| Website Updated: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 |
| WARC Westcumb Amateur Radio Club WARC |
| ...with members from Westmorland County, New Brunswick & Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Every Monday night except in July and August, volunteer club members of the WARC conduct the WARC Weekly Net at 8 pm on various linked repeaters. Why not listen and check in? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Storm Watch: If the WX looks inclement for a WARC meeting night, then listen to the VE1WRC Repeater (147.285+ MHz) during the day for a recorded message regarding its status. |
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1) Lorne VE1BXK and Brad VE1ZX made the trip up to the VE1SPR repeater located on Lynn Mountain, NS on Sunday, May 13th, 2012. There was work to be done as you will see in this report with photos from Lorne. Thanks Lorne. The photo report is HERE. 2) VE1GK, Glenn has written an interesting and informative article on D-STAR. Glenn's article appears in this month's issue of "The Tantramar" as well as HERE. 3) Our club Newsletter, "The Tantramar", for May 2012 is now on the website HERE. The April 2012 Meeting Minutes are included in the newsletter. 4) The WARC April 2012 Brunch was held at the Shellnutt Restaurant,Thomson Station, NS on Saturday, April 21st, 2012. Thanks to VE1ZX Brad, we have some photos from this brunch HERE. Scroll down the page. |
| Upcoming Events |
1) Exercise "Handshake" - an ongoing exercise held on various repeaters and held monthly on the last Tuesday of every month starting at 7 pm in 2012: May 29th, June 26th, July 31st, August 28th, September 25th, October 30th, November 27th and December 25th. 2) The Loyalist City Amateur Radio Club proudly announces the celebration of its 75 years of operation in Saint John and surrounding areas. For further information regarding all events associated with this anniversary, see their website : http://www.lcarc.ca/ 3) The May 2012 WARC Brunch will be held on Saturday,May 19th, 2012 at the Harbourview Restaurant in Parrsboro, NS starting at 11 am. Come early as we always have a good turnout. This is also the weekend of the "Atlantic Fly-in" when Paragliders and Hang Gliders from across eastern North America 'descend' upon Parrsboro. It is interesting to watch them take off and fly. 4) VE1BIC, Ron has arranged for a booth for the WARC at the Amherst Community Fair on Saturday, May 26th, 2012. If you are interested in helping out with the public display and with promoting our hobby, please get in touch with Ron and indicate your interest. 5) The annual DownEast Fleamarket will be held on Saturday, May 26th, 2012 at the Halifax Forum Complex with entrance off Almon Street as last year. See details above sent to me by VE1NN, Dave. 6) The WARC June 2012 Meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 6th in our meeting room in the E.D. Fullerton County Building in Amherst, NS. The Executive have decided to do a BBQ for all members and their guests so come hungry and early as the meeting will start at 6 pm,followed by the BBQ with cake for dessert. Please bring along your spouse. It is anticipated that the meeting will be shorter than usual as the executive have to cook and, as well, they can only face a hungry mob for so long! :-) 7) Cross Border Challenge Run - WARC member volunteers are required once again to provide communication for this event, held on the morning of Saturday, June 23rd, 2012. It will be over before field day setup at the county building. If interested in helping out, please contact our President, VE1JBL, Jim Langille. 8) The Annual ARRL Field Day will be held the last full weekend in June which is June 23rd-24th this year. We will operate from the EOC in the E.D. Fullerton County Building as in past years. BBQed sausages and hamburgers will be cooked up by Chef Hannon once again. It would be great to get a few more OPs for the overnight shift. Please let VE1CHI, Jim know if you will stay the full 24 hours prior to the June 6th meeting. We usually get underway with setup and testing just after 11 am on the Saturday - June 23rd. Hope you can make it this year and help out the club's FD efforts. 9) VE1JSG, Jon Gordon has kindly offered to act as the "Nominating Committee" for the 2012-2013 year. If you have executive position suggestions for Jon, please send your nomination with seconder's name to Jon on or before the September 5th meeting. Jon will be contacting our present executive members to see if they are interested in running once again. Thank you, Jon, for taking on this important role again this year. 10) The MAARC of Moncton, NB will be holding their annual Fleamarket on Saturday, September 15th, 2012 at the Lion's Club Hall in Riverview, NB. This fleamarket is normally held in Shediac, NB, but has been moved to this new location in Riverview this year. See more info below. |
