Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:29:45 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/images/logo.gif http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/ webmaster@hamiltonarc.ca http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article104.html Are you Prepared for 72 hours? At the CERVA Emergency Preparedness Day you can meet and get information from the City of Hamilton’s Emergency Preparedness Partners. Saturday May 12, 2012 10:00am-2:00pm Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Lower Auditorium and Parking Lot Corner of Bay Street and King Street www.hamiltoncerva.org / cerva@hamiltoncerva.org Last year's participants included: City of Hamilton Union Gas Horizon Utilities EMS, Fire and Police Hamilton Amateur Radio Club Kids area with free face painting C.A.E.R. CANWARN Quantum Murray LP Newalta St. John’s Ambulance First Response Environmental Canada Brokerlink Hazco Environmental Girl Guides CERV Association SPCA and many, many more... Live Music, Supervised kids area with free face paintings Hot dogs, popcorn, hamburgers, pop, water, tea & coffee for sale on site! Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:29:45 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article103.html Everyone is welcome. If you have never hunted before come to the start location and ride along with one of the more experienced hunters. There is some spare equipment available so ask one of the regular hunters if you may borrow some equipment to try foxhunting. First transmission will be as noted in the schedule below, and the hunt should be over within 150 minutes or less. The fox can be anywhere with the following guidelines. Must be heard from the start point. Must be in a public location; i.e. no private property. Must be in a safe location; