GUYWIRE
JUNE 2006
Editor VE5SC sewert@sasktel.net
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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 JUNE 14th 7:30 PM SCIENCE CENTER
IMAX Boardroom Use IMAX entrance.
FIELD DAY - JUNE 24/25 BURNSIDE SCHOOL
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO BURNSIDE?
Take Highway 11 to Lumsden, then Highway 20 to Craven.
At Craven turn into town and go north on Main Street where
you will come to the intersection with Grid Road 641. Turn east on this
road. Do not turn onto Highway 99. Follow this road up out of the
valley and past the microwave station. Keep going about 5 miles north
until you come to the Seed Cleaning Plant on the east side of the road.
Watch for a Field Day sign here. Turn east on the grid road at this
point and follow it for about 5 miles to take you to the site.
(mileages are approximate)
PRESIDENTS REPORT
June 14, 2006 Science Center 7:30 pm will be our Club Monthly Meeting
for June. Please come out give us your ideas and support, Meeting
business has been moving at a good pace, while still giving everyone
time to express their ideas. This has given more time at the end of our
meeting for presentations by club members, as well as socializing with
a good cup of coffee. Presentation this month will be Field Day Logging
Software.
Our Burnside Clubhouse is in need of some paint and the
annual grass cutting.
Thanks to Allan Tidbal and Bob Wilks. They went out to Burnside and
installed some "No Trespassing Signs". We could use all available help
to maintain this structure. Bruce Rattray will be calling any
volunteers to help with the yard on Saturday June 10 and or Saturday
June 17.
We now have new liability insurance through R.A.C. Thanks to Allan
Tidbal for spending a couple of days, locating the correct papers and
filling in the information and running after signatures. Also thanks to
Bruce Rattray for helping with the insurance project.
If you know anyone that is interested in advanced classes or beginner
classes please forward their names to Allan Tidbal VE5RARA@gmail.com We
will be holding classes in the fall.
See you at the General Meeting at the Science Center.
Darrell Dickson
VE5SX
ARES NEWS
Upcoming events:
Beat Beethoven 5k and 8k Run
Saturday June 17th - 8:30 A.M.
Wasscana Park
I am looking for radio operators to assist with this run. Start /
Finish is the new PE building at the U of R - same location and route
as the Sweetheart Run. We could use 2 or 3 on bikes as well - Brendan,
Allan, John - hint, hint.
Send me an email if you can assist.
-Bill VE5EE
Once again amateur radio will be present at Taylor Field for the
Roughrider games. Ralph (VE5AMH) will be the contact person for the
games. For information, Ralph may be contacted at:
rberriault@sasktel.net. A full schedule is available at :
www.saskriders.com/season.php.
73
-Terry (VE5TLW)
June 24th Echo Valley Challenge see VE5EE
SASKATCHEWAN MINI HAMFEST AND FLEA MARKET
July 8th starting at 10:00 AM at the Manitou Beach Resort just north of
Watrous. Admission free for SARL members and $5.00 for non-members. For
free flea market tables, contact VE5ACJ at valve5acj@sasktel.net.
Tables are limited.
REPEATER NEWS
Plans are in the works to put up a wide area repeater at Good Spirit
Lake, serving the Yorkton/Canora area. Tentatively it will be on
145.25/144.65 mHz and will be operational by fall. This is a project of
the Parkland Amateur Radio Group. Their website is
http://parc.sasktelwebsite.net
SILENT KEY
Once again we have to report a silent key in Regina. Jack Struthers,
VE5FJ passed away on May 30th at the age of 76. He worked for the
Department of Education for many years until his retirement.
LONG RANGE SOLAR FORECAST
While the next solar maximum should be a big one, Solar Cycle 25
peaking around 2022 could be one of the weakest in centuries. The Sun's
Great Conveyor Belt has slowed to a record-low crawl, according to
research by NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. "It's off the bottom
of the charts," he says. "This has important repercussions for future
solar activity." (So you had better get your 10 and 6 metre DXing done
in Cycle 24 !) For the story, (with pictures) visit the NASA Science
web site at: http://
science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/10may_longrange.htm?list180557
-RAC
MASS AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE LAUNCH
13 Amateur Radio Satellites will be launched at 19:39:11 UTC on the
28th June 2006 on a DNEPR-1LV rocket from the Kazakstan Baikonur
Cosmodrome in what will be the largest ever deployment of Amateur Radio
Satellites. The satellites will be put into a 500 by 566 km orbit with
an inclination of 97 degrees. Each satellite is a 10cm cube weighing
just 1kg into which is packed the battery, transmitter and the various
experiments. Twelve of the satellites have downlinks in the Amateur
Radio Satellite Service allocation between 435 and 438 MHz and one will
operate on 145.950 MHz so they’ll be lots of signals to listen out for
after launch. Further information on the Dnepr Launch 1 can be seen at:
http://littonlab.atl.calpoly.edu/ -QRZ
WEBSITE OF THE MONTH
The Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio is an independant
organization dedicated to what its name implies. It can be seen at:
http://www.spar-hams.org/
LAST MONTHS PUZZLER
What is the maximum permissable power that can be used by a station
with a basic licence?
According to RIC-3 1.3 the maximum power is 250 watts DC input.
THIS MONTHS PUZZLER
What is the minimum bandwidth needed to transmit a signal using the
mode BPSK31?
Answer next month
It's a new membership year. Be sure to renew.
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