The 2016 Atlantic White Cane Contest, hosted by the Yarmouth Amateur Radio Club, was held on February 7th.   All entries entries received have been checked and the First Place Winners were:

White Caner Category - Normand Richard - VY2NR

Sighted Category - Charlotte Ward - VE1XYL

Congratulations and thank you to all who took part in the contest.

VE1YAR UHF Tone Configured to Reduce Digital "Noise"

We now have the VE1YAR UHF repeater set up with a Tone of 67 Hz. For those that don’t want to hear the digital noise going on, but still want to be able to listen to analog FM signals, set your rig to RX Tone 67Hz on 444.700 MHz.

73 de VE1XT

February Monthly Meeting

Hello All!

The regular monthly meeting is Tuesday February 16th. As usual it will be held at the EMO building, behind the fire hall, on Pleasant St at 7pm.

All members are encouraged to attend and visitors interested in amateur radio are also welcome!

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Symposium for Maritime Amateur Radio Techs

The WestCumb Amateur Radio Club will be hosting Symposium for Maritime Amateur Techs (S.M.A.R.T.) on Apr.30th, 2016 at the ED Fullerton Building in Amherst.

The day long event will have different technical classes at the top of each hour with question periods to follow. The radio room will be available with HF, VHF, Packet and other Digital modes available to test during the day.

Classes will begin at 9am and run until 5pm with a lunch hour at noon.

There will be a small fee to be determined. More details to follow.

If interested in attending or presenting a topic please contact George Dewar VY2GF via the WestCumb Amateur Radio Club Website. 

If anyone is interested in traveling from Yarmouth (and surrounding areas) to attend this, please me know (maybe we can arrange to travel together). My email is VE1XT [at] ve1yar [dot] com or by phone at 902-746-3366. 

73 de VE1XT

Helping VE1ALG to celebrate his birthday at the EMO...

January Monthly Meeting

***MEETING POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING*** - Same time and place.

Hello All!

The regular monthly meeting is Tuesday January 19th. As usual it will be held at the EMO building, behind the fire hall, on Pleasant St at 7pm.

All members are encouraged to attend and visitors interested in amateur radio are also welcome!

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RULES FOR THE 2016 ATLANTIC WHITE CANE CONTEST

 THE YARMOUTH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB IS PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN SPONSOR THE ANNUAL WHITE CANE CONTEST WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7^th, 2016 ON THE 80 METER BAND USING LOWER SIDEBAND FROM 7:30 UNTIL 9:30 AM AND FROM 3:00 UNTIL 6:00 PM ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME.

ONLY CONTACTS WITH AMATEURS IN THE FOUR ATLANTIC PROVINCES WILL COUNT FOR POINTS AND IF A PERSON HOLDS MORE THAN ONE CALL SIGN, ONLY ONE CONTACT WITH THAT PERSON WILL COUNT.

CONTEST LOGS:

CONTEST LOGS SHALL CONTAIN THE CALL-SIGN, NAME AND STATUS OF EACH CONTACT.  STATUS IS WC FOR A WHITE CANER AND NWC FOR A NON-WHITE CANER.  WHITE CANERS NEED NOT ENTER THE TIMES OF EACH CONTACT BUT NON-WHITE CANERS MUST ENTER THE TIMES.

SCORING:

A CONTACT WITH A WHITE CANER WILL COUNT FOR TWO POINTS AND A CONTACT WITH A NON-WHITE CANER WILL COUNT FOR ONE POINT.  FINAL SCORE WILL BE THE TOTAL OF YOUR POINTS

HOW TO ENTER:

LOGS MAY BE MAILED TO DAVID VAIL AT 50 PORTER ST. YARMOUTH, N.S.  B5A 2Y9  IN PRINT, IN BRAILLE OR ON CASSETTE TAPE, OR BY E-MAIL TO ve1gm@rac.ca TO BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 28, 2016.

FIRST PLACE CERTIFICATES WILL BE SENT TO THE TOP SCORERS IN BOTH THE WHITE CANE AND NON-WHITE CANE CATEGORIES AND A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION WILL BE SENT TO ANY STATION THAT MAKES 20 OR MORE VALID CONTACTS.