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Canada’s Amateur Radio Magazine
TCA La Revue des RadioAmateurs Canadiens
The Canadian Amateur VOLUME 42 NUMBER 3 – TCAMAG@YAHOO.CA – WWW.RAC.CA/TCA
MAY & MAI &
JUNE JUIN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
2014
What’s New on the “Communications” Front at RAC? .....................1
Editor / Rédacteur en chef RAC Management Team ...................................................................4
Alan Griff n
Email: tcamag@yahoo.ca
RAC President’s Message / Un message du président de RAC .......5
Advisors / Conseillers
Dave Green, VE3TLY RAC Annual General Meeting / Constitutional Change Notice ..........6
Frances Roach, VE3HKG
Gerry Trottier, VA3GLT
Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC 2014 Pacif c Northwest DX Convention .............................................6
Mike Kelly, VE3FFK
Richard Ferch, VE3KI Assemblée générale annuelle de RAC / Avis de changements
Bill Karle, VE4KZ à la constitution ..................................................................................7
Len Morgan, VE9MY
Ken Grant, VE3FIT
Bob Kavanagh, VE3OSZ Convention DX du Pacif que du Nord-Ouest 2014 ............................7
Translation / Traduction RAC will be at Dayton! .......................................................................9
Ante Laurijssen, VA2BBW
Alan Bulley, VA2UK
Serge Langlois, VE2AWR Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Award Presentation ...........10
Noël Marcil, VE2BR
René Levesque, VE2CNJ News from Industry Canada of Interest to Radio Amateurs,
Claude Lalande, VE2LCF Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC ................................................................. 11
“Deep inside the battleship USS North Carolina,
Technical Diagrams / a radio operator concentrates intensely on the
Schémas technique receiver in front of him. The state of the art, Nouvelles d’Industrie Canada à l’intention des radioamateurs,
Stan Smith, VE3DDX 22 tube, RCA receiver, known as an RBB, Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC.....................................................................11
All correspondence, tunes from 4 to 18 MHz. The receiver, built in
submissions, advertising 1941, is connected to a large vertical near the Radio Amateurs of Canada partners up with RFinder .....................17
subscription inquiries should smoke stack of the vessel.” (see page 28)
be sent to: Radio Amateurs du Canada partenariat avec RFinder....................17
The Canadian Amateur “I was busy building a portable antenna for
720 Belfast Road, satellite operation, one that would shoot the f ve 2014 RAC Scholarships Available ...................................................20
Suite 217 watts from my handheld transceiver into the
Ottawa, ON, Canada f ve-hole of SO-50. To score that goal I needed
K1G 0Z5 to build an antenna that was lightweight and TECHNICAL
Tel. 613-244-4367;
1-877-273-8304 ergonomic and able to stand up to the extremely Antennas and Transmission Lines, David Conn, VE3KL .................14
tcamag@yahoo.ca cold temperatures of my northern climate. The
Website: www.rac.ca “Slap Shot” was the result.” (see page 34)
Amateur Radio Satellites, Keith Baker, VA3KSF .............................18
La correspondance, “Liel loves to talk on the radio and – from what
les communications et I gathered while talking to this young lady – QUA – A Topical Digest, Bob Eldridge, VE7BS ...............................24
les questions relatives she will make a great Amateur Radio operator.”
à la publicité et aux (see page 45)
abonnements Building The Slap Shot: A Hockey Stick Satellite Antenna,
doivent être adressées à : “On January 11, 2014 at 1730z, one of the Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF ........................................................34
The Canadian Amateur largest ever Amateur Radio Emergency
720 rue Belfast Communications exercises was live on-air with All Things Digital, Amateur Radio for the 21st Century,
Bureau 217 90 stations.” (see page 49) Robert C. Mazur, VA3ROM ..............................................................37
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1G 0Z5
Tel. 613-244-4367;
1-877-273-8304 WHAT’S NEW ON THE “COMMUNICATIONS” FRONT AT RAC?
Courriel : tcamag@yahoo.ca
Site Web : www.rac.ca As mentioned in the last issue of TCA, Radio Amateurs of Canada has been making good use of both its social
platforms as a communications medium to complement the website. I have been receiving signif cant positive
Printed in Canada by feedback for the way in which we now have the ability to broadcast near spontaneous dissemination of information,
St. Joseph Communications news and bulletins.
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Imprimé au Canada sur As of this writing our Facebook membership has reached 3,000 and is growing at a fast pace. Once again, here is the
les presses de St. Joseph address (URL): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2624005010/
Communications
Ottawa, ON, Canada Cognizant of the fact not everyone uses Facebook, we will continue to use our Twitter account (@RACTWEETS)
Publications Mail Agreement despite its 140 character text limitation. Often, you will see our Twitter postings will link to another destination for the
No. 40028682 user to get all the details of whatever we broadcast.
Registration No. 09866
Return Undeliverable Do you have any Amateur Radio news tidbits, pictures (ham shack, mobile/base antenna...), personal write-ups or
Canadian Addresses to bios, DX success stories and so on that you would like to share with RAC? Please send it to us by email or regular
Circulation Department: mail to the address provided below and we’ll help f nd the best place to give you that opportunity to share it.
