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Written by Bill Till
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Tuesday, 14 August 2007 00:35 |
Welcome to the website of the Sask Alta Radio ClubNews for SARC members Look at the menu on the left for the latest items Note new entries in: For sale/wanted page.Next SARC event: ARRL Field Day at City Hall Park June 28/29 2008
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. 
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 10 May 2008 18:54 )
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