tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64431982752185619792024-03-13T19:04:33.071-07:00Yarmouth Amateur Radio ClubAmateur Radio in South West Nova ScotiaYarmouth Amateur Radio Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00366297843411870739noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-54313950784218295312024-01-14T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-14T06:00:14.228-08:00<p>Thanks to Chuck (VE1SOL) two heavy duty deep cycle batteries were installed in the club's repeater building and were connected to the 146,730 repeater on January 13, 2024, That means that our repeater will be available during power outages and other equipment will be connected in the future.</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-77801110973914352632023-11-12T05:00:00.000-08:002023-11-12T05:00:37.071-08:00<p> At the club's Saturday gathering on November 11, 2023, Bill Crawford VE1ALG was presented with a new Yaesu FTM=3100 2 meter transceiver in appreciation of his hosting of the Captain's Net almost every day for more than 20 years.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinrctNQ385l1cPqD_dPM5MW4GVjce3XGhrNhl6iq7_-ZdbNdaZ-RsdZRzeqxfBCWMdwcHEOkWRCtI5Em0JwM_U36b6bVZD_02Kgz-JrWPkvIYwRteHDiMquSyQ3bDH9VCfMtEHTmKYuXHf8D9nLWAMII9rJszNrxK4_AtsLLVkS24-NvXBjQSbqHPm2Ozf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinrctNQ385l1cPqD_dPM5MW4GVjce3XGhrNhl6iq7_-ZdbNdaZ-RsdZRzeqxfBCWMdwcHEOkWRCtI5Em0JwM_U36b6bVZD_02Kgz-JrWPkvIYwRteHDiMquSyQ3bDH9VCfMtEHTmKYuXHf8D9nLWAMII9rJszNrxK4_AtsLLVkS24-NvXBjQSbqHPm2Ozf" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-55538717246432231062023-04-07T13:06:00.001-07:002023-04-08T03:38:25.242-07:00<p> Brass Sign</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEgcfCE0xEiBpJp0qLH8phIBv_6sDvW6hOxYgZKS-R1Y6W6kMrs60EB8rmzqVoDS4Pinh4pacq2M_-AawWATU2YVYwrDIGMVSRPUEWrcqhXfi9PKY9KvSAYI0TiAQt9IEKt6X89_M-taJFMWeCJgp8B0O0W0F_2qVOglfKtQvPlGNVu2EWdNSMcpdUA/s3264/image0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEgcfCE0xEiBpJp0qLH8phIBv_6sDvW6hOxYgZKS-R1Y6W6kMrs60EB8rmzqVoDS4Pinh4pacq2M_-AawWATU2YVYwrDIGMVSRPUEWrcqhXfi9PKY9KvSAYI0TiAQt9IEKt6X89_M-taJFMWeCJgp8B0O0W0F_2qVOglfKtQvPlGNVu2EWdNSMcpdUA/s320/image0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is a 1/8" thick brass sign found by one of my daughters at a yard sale. When radio installations were made on older ships in the 1920s and 30s, sometimes a new cabin was built to house them and it was called the Radio House.<p></p><p>There was one such ship in the 1959 Eastern Arctic Patrol Convoy that I took part in, she was the icebreaker "N.B. Maclean" (Call sign CGSN) and her radio house was at the stern. I was the 3rd Radio Officer on the Arctic resupply and hospital ship "C.D. Howe" (Call Sign CGSS.) Our radio room was on the bridge deck.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-74150681466634374202022-12-20T11:51:00.000-08:002022-12-20T11:51:05.504-08:00Ham Radio DocumentaryThis is a 25 minute documentary from Jim, VE1RB, who suggested that it be posted on the club's site.