217-720 Belfast Rd
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5 Vincent Charron, VA3GX/VE2HHH – RAC Director of Communications and Fundraising
720 Belfast Road, #217, Ottawa ON K1G 0Z5; Telephone: 1-877-273-8304; Email: raccomms@gmail.com
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Canada’s Amateur Radio Magazine
TCA La Revue des RadioAmateurs Canadiens
The Canadian Amateur VOLUME 42 NUMBER 3 – TCAMAG@YAHOO.CA – WWW.RAC.CA/TCA
MAY & MAI &
JUNE JUIN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
2014
What’s New on the “Communications” Front at RAC? .....................1
Editor / Rédacteur en chef RAC Management Team ...................................................................4
Alan Griff n
Email: tcamag@yahoo.ca
RAC President’s Message / Un message du président de RAC .......5
Advisors / Conseillers
Dave Green, VE3TLY RAC Annual General Meeting / Constitutional Change Notice ..........6
Frances Roach, VE3HKG
Gerry Trottier, VA3GLT
Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC 2014 Pacif c Northwest DX Convention .............................................6
Mike Kelly, VE3FFK
Richard Ferch, VE3KI Assemblée générale annuelle de RAC / Avis de changements
Bill Karle, VE4KZ à la constitution ..................................................................................7
Len Morgan, VE9MY
Ken Grant, VE3FIT
Bob Kavanagh, VE3OSZ Convention DX du Pacif que du Nord-Ouest 2014 ............................7
Translation / Traduction RAC will be at Dayton! .......................................................................9
Ante Laurijssen, VA2BBW
Alan Bulley, VA2UK
Serge Langlois, VE2AWR Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Award Presentation ...........10
Noël Marcil, VE2BR
René Levesque, VE2CNJ News from Industry Canada of Interest to Radio Amateurs,
Claude Lalande, VE2LCF Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC ................................................................. 11
“Deep inside the battleship USS North Carolina,
Technical Diagrams / a radio operator concentrates intensely on the
Schémas technique receiver in front of him. The state of the art, Nouvelles d’Industrie Canada à l’intention des radioamateurs,
Stan Smith, VE3DDX 22 tube, RCA receiver, known as an RBB, Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC.....................................................................11
All correspondence, tunes from 4 to 18 MHz. The receiver, built in
submissions, advertising 1941, is connected to a large vertical near the Radio Amateurs of Canada partners up with RFinder .....................17
subscription inquiries should smoke stack of the vessel.” (see page 28)
be sent to: Radio Amateurs du Canada partenariat avec RFinder....................17
The Canadian Amateur “I was busy building a portable antenna for
720 Belfast Road, satellite operation, one that would shoot the f ve 2014 RAC Scholarships Available ...................................................20
Suite 217 watts from my handheld transceiver into the
Ottawa, ON, Canada f ve-hole of SO-50. To score that goal I needed
K1G 0Z5 to build an antenna that was lightweight and TECHNICAL
Tel. 613-244-4367;
1-877-273-8304 ergonomic and able to stand up to the extremely Antennas and Transmission Lines, David Conn, VE3KL .................14
tcamag@yahoo.ca cold temperatures of my northern climate. The
Website: www.rac.ca “Slap Shot” was the result.” (see page 34)
Amateur Radio Satellites, Keith Baker, VA3KSF .............................18
La correspondance, “Liel loves to talk on the radio and – from what
les communications et I gathered while talking to this young lady – QUA – A Topical Digest, Bob Eldridge, VE7BS ...............................24
les questions relatives she will make a great Amateur Radio operator.”
à la publicité et aux (see page 45)
abonnements Building The Slap Shot: A Hockey Stick Satellite Antenna,
doivent être adressées à : “On January 11, 2014 at 1730z, one of the Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF ........................................................34
The Canadian Amateur largest ever Amateur Radio Emergency
720 rue Belfast Communications exercises was live on-air with All Things Digital, Amateur Radio for the 21st Century,
Bureau 217 90 stations.” (see page 49) Robert C. Mazur, VA3ROM ..............................................................37
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1G 0Z5
Tel. 613-244-4367;
1-877-273-8304 WHAT’S NEW ON THE “COMMUNICATIONS” FRONT AT RAC?
Courriel : tcamag@yahoo.ca
Site Web : www.rac.ca As mentioned in the last issue of TCA, Radio Amateurs of Canada has been making good use of both its social
platforms as a communications medium to complement the website. I have been receiving signif cant positive
Printed in Canada by feedback for the way in which we now have the ability to broadcast near spontaneous dissemination of information,
St. Joseph Communications news and bulletins.
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Imprimé au Canada sur As of this writing our Facebook membership has reached 3,000 and is growing at a fast pace. Once again, here is the
les presses de St. Joseph address (URL): https://www.facebook.com/groups/2624005010/
Communications
Ottawa, ON, Canada Cognizant of the fact not everyone uses Facebook, we will continue to use our Twitter account (@RACTWEETS)
Publications Mail Agreement despite its 140 character text limitation. Often, you will see our Twitter postings will link to another destination for the
No. 40028682 user to get all the details of whatever we broadcast.
Registration No. 09866
Return Undeliverable Do you have any Amateur Radio news tidbits, pictures (ham shack, mobile/base antenna...), personal write-ups or
Canadian Addresses to bios, DX success stories and so on that you would like to share with RAC? Please send it to us by email or regular
Circulation Department: mail to the address provided below and we’ll help f nd the best place to give you that opportunity to share it.
217-720 Belfast Rd
Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5 Vincent Charron, VA3GX/VE2HHH – RAC Director of Communications and Fundraising
720 Belfast Road, #217, Ottawa ON K1G 0Z5; Telephone: 1-877-273-8304; Email: raccomms@gmail.com
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