GUYWIRE
SEPTEMBER 2007
Editor VE5SC sewert@sasktel.net
The online publication of the REGINA AMATEUR RADIO
ASSOCIATION is published monthly except July and August
and is distributed free of charge as a service of RARA
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The RARA WEBSITE can be found at
www.sarl.ca/rara
The website contains RARA news, repeater lists as well as
links to other amateur resources.
Club meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month,
with the exception of July and August, at the Science Center.
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NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12th 7:30 PM
at the Science Centre - Imax Board Room top floor IMAX entrance Coffee
will be served. Visitors welcome. Field Day Report
Presentation: Marconi - the first ham?
ARES REPORT
Here is a listing of upcoming public service events:
September 16th (sunday) Terry Fox Run -VE5RJR is co-ordinating
Red Cross Hear the Children
September 21st @ 08:00 - 12:30 in front of the Legislative Building
Required to marshall school buses for drop off and pickup of
participants and guide students around the activity area In order to
volunteer for the Red Cross, all volunteers must go through a criminal
record (CR) check. This can be done free of charge from the Regina
Police Service. When applying for the CR, mention that it is for the
Red
Cross.
You require three government issued forms of identification.
Approximately eight radio operators are required. Let me know if you
are
available.
73
-Terry (VE5TLW)
*REPEATER NEWS*
NEW REPEATERS
Lots of new repeaters are slated to come on the air in Saskatchewan.
Preeceville SK VE5SS 145.31 (-) mHz Birch Hills SK VE5VY 145.43 (-) mHz
Invermay SK (frequency yet to be determined) Also look for the new
Moose Jaw IRLP repeater coming soon on 145.21 (-) and the Weyburn
repeater, VE5WEY 146.70 will shortly be connected to the IRLP system.
Let us hope that the number of repeater users expands at the same rate
as repeaters.
REGINA IRLP NODE BACK IN ACTION
The Regina IRLP node on VE5WM is now operating normally due to antenna
changes made at Mosaic Stadium. Bill VE5EE, Terry VE5TLW and Stan VE5SC
made antenna changes which resulted in a better signal path to the T.C.
Douglas building. Another antenna will be installed at a later date to
make the modification more permanent.
VE5UHF REPEATER INTERFERENCE
An intermittent interfering signal has shown up on the output frequency
of the VE5UHF repeater (444.250 mHz). It appears to be coming from a
radiolocation device somewhere near Regina. Amateur radio uses the 440
mHz band on a secondary basis to radiolocation, however according to
the IC database, Industry Canada has not issued a licence to any
company to use this frequency, so this operation may technically be
illegal. Efforts are being made by direction finding and other means to
locate the source of this signal. This might be a good club project, a
real-life
hidden transmitter hunt. Due to the intermittent operation of this
signal that may present challenges.
U.S. REPEATER LISTINGS
Going to the U.S.and want a listing of repeaters along the way? Go to
this website for all the information you will ever need:
http://k5ehx.net/repeaters/
WE WIN AGAIN
At the Saskatchewan Hamfest in Moose Jaw, the RARA was again presented
with the QC Field Day Trophy for being the club with the highest Field
Day score. Well done crew. Also at the Hamfest, VE5RKL, Roy was given
the award for the outstanding new amateur.
ANOTHER SILENT KEY
We are saddened to report that another Regina area ham has passed away.
George Ford, VE5GLF died in August. He was very active on the Snowbird
net on 20 meters.
WATCH THAT HANDHELD DURING STORMS
Emergency room physicians have documented cases in which lightning
strikes have caused disabling injuries to those using various
electronic devices including iPods and cellphones. The devices do not
attract lightning, but appear to make injuries worse if you take a
secondary (minor) lightning hit. Ruptured eardrums and ongoing auditory
problems are common. But if you take a primary lightning hit, you
probably won't have any worries whatsoever. -CEG
DELANO SHORTWAVE FACILITY TO BE SHUT DOWN
If you have ever done any Short Wave listening, you have probably heard
the station in Delano California broadcasting VOA and Armed Forces
programs The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) will stop
shortwave broadcasting from Delano, California, at the end of October
according to Radio World. The facility will be converted to "cold
storage standby status" but some equipment may be moved to other
locations in the IBB network.
The Delano station began shortwave broadcasts to the
Pacific Theater of World War II in 1944. Delano is located about 140
miles north of Los Angeles.
http://www.radioworld.com/pages/s.0100/t.7486.html
LAST MONTHS PUZZLER
If you contacted a station who had a prefix of HB0, what country would
they be in?
Answer: Although the International allocation containing the HB call is
allocated
to Switzerland, by agreement, the HB0 prefix is used by Liechtenstein
THIS MONTHS PUZZLER
If you have a puzzler that you think might stump everyone, please
submit
it to
guywire.
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