RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for February 24, 2018
Official Bulletin for Radio Amateurs of Canada,
with this week's bulletin
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS
1. Ham-Ex 2018
Hosts : Peel and Mississauga Amateur Radio Clubs
Location: Brampton Fall Fair Grounds, 12942 Heart Lake Rd, Caledon, ON
L7C 2J3.
Date : Saturday, March 17, 2018
Times : Exhibits and Demonstrations at 8 am. Flea Market at 9 am.
Vendor open at 7 am.
Cost : General Admission $8. Grand prize tickets $5 or $3 for $10.
Paypal accepted.
Talk-in : VE3PRC 146.880- (103.5 Hz required) and VE3MIS 154.430-
(103.5 Hz required)
: The flea market features over 100 tables, with some of Canada's leading retailers.
In addition, there will be exams for Basic, Advanced and CW Qualifications,
exhibits, demonstrations, special event station, DXCC card
checking,
light refreshments, and breakfast.
Info : Complete details on the website.
contact : vendors @ ham-ex.ca
Webpage :
http://www.ham-ex.ca
2. Ontario Qso Party is coming up on 21-22 April, 2018
Plan your operations for the 21st annual event and drop a note to oqp @ va3cco.com
to let us know where you will be operating from. Lets get all 50
multipliers active this year.
"Youth Plus" category to introduce ham radio to the youngsters in your household.
Rules at
http://www.va3cco.com/oqp
ITEMS OF INTEREST
3. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (U.S.) Transitioning to Online
Reporting System
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will phase out the
traditional ARES report
forms later this year in favor of an online system called ARES Connect,
a volunteer
management, communications, and reporting system. The new system will
allow information
to be logged by ARES members and managed through the ARRL Field
Organization.
The advent of ARES Connect was among other highlights in “The Amateur
Radio Emergency
Service (ARES) 2017 Annual Report,” released this week by the ARRL.
ARES Connect does not change how ARES operates when serving a partner
entity; it is
simply a system that will make managing volunteers and events easier.
Beta testing of
ARES Connect will begin in March. ARES made changes to its report forms
last year to
make it easier to process information at ARRL Headquarters and to
standardize the format
for all forms. ARES Monthly Reports have been posted to the ARRL
website, providing regular
information on Amateur Radio public service communication activity, the
report noted.
-- arrl news
4. Spratly Islands DXpedition set for March
The ARRL reports the Spratly Islands may be on the air in early March
under the Malaysian
call sign 9M0W from Layang Layang Island (Swallow Reef) with CW, SSB,
and digital
operation on 160 through 6 meters
The international amateur radio team, headed by YT1AD, had planned to
operate in Dec 2017
but had to change its plans because the resort on Layang Layang Island,
from which the
DXpedition will operate, was closed from December until February.
Ownership of the Spratlys has been asserted by the People’s Republic of China (PRC),
Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines in addition to Malaysia.
The Spratlys are #56 on Club Log’s DXCC Most-Wanted List.
-- arrl news
5. www.K8ZT.com (Calculators and reference website)
a site with links to many calculators and handy reference material.
-- Thanks to John, VE3VGI for mentioning it.
This concludes this week's bulletin.
Richard Szajkowski AKA The Wizzard
U.S.S. Alliance BBS (Brampton) (Born 1984 Reborn 2017)
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