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RAC Update on 2-m Band in Europe, and World Radio Conference

31 Aug

For immediate release (click on the link for the full article): https://www.rac.ca/update-on-two-metres-sharing-proposal/ Notes from Alan VA7AWM: You may also be interested in looking at the British band plan There are some significant differences in the band frequency spread, and also in ... Read more »

Scouts Love Ham Radio

30 Jul

The 2019 Pacific Jamboree at Camp Barnard in Sooke has now come and gone, and from all accounts it was a roaring success. Some 3000 Scouts (including youth aged 11 – 14 years old, Scout leaders and 500 volunteers all who ... Read more »

ARISS-SSTV images

26 Oct

ARISS SSTV transmisisons http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/2018/ are scheduled to start this weekend, Oct. 27, ... Read more »

Donations still required for Power Amplifier Replacement Sept. 2018

26 Sep

The Technical team installed a new 146.840 power amplifier on Thursday September 27, 2018. Initial testing is successful. Donations are welcome to help cover the $2800 expenditure from the contingency fund. This will help keep the fund in good shape. ... Read more »

Ham Radio Help Needed for Pacific Jamboree 2019

3 Jul

In just over one year from now, the Scout camp at Camp Barnard in Sooke will be hosting the Pacific Jamboree (i.e. PJ19), for some 3000 youth aged 11 to 14 years old for 8 days (July 6 -13, 2019). There is also the possibly of us doing it all again in 2020 for SOAR, the Girl Guide’s big Jamboree for some 2800 girls.

Our team, (i.e. Don Tolson VE7ATJ, Willy Burrows VE7WRB the Camp Ranger and myself Ron Bilinsky VA7RTB), will once again be running a Ham Radio Station at the Jamboree which was a real success last time during PJ15. Continue reading →