1205 (May 9th) NBARC Meeting Report

NBARC May 2012 meeting. May 9 2012.

Present were; VE3NLH, VA3BDR, VA3DLJ, VA3PC, VE3XKB, VE3KAN, VE3YO, VA3JGH, VE3GMG, VA3CMX, VE3LOR, VE3MAF, VE3MAA, VA3SPT, VE3TGI, VE3KAA,

Called to order at 1935ET

Correspondence; Jay VE3SWS is looking for a tri-band or 20M mono band antenna. The request is on the website www.ve3nbc.ca under CLASSIFIED ADS/WANTS for more info. Other correspondence later as it pertains to other business.

Treasurer; Lotsa money in bank and lotsa cash.

New hams/Members; nil

Nets. Monday morning nil. Sunday morning still going strong 0900ET 3.768 Mhz.

Repeaters; Working well. Released updated clock software but Paul hasn't had a chance to update the controllers yet..

Echolink/IRLP working well.

Website running normally. Check it out. www.ve3nbc.ca .

ARES; Doug gave a short report of CEMPC meeting. He also gave a quick report at the CEMPC meeting about amateur radio and Field Day. June 20th there will be an Ontario power grid test.

Hamfests; Northern Ontario Hamfest September 15th 2012.

Contest club; Nil

RAC; Paul gave a report. We have a TENTATIVE 5 year extension for hams on the cell phone bill. It is still out for comments til May 30th. Should know more by the fall. RAC is still working on a permanent exemption. Check the website www.ve3nbc.ca .

Events; MS Walkathon. Nothing recent. 0800ET May 27th. Rotary Shelter by the old chief. Need a couple more volunteers.

Patrick4Life. June 10th 0800ET. More to follow. Need 4-5 more volunteers.

Field day. June 23rd/24th. VA3DLJ gave a report. We are still looking at the top of the ski hill off Janey St. Keep watch on the website wwww.ve3nbc.ca as Doug will be posting more in the future. We have 9 participants at this time. Feel free to come out and play. It is a lot of fun and a great way to play with HF. On the website www.ve3nbc.ca under FORUMS/OPERATING you will find a Field Day 2012 for comments and questions. We will be finalizing at the June Meeting.

Mattawa Canoe Race. July 28th We will be there.

Canwarn training May 31th at the North Bay Library.

Check the website under EVENTS for the complete list.

Old Business; Nil

New Business; Nil

Adjourned at 2035

Next meeting June 13th 2012.

Doug gave an ARES presentation on Emergency Preparedness. Check the website www.ve3nbc.ca for more.

Paul gave a presentation on WSPR.