RAC Bulletin 2015-06-06

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for Jun 06, 2015

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

NATIONAL NEWS

1. RAC Comments on the ARRL proposed changes to HF Band Plans

The ARRL published proposed changes to the U.S. HF band plan for comment
in the April edition of QST.
The RAC Band Planning Committee reviewed the proposals for potential
impacts on Canadian Amateurs.
The proposed changes increase the U.S. digital sub-bands by extending
frequency limits upwards
into segments normally used for phone communications outside the U.S.
As Canadian phone operations in the 80m and 40m bands can take place
below the current US phone sub-bands,
the effect of the proposed changes would be to reduce the space
available to Canadian Amateurs.
On 40m and 20m, the proposed changes would also negatively impact DX
phone operations throughout the Americas.
RAC has formally communicated our concerns to ARRL with the request that
they include these concerns in their
consideration of any changes to the U.S. sub-bands.
-- George Gorsline, VE3YV - RAC International Affairs Officer

2. New RAC Site is now operational

RAC announces they have officially cut over to the Word Press based
Radio Amateurs of Canada website.
This site can be accessed via wp.rac.ca or www.rac.ca. The old site is
no longer available.
The webmasters are still moving content over from the old site as required.
If there is a particular article from the old site that you cannot
locate please email the webmaster
and he will endeavour to port that content over to the new site.
In the coming weeks we will be launching further enhancements to the site.
-- Paul Burggraaf VO1PRB

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. Some DX to look out for over the next week:

Jun 5 to 18th - Maldives - 8Q7CQ
Jun 15 to 22nd - Cape Verde Islands - D4C

4. HEX-BEAM® Manufacturer Traffie Technologies Shutting Down

Traffie Technologies, the Massachusetts-based family business that has
pioneered and manufactured the
HEX-BEAM line of compact rotatable wire beams, is closing its doors.

The company’s principal, Mike Traffie, N1HXA, has indicated that he is
open to having someone else take over the business.
The small firm came into being in 1992, and HEX-BEAM antennas have been
developed for 40 meters through 2 meters
in various monoband and multiband versions.
The company’s latest product is the HX5Bi, which covers 10, 12, 15, 17
and 20 meters.
-- ARRL News

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V__3____ returning the frequency to net control.