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RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA PARTNERS UP WITH RFINDER
The display can be toggled to see the
SWR versus frequency using the display “THE WORLDWIDE REPEATER DIRECTORY”
toggle button in SimSmith. I have found Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) and RFinder are excited to announce a new
that the 1.5:1 SWR bandwidth for the business partnership agreement effective March 1. RAC endorses RFinder as the
antenna system is only 160 kHz as offcial Worldwide Repeater Directory for all Canadian Amateur Radio operators.
expected for this heavily tuned antenna.
The RFinder is a steadily growing worldwide repeater directory including IRLP,
In practice, I expect that an automatic Echolink, AllStar, DStar, MotoTRBO, and even Winlink information. RFinder currently
antenna tuner will be used in conjunction have over 175 countries in the directory.
with the LC network and transformer to Access to the World Wide Repeater Directory is provided by any version of the
make fnal corrections. It is obvious that RFinder smartphone apps on Android, iPhone and iPad/iPod Touch. The same
there are many compromises associated user-id enables access from any version of the RFinder app, the browser interface
with this non-resonant antenna as there (web.rfnder.net), or through a growing list of third-party memory programming
are with most other multi-band, applications such as RT Systems radio programmers and CHIRP open source
non-resonant systems such as a vertical software. One subscription, access to worldwide repeater data from any computing
antennas used with automatic tuners at device on Windows, Linux, OS X, web, Android iPhone and soon on Windows
the base. Phone!
CONCLUSIONS AND Canadian Amateurs purchasing the RFinder application will fnancially beneft the
DISCUSSION Radio Amateurs of Canada through the terms of this new agreement.
This column gave an overview of SimSmith “Obviously, going forward, we encourage all Canadian Amateurs to consider
as an addition to our toolkit of software RFinder as their repeater directory provider. RAC staff and volunteers will
design tools which we use to design proactively work with RFinder on providing repeater directory information updates
transmission lines, matching networks and for Canada as repeater directory information is a constantly changing environment”
antennas. One of the big advantages of notes Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, RAC Vice-President.
SimSmith is that it links to other software Canadian RFinder users will see a new graphic feature; the RAC logo appearing on
and measurement tools that are their app as well.
commonly used by Amateurs around
the world. RADIO AMATEURS DU CANADA PARTENARIAT AVEC RFINDER
FURTHER STUDY USING TCA “RÉPERTOIRE MONDIAL DES RÉPÉTEURS”
HOTLINKS Radio Amateurs du Canada (RAC) et RFinder sont très heureux d’annoncer leur

Further information is provided with TCA accord de partenariat lequel prend le 1er mars. RAC reconnaît RFinder comme le
hotlinks which are easily accessed via the répertoire offciel mondial des répéteurs pour tous les radioamateurs canadiens.
RAC website. For this information, please RFinder est un répertoire mondial solide et en croissance qui inclut IRLP, Echolink,
visit: http://www.rac.ca/tca AllStar, DStar, MotoTRBO, et même l’information Winlinki. RFinder actuellement
couvre plus de 175 pays.
TCA hotlink 1: SimSmith website –
http://www.ae6ty.com/Smith_Charts.html L’accès au répertoire mondial des répéteurs est possible via toutes les versions
du Smartphone apps (applications) sur Androïd de RFinder, iPhone et iPad/iPod
TCA hotlink 2: EZNEC Antenna Simulator – Touch. Le même ID garantit l’accès à partir de toutes les versions de RFinder app,
http://www.eznec.com/ l’interface du fureteur (web.rfnder.net), ou encore via une liste d’applications de
« RT third-party memory programming » et du logiciel CHIRP (chirp.danplanet.
TCA hotlink 3: TLDetails – com). Une souscription permet l’accès aux données mondiales des répéteurs sur
http://www.ac6la.com/ de tous les plates formes: Windows, Linux, OS X, web, Android iPhone et bientôt
Windows Phone!
TCA hotlink 4: Delta Loop Antennas –
http://rsars.fles.wordpress. Les amateurs canadiens qui achèteront l’application Rfnder bénéfcieront des
com/2013/01/40m-10m-delta-loop- avantages fnanciers de Radio Amateurs du Canada par le biais de cette nouvelle
antenna-gu3whn-iss-1-3.pdf entente.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “De toute évidence, nous encourageons tous les amateurs canadiens d’aller de
l’avant en considérant RFinder comme leur fournisseur du répertoire des répéteurs.
I wish to thank Ward, AE6TY, for his help Le personnel de RAC et les bénévoles travailleront de manière proactive avec
with the understanding and operation of RFinder en fournissant des informations à jour sur le répertoire des répéteurs pour
SimSmith as I picked up the necessary la Canada du fait que les informations concernant le répertoire est en constant
skills to use the program effciently and changement” nous fait part Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, RAC vice-président.
couple it to EZNEC, 4nec2 and my Les utilisateurs du RFinder canadien pourront voir un nouveau graphique: et le logo
AIM4170 impedance meter. de RAC apparaîtra aussi sur leur applications (apps).
– Until later, David, VE3KL RAC: Vincent Charron, VA3GX/VE2HHH – raccomms@gmail.com
RFinder: Bob Greenberg, W2CYK – w2cyk@rfnder.net

(Traduction par Claude Lalande VE2LCF)

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