https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/ham/David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-65338748226609832252022-11-01T11:35:00.001-07:002022-11-01T11:35:22.143-07:00This is the type of antenna array that Bernie used to bounce signals off the moon.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOynL7mOEs2iSDqkIKShsTuaEU4pbolPpXfgzMmitZxi3ZFW7gI9omSQGHhV7MlIgovrTtGeleIfHR3fWgBfnhRp0ZDegvdpFUd5f_s96uMKGlrLyksW2l27JrCENYx05aRxNwt5DF2__2nDZzVrf2w842XjoI_3EuBRdK0Wy39nWJLxpMK9IOJlbEOQ/s2048/Moonbounce%20array.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOynL7mOEs2iSDqkIKShsTuaEU4pbolPpXfgzMmitZxi3ZFW7gI9omSQGHhV7MlIgovrTtGeleIfHR3fWgBfnhRp0ZDegvdpFUd5f_s96uMKGlrLyksW2l27JrCENYx05aRxNwt5DF2__2nDZzVrf2w842XjoI_3EuBRdK0Wy39nWJLxpMK9IOJlbEOQ/s320/Moonbounce%20array.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-67710389067001026732022-07-05T05:31:00.000-07:002022-07-05T05:31:18.829-07:00Canadian Amateur Radio Organizations<p> 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. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiw2MpA4AElB3sivaJghg1Q-Y4qrnIdjM2sJMWfbSXd7mH7T7kGQMGEL9hVPQRW9FziQS_sa84rwFeN-Bp7u-DRurjG1pjBe51QVtctEOnmXXusgOGUwcQogOQ3pC4BVcooSGLBNsIkByhw0qzJMmZDK02x4nQPSRayiDHAgquMdGi3leTBsQOWjx6g/s7014/CARF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5100" data-original-width="7014" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiw2MpA4AElB3sivaJghg1Q-Y4qrnIdjM2sJMWfbSXd7mH7T7kGQMGEL9hVPQRW9FziQS_sa84rwFeN-Bp7u-DRurjG1pjBe51QVtctEOnmXXusgOGUwcQogOQ3pC4BVcooSGLBNsIkByhw0qzJMmZDK02x4nQPSRayiDHAgquMdGi3leTBsQOWjx6g/s320/CARF.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-23969915914993134412021-11-12T14:40:00.000-08:002021-11-12T14:40:31.489-08:00<p> 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.</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-2841219833294021062021-07-10T12:57:00.002-07:002021-07-10T14:05:33.810-07:00Memorial Plaque<p>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.<br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPTuwsn5e9HeiCLun9o157_6IlSRq4cEq9_MXsUy6uH69xJydFVdNBoovaQgOFUWYED6i2jQh4p8pJbuIBFYx7YhPgxkWjnpdeDHlgZoNRRvLkGPMSw0ppgsCfd9zPNvYGgj6PQTf8HLL/s640/IMG_1027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPTuwsn5e9HeiCLun9o157_6IlSRq4cEq9_MXsUy6uH69xJydFVdNBoovaQgOFUWYED6i2jQh4p8pJbuIBFYx7YhPgxkWjnpdeDHlgZoNRRvLkGPMSw0ppgsCfd9zPNvYGgj6PQTf8HLL/s320/IMG_1027.JPG" width="320" /></a></blockquote></div><p></p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-40489966501894589452021-04-29T15:08:00.000-07:002021-04-29T15:08:08.212-07:00<p> Received from Dennis - VE1XT...The situation re gatherings at</p><p>the clubhouse will be reviewed on May 17th.</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-3885757177280319092021-04-18T04:20:00.000-07:002021-04-18T04:20:34.697-07:00<p>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.</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-24790821160343150022021-03-04T11:58:00.004-08:002021-03-04T12:00:43.269-08:00Amateur of the Year Award<p>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.</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-17787489598081701352021-02-06T13:43:00.000-08:002021-02-06T13:43:03.789-08:00<p>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.</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-51633115832512157582021-01-31T04:35:00.001-08:002021-01-31T04:35:11.733-08:00<p> Our club president Bernie Bonnar (VE1UT) became a silent key early in the morning of January 30. 2021 in the Yarmouth hospital. Our national organization Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) chooses a nominee to be their Amateur of the Year and members of the club's executive, along with Bernie's wife Veralyn (VE1VAR) composed an application nominating Bernie for that award. We intended to keep it a secret but when Bernie's health kept deteriorating, his daughter Bernadette read it to him in his hospital bed, so he died knowing how much he was respected by his ham radio friends. Here is the application. We don't yet know if he was chosen.</p><p><br /></p><p> <b><u>Bernard
J. Bonnar – VE1UT</u></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>Bernie was born in
Tracy, NB 1n 1932 and at the age of 15 he developed an interest in Amateur
Radio and acquired a war surplus R1155 receiver, a code practice oscillator and
a hand key. He acquainted himself with
several established amateurs and listened to and practised Morse Code until he
felt comfortable enough to write the Amateur Examination</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>which he did in 1950
and was assigned the call sign VE1UT which he still holds 70 years later. After
the mandatory year on CW only, he passed the Advanced Amateur exam.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>Bernie worked in
several different areas, always setting up a station wherever he went, his
final career was with the former CNCP Telecommunications which took him to
various locations in the Maritime Provinces and occasionally into Quebec. In 1970 he moved to Yarmouth and joined the
local amateur radio club where he held several offices and was an instructor
when the club conducted courses. He later
settled in Hebron, a village near Yarmouth.
