RAC Bulletin 2009-07-04

Subject: RAC Ontario Section Bulletin for July 4, 2009
Date: Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:35 AM

RAC Ontario Section Bulletin for July 4, 2009

NATIONAL NEWS

1. New RAC Vice-President Field Services

Effective July 1, 2009, Doug Mercer, VO1DTM, has assumed the post of
Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice President for Field Services (VPFS).
Doug replaces Sue Cooke VE3SUH, who was appointed by the RAC Board of
Directors to temporarily fill the position when former VPFS Bob
Cooke, VE3BDB, resigned to accept appointment as RAC president on
February 24, 2009. Doug's appointment as VPFS will continue until
December 31, 2009, which is the end of the current executive term. He
may be contacted by email at vo1dtm (at) hotmail.com. RAC greatly
appreciates Sue's efforts and is grateful to her and to Doug for
ensuring that this important RAC position remains filled.

-- Bob Cooke, VE3BDB, RAC President

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2. Maritime DX Forum

The Halifax Amateur Radio Club invites DXers, contesters and HF
enthusiasts to the 6th Annual Maritime DX Forum (MDF), August 7th and
8th. The MDF will be held in the Rosaria Centre of Mount St. Vincent
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Inexpensive accommodations are
available at the University. For more information see
www.halifax-arc.org

-- Southgate ARC News

3. Contesting Compendium

The Contesting Compendium intends to "to collect all the world's good
information about amateur radio contesting and make it accessible
from a single portal." This is a "wiki", like Wikipedia, which means
anyone can contribute information. Visit the Compendium at web site
wiki.contesting.com

-- ARRL Contest Update

4. ARRL Propagation Charts

Need to know what HF bands are open? If you don't have propagation
software, you can get a general idea from the monthly propagation
charts published by the ARRL. Find them in PDF format at
www.arrl.org/qst/propcharts

-- ARRL Contest Update

5. Incident Command System online course

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency is now offering an
on-line course, IS-100, on the Incident Command System. This is
a self-study course that you can take at the FEMA web site:
emilms.fema.gov/IS100A/index.htm

-- Handi-Ham News