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Westcoast Amateur Radio AssociationMeetings, Notices and Coming EventsNOTICE: Next Meeting June 18
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General Meetings: Third Tuesday of the Month. Location: Red Cross House, 909 Fairfield Road, Victoria, BC, Time: 7 pm (Enter at Fairfield Rd Basement Doors).
Do you have an interesting project that you want to share at a meeting? We are looking for presenters (guest speakers) for each meeting. Let us know ! Field Day June 22-23, 2013On the June 22-23 weekend, we will be holding Field Day at Heritage Acres in Saanichton, in partnership with New Horizons Amateur Radio Club and with the Victoria Short Wave Club. Founded in 1929, the Victoria Short Wave Club is the oldest radio club in Canada.
The purpose of Field Day is to make as many contacts as possible and to learn to operate in abnormal situations (temporary antennas and power supplies) and in less than optimal conditions (in shelters and communications trailers). A large number of individuals and clubs across North America take part, so there are many opportunities to make contacts. Last year we made over 500 contacts on CW and voice in the HF bands and we certainly plan to meet or beat last year's score. Watch an excellent video produced by Chris, VE7ALB/VA7OL, explaining the 2010 Field Day.
We have a lot of fun setting up and operating the temporary antennas and the various stations, and enjoying a BBQ dinner together. See the Field Day page for information about previous years, and watch this space for more information about this year. Meanwhile, please put these dates in your calendar. TC 10k Run - Sunday April 28, 2013 - FINAL ReportBig thanks to all 48 Hams who volunteered and supported the 2013-TC10k. We had 100% attendance, and everyone, new hams and previously experiened, performed marvellously. At Net Control, the team of dispatchers handled lots of routine traffic plus a few urgent calls which were all resolved quickly. We have a good system in place and have received some positive feedback from emergency service professionals.
Thanks again for everyone's assistance, 73 Alan Mallett va7awm at rac dot ca. Saltspring Repeater News - Jan. 2013The WARA Saltspring 146.66 VA7VIC Repeater is temporarily off the air, due to long-standing interference issues with VE7RSI repeater that we have been unable to resolve. The new set of filters we recently added did not help. I will keep you posted - Al VE7BEU, Repeater Operations CARHA Hockey 2013 THANKSHi everyone, I would like to thank all of you for your hard work during the 2013 CARHA Pacific Cup Tournament this past weekend. It was a huge success and the CARHA committee were very pleased with the results. I will be contacting operators from this year's event around mid-November to see if you are available to do a shift similar to this year in January 2014. Thanks again everyone - job well done!!!! 73 - Neil
Neil Townsend ve7nil is the Communications Volunteer Coordinator for the annual CARHA Hockey Pacific Cup Tournament which takes place in the weekend just after mid-January. See the WARA Public Service Page for more info. More Articles...
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