Canadian Amateur Radio Organizations

 This certificate showed up in a desk drawer and it reminded me of the various Amateur Radio Organizations there have been in Canada.  In 1920 the CRRL or Canadian Radio Relay League was formed as a branch of the ARRL.  In 1967 CARF  the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation was formed and it was independent of CRRL.  In 1993 CRRL and CARF joined forces and became RAC or Radio Amateurs of Canada and RAC is still our national organization.  The provinces and territories have their own organizations and ours is The Nova Scotia Amateur Radio Association, or NSARA.  

 Congratulations to Dennis d'Entremont - VE1XT - who is our new Accredited Examiner for the Amateur Radio Qualifications.  Dennis will replace David Vail - VE1GM - who has held the post for close to 30 years.

Memorial Plaque

Max (VE1IC) had this nice plaque made and it was mounted beside the door of the communications room at the Yarmouth REMO building during the club gathering on Saturday July 10, 2021.
 

 Received from Dennis - VE1XT...The situation re gatherings at

the clubhouse will be reviewed on May 17th.

Notice of change in meeting schedule...At the Saturday gathering on April 17, 2021 a motion was made, seconded and unanimously adopted that we change our monthly meetings from the third Tuesday evening each month to the third Saturday morning of each month beginning at 10:30 AM.  This will be convenient for members who live outside of town.

Amateur of the Year Award

As you know, our club nominated Bernie Bonnar for RAC's Amateur of the Year Award for the year 2020.  Unfortunately our nominee wasn't chosen and the award went to Al Penney, VO1NO.

Following the passing of our former chairman Bernie Bonnar (VE1UT) the club executive has appointed Jim Harris (VE1RB) as chairman and Dennis d'Entremont (VE1XT) as vice chairman.  David Doucette (VE1JC) remains as secretary and David Vail (VE1GM) remains as treasurer.