Bernie was a pioneer in the use of the VHF and UHF bands in this area
and was instrumental in the setting up of our first VHF repeater, building or
supplying many items such as antennas, preamps etc. When IRLP came into use, he built and
installed 220 MHz Yagi antennas for a
link between the local REMO building where our club station is located and the
repeater site and supplied and installed the linking radios at both locations.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>He was instrumental
in setting up a communications room at the Yarmouth REMO and another one at a
secondary site outside of town in case the first one becomes unusable. He arranged the acquisition and installation
of an HF transceiver at the secondary site that is remotely accessed via the
Internet, making the Yarmouth club the first one on the East Coast to have such
a facility. It’s available for club
members to use if their equipment is down or if they are unable to have an HF
antenna at home. One member used it
during an 8 week stay at a medical facility in Halifax and made daily 80 and 20
metre contacts with friends.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>Bernie developed an
interest in EME operations and built a huge antenna array for that purpose and
made many contacts all over the world.
His property became known among local hams as Bonnar’s Aluminum
Farm. A big wind storm wrecked the
installation some years ago but he still keeps in touch with EME operators by
other means.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>He was a leader in
supporting Field Day operations and often operated at our installations all
through the night. He organized and set
up a station at Cape Forchu Lighthouse at the mouth of Yarmouth harbour for two
separate Lighthouses and Lightships on the Air events, both of which were very
successful. He serves on the board of
the local EMO (now known as REMO) and participates in their exercises, both
table top and in the field.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><b>When he learned that
a federal government department was disposing of a number of VHF mobile and
hand held radios he arranged for our club to receive many of them and then had
them programmed for local fire departments and the Ground Search Team. He was a member of and the communications
advisor for that team and received an award from the RCMP for 25 years of
volunteer service to the team.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bernie served as
president of the Nova Scotia Amateur Radio Association and held regular
on-the-air meetings as well as composing a monthly newsletter which, in the
days before the Internet, was printed and mailed to the members.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> A</o:p></b><b>t the age of 88,
Bernie is the respected Chairman of our local club and we hope to hear </b><b>Victor Echo One
United Tango on the air for a long time to come. His wife Veralyn is also an
amateur with the call sign VE1VAR and his son Mitchell holds VE1BJE.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b></p><br /><p></p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-27166367868648962202021-01-19T13:39:00.003-08:002021-01-19T13:39:20.165-08:00WAP-WADA Honor Roll Plate to VE1HQ Sheldon R. Donaldson<p>Congratulations to our club member VE1HQ (Sheldon) for making the WAP-WADA Honor Roll! </p><p><a href="http://www.waponline.it/wap-wada-honor-roll-plate-to-ve1hq-sheldon-r-donaldson/" target="_blank">http://www.waponline.it/wap-wada-honor-roll-plate-to-ve1hq-sheldon-r-donaldson/</a><br /></p>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665879610285249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-23788825054204426532020-10-21T12:27:00.001-07:002020-10-21T12:27:39.793-07:00<p>The club's annual general meeting was held in the REMO Yarmouth building on October 20, 2020 and the incumbent executive officers were re-instated for the 2020-2021 session and are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>Chairman - Bernard Bonnar - VE1UT</p><p>Vice Chairman - James Harris - VE1RB</p><p>Secretary - David Doucette - VE1JC</p><p>Treasurer - David Vail - VE1GM</p>David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-61767161120006243392020-06-20T12:00:00.001-07:002020-06-20T12:00:50.871-07:00June 20, 2020 - First Saturday morning gathering in 15 weeks due to Covid 19<br />
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David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-55366086421107904172020-04-27T05:39:00.000-07:002020-04-27T05:39:55.235-07:00<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Many hams make a
change of call sign over time and it’s hard at first to adapt to the new
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are the call signs I have used
on the air in the past 63 years:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Ham Radio</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VE1SY, VE1AKQ, VE1GM
plus VE1GX and VE1YAR on Field Days and </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VE0ME (on the ferries)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Aeronautical and
Marine</u><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CYQM (Moncton) CYQI
(Yarmouth) and CYFC (Fredericton) Airports<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VAU (Yarmouth Marine
Radio in Rockville)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VGA (Lurcher
Lightship)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VGY (Seal Island)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CGSS (Arctic patrol
ship "C.D. Howe”)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VDND (first M.V.
