparison is the story of a group of Digital
Voice enthusiasts in Charlotte, North Carolina,
who have repeaters for every digital voice system available except P-25.
They have D-STAR, DMR/ MotoTRBO and even a new Yaesu System Fusion
machine. So they're in a pretty good position to
evaluate the various technologies. In episode 195 of HamRadioNow, Roland
Kraatz, W9HPX gives a simple to
understand talk at the Charlotte Hamfest, comparing all three.

The hour long presentation is at tinyurl.com/hrn-on-dv

(ARNewsline, HRN)

6. South African ISP commercial

This internet provider commercial (1:15) is worth a watch, it should
have been a ham radio commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxU1ZhINaHk
(or search youtube for MTN Internet 'Space')

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

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