RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for Aug 5, 2023
Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week’s bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. RAC Advanced Course for Maple Leaf Operators: Fall 2023
Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced
Qualification Amateur Radio Course so that individuals can upgrade
their qualifications.
With your Advanced Certificate, you can run higher power, operate a
remotely-controlled station, obtain operating privileges when travelling
overseas, set up repeaters, be the trustee for club stations and even
become an Accredited Examiner (AE) if you have the Morse code qualification.
Course information:
The course will be 10 sessions and each session will be two hours long.
In order to offer maximum flexibility, we will be running two Advanced
courses so students will be able to choose one of the following two options
Sunday afternoons or Monday evenings
There is room on the conference server for 200 participants in each session.
Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis, provided they are
RAC Maple Leaf Operator members.
For full information check out the RAC website.
— RAC news
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
2. RAC Welcomes New Ontario North/East Region Director
Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to congratulate Craig Delmage, VE3OP/VE3KKU,
on his election as RAC Director for the Ontario North/East Region.
Craig was elected by the members of the region and will take office immediately
to complete the two-year term ending December 31, 2024.
Welcome aboard Craig!
— Phil McBride, VA3QR/VA3KPJ, RAC President and Chair
3. 13th Annual – JUNK-in-the-TRUNK – – Barrie ARC Hamfest !!!
Date : Saturday, August 26, 2023
Location: 410 St. Vincent Street – Barrie Legion #147
Corner of Cundles and St Vincent Streets, Barrie
Overflow parking across from Legion or Medical building plaza
Times : Outdoor Vendors 7:30, General Public 8:30
Cost : General Public – FREE – FREE – FREE
*** Donations to the Legion would be gratefully accepted
Talk-in : 147.000+ Tone 156.7 VE3RAG repeater
Info : *** Profits will be split and donated to the Barrie Legion !!!
*** GREAT VENUE – RAIN OR SHINE
Email : [email protected]
Webpage : https://barriearc.com/
ITEMS OF INTEREST
4. HAARP Experiment
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will host more
than 50 researchers at their Alaska facility from August 1 -14, 2023, for
the resumption of a science summer school that will conduct 30 experiments
over a span of two weeks.
One of the experiments, Ghosts in the Air Glow by Canadian artist Amanda
Dawn Christie, will give amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners an
opportunity to help with on-going geospace research. This transmission art
project will begin on Monday, August 14, 2023, and use the HAARP Ionospheric
Research Instrument to mix audio and images from the transition between
Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. They will then be received and decoded
via software-defined radio. Amateur radio operators and shortwave radio
listeners around the world are invited to tune in and submit reception reports.
Event information, including transmission times, frequencies, modes, and
report submission guidelines, is available at the project’s website,
Ghosts in the Air Glow. Each experiment participants will receive a QSL card.
— ARRL newsletter
This concludes this week’s bulletin.
Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC
RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for Aug 5, 2023