“Buenose”) </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">GSOC (“Marine Cruiser” </b><b>Registered in London)
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<b>C6CA (“Marine </b><b>Evangeline” later changed
to VCQK) </b></div>
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<b>C6DZ (second M.V.
“Bluenose’)</b></div>
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<b>Lots of opportunities for
mixups!</b></div>
<br />David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-14939091822342721472020-03-27T13:00:00.002-07:002020-03-27T13:00:16.442-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For guidance in social distancing, this is an illustration of Two Meters.David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-60808454183011679672020-03-16T09:28:00.000-07:002020-03-16T09:28:24.231-07:00COVID-19 and Club Activities!Hello All!
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<br />Due to COVID-19 the club has decided to postpone the monthly meetings
and Saturday gatherings until further notice. This is effective
immediately.
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<br />When we have more information on when our activities will resume, we
will provide it via email, on our facebook page, and on our website.
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<br />73 de VE1XTDennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665879610285249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-7157657539859866942020-02-07T05:43:00.001-08:002020-02-07T05:43:27.228-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-69649585798927524452019-07-19T03:44:00.001-07:002019-07-19T03:44:59.369-07:00Club SupperThis is a list of those who attended the club supper on July 16, 2019. If anyone notices that someone got missed, let me know and I will add them.<br />
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<br />David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-26526319582047880922019-07-17T04:45:00.001-07:002019-07-17T04:45:18.185-07:00Pictures from the club supper of July 16, 2019<br />
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David Vail - VE1GMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004450198506580960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-30772901631869878642018-10-23T12:20:00.001-07:002018-10-23T12:20:23.577-07:002018-2019 Club ExecutiveHello All!<br />
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The club's AGM was held on October 16, 2018. The election of officers was also held. Below you will find the new executive.<br />
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<ul>
<li>Chairman - Bernie Bonnar - VE1UT</li>
<li>Vice Chairman - Jim Harris - VE1RB</li>
<li>Treasurer - David Vail VE1GM</li>
<li>Secretary - David Doucette - VE1JC</li>
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73, VE1XT</div>
Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665879610285249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-34450653798609151272018-05-11T10:30:00.004-07:002018-05-11T10:31:38.230-07:00May Club Meeting - Field Day DiscussionHello All!<br />
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I wanted to post a reminder that we have a meeting coming up next week (Tuesday the 15th). As always, it's at the EMO building on Pleasant St and start time is 7 PM.<br />
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Also, since Field Day is coming up at the end of next month (June 23-24), this coming meeting would be a great time to discuss whether or not the club will take part and what we might want to do.<br />
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If you are unable to attend the meeting, feel free to email me (ve1xt [at] ve1yar [dot] com) with your ideas / suggestions.<br />
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73 for now! See you Tuesday (and some of you tomorrow)!<br />
Dennis (VE1XT)Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417665879610285249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6443198275218561979.post-28029791282211823622018-04-15T05:05:00.001-07:002018-04-15T05:05:03.430-07:00April Club Meeting<br />
Hello All,<br />
<br />
Just a reminder that the monthly club meeting is coming up on Tuesday
April 17th. As per usual it will be held at 7:00pm at the EMO building
on Pleasant St (behind the fire hall). <br />
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73 de VE1XT<br />
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