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| The North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) welcome all who are interested in CW and have some interest in using QRP from time to time. Membership is free and you automatically become a lifetime member. Visit their website for more details: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/ This info from Paul, KD2MX, Membership Recruiter for NAQCC as reported in TCA, Nov-Dec. 2008. |
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The following list of callsigns are of paid up club members for the 2011-2012 year thus far. This list will be updated as Treasurer Kev, VE1KEV submits updates to me. Thanks Kevin. If your call does not appear below, then you have NOT paid your dues or I have not been informed. Please see Kevin at the next club meeting and become a club member. Thanks. (List last updated on 8th November 2011) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VA1SBT VE9UH VE1CHI VE9TER VE1KW VE1YH VE1AFH VE1JBL VE1XDT VE1BIC VE9TTT VE9PKV VE1EDP VE1SM VE1KEV VE1AMU VE1EXE VE9NEL VE9DWJ VA1MAB VE1JSP VE1ADV VE6NM VE1GK VE1BSD VE1MY VE1ZS VE1BSM VE1JWM VE1JSG VE9JMP VE9KM VE1DEH VE9BGC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Life Members ~~ VE1CZD VE1BXK VE1AIC VE1JJC VE1CFK VE9RWS VE1ZX |
Check out N0NBH's site for everything you have ever wanted to know about Solar Data and HF Propagation!: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html |
Now that you have brushed up on your code throughout the winter, click on the URL below for a great concert by Beethoven written in the key of CW! This is an amazing and entertaining short video. Have your speakers on. Thanks to Brad, VE1ZX for this URL: http://www.zerobeat.net/morse505.html |
Two Metre Repeaters VE1MTN/147.090 +/Moncton, NB VE9TCR/147.345+/Moncton, NB VE9SBR/147.225 +/Shediac, NB VE9SKV/145.230 -/Sackville, NB VY2PEI/145.150 -/Cavendish, PE VE1CRA/146.670 -/Charlottetown, PE VE1UHF/146.715 -/Glen Valley, PE VE1CFR/146.850 -/Summerside, PE VE1WRC/147.285 +/Amherst, NS VE1BHS/145.350 -/Sugarloaf, NS VE1SPR/147.000 -/Springhill, NS VE1SPH/146.805 -/Springhill, NS VE1PAR/145.470 -/Parrsboro, NS VE1NET/146.745 -/Parrsboro, NS VE1HAR/147.135 +/Truro, NS For complete repeater info click this link: http://ve1cra.net/main/rpt-lists.htm (Thanks to Ron, VE1AIC) |
| Check out the online tour through "The Museum of Radio and Technology, Inc." in Huntington, West Virginia and relive a lot of the old memories of radios we knew as a kid. Thanks to Roger, VE1RV for this link: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/ |
Tower Climb - climbing to the top of a transmission tower. One may have second thoughts about climbing this tower - even VE9RWS! :-) http://file.qip.ru/embed/139653439/bb7b65c3 |
| Hi Jim, I recently installed the HamInfoBar Toolbar to my Monzilla Home Page...You could also add it to your Explorer Home Page etc... Please add it to the Westcumb website. Thanks and 73, Jon VE1JSG To find out more about this toolbar and download it, go to: http://HamInfoBar.MyRadioToolbar.com/ |
Here is the Wiki Article on SDR (Software Defined Radio): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defi ned_radio ...and here is a webpage where you can have hours of fun using SDR on radios from around the world: http://www.websdr.org/ |
| The Monday Night Net Control Roster appears below up until the end of June 2012. If you cannot make your scheduled night, please contact VE1XDT Mike and let him know so that a substitute may be found. |
2012 Downeast Fleamarket Essentially same details as 2011 Fleamarket WHEN: Saturday May 26, 2012 (last Sat of May) Opens for Sellers – 7 AM Opens to Buyers – 9 AM WHERE: Halifax Forum, Bingo Annex Parking lot entrance, corner Windsor and Almon Streets ENTRANCE FEE: $4 ea., for everybody TABLES: Free – reserve thru VE1NN Coffee Shop on Site Fri Evening Social – 6:30 PM onward - Chebucto Inn Bar & Resturant 6151 Lady Hammond Road Accommodations: Chebucto Inn - $69 plus taxes one double bed, $79 plus taxes two double beds, single or double occupancy – includes FREE: parking, wireless internet and local calls Sat Morning Breakfast – at Steak & Stein – normal service from 7:30 onward – F’market entry tickets will be sold at Steak & Stein during breakfast TABLE RESERVATIONS & QUESTIONS - David Nimmo VE1NN 462-3945(home) dnimmo@bellaliant.net |
| HINTS & KINKS Here are Gerry's (VE1KW) URLs he wrote on the board during the May 2012 WARC Meeting: www.arduino.cc www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Projects/ |
| Let's just stick with WARC! It has come to this Webguy's attention via another club member that since our club is now officially a "Society", that instead of WARC, we are now the WARS so we aren't 'arcs' anymore, we're 'arses'! :-) |
| MAARC (Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club Inc) Flea Market Please note: Starting in September 2012, we have a new location Date: September 15, 2012 (3rd Saturday of September) Place: Riverview Lions Club, 701 Coverdale Road, Riverview, N.B. Time: Vendors 8:00 am and General Admission 10:00 am Admission: $4.00 per person Tables: No Charge Coffee, Pop and Sandwiches available on site Contact: Charles Levasseur VE9CEL ve9cel@rogers.com Talk in on 147.090 + |