|
Next SARC meeting |
 |
|
Written by Bill Till
|
|
Wednesday, 09 April 2008 12:35 |
|
Our next regular meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday May 5 2009 at 7:30PM in the Lloydminster Public Library meeting room as usual. This will be confirmed by an email to members and local hams. One of the topics for discussion will be finalisation of plans for our Field Day operation on June 27/28 2009 to be held in Vermilion in an area adjacent to Lakeland College. Another item for discussion is our involvement with the Cold Lake airshow to be held August 1 & 2 2009. We may have more information on the progress of our Vermilion repeater project which hinges on the antenna installation by other parties.
|
|
Last Updated on Thursday, 09 April 2009 12:44 |
|
|
|
|
Written by Bill Till
|
|
Tuesday, 14 August 2007 00:35 |
Welcome to the website of the Sask Alta Radio Club News for SARC members Look at the menu on the left for the latest items
Latest news: A new Kenwood TKR-750 was installed at the VE5RI site on June 26 2008 by VE5FN and VA6NJK, replacing the 30 year old Micor that has done such yeoman service for these many years. The interference problem at the transmitter site turned out to be due to a faulty antenna and repairs have been made. Also SARC are the proud operators of a UHF repeater on a shared tower in the City of Lloydminster. Callsign VE5YLL. This machine is a modified MSR2000 kindly supplied by Ed VA6EF and retuned by Gerard VE5FF. Installed by Bill VE5FN and Jim VA6NJK. Frequency 444.725 + mhz. The range at present is just a few miles awaiting a properly modified receiver front end. It will soon be linked to VE5RI also. Future plans involve installation of a repeater at a site some 5 km north of Vermilion. Callsign VE6YVG. It should cover from the SK border to Vegreville and from Wainwright to Myrnam or beyond. Frequency 147.315 + mhz. Eventually to be connected to the SARA system. Note entries in For Sale/Wanted page Severe Weather Watch reporting number: 1-800-667-8676
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN AMATEUR RADIO?
Perhaps you thought about it years ago, but the Morse code requirements scared you off?
The Canadian amateur radio licencing requirements have been restructured. The Basic Amateur Radio Operator's Certificate does NOT require Morse code proficiency and allows operation on all assigned amateur frequencies above 30 mhz. In fact, there are now several ways to get HF privileges without having to learn Morse code. However, your ham radio experience will be much expanded and enriched by the learning and use of the code. After all, a CW (Morse code) station is still the simplest and most effective under the most difficult conditions.
IT IS EASY TO GET AN AMATEUR RADIO LICENCE NOW.
Cheap too. Ham licences are free as of 1 April 2000. Study material is available at the Lloydminster Public Library and self teaching courses are available on the Internet for reasonable fees. Examinations are given locally by an Industry Canada appointed examiner at no charge. All communications with Industry Canada are now done on-line via the Internet so action and response times are reduced.
If you have a VHF scanner, listen for our ham repeater on 146.940 mhz. Join us for coffee any Saturday morning at Arby's (corner of Hwy 16 and 17) at 10 AM. There are usually anywhere from 2 to a dozen hams there slurping coffee and talking ham radio. 
Click for current YLL wx
Need a repeater list for your holiday trip?
To RAC's repeater info page. Would you like to test your Internet download speed? Are you getting the speed you are paying for? Click here: |
|
Last Updated on Monday, 23 March 2009 14:38 |
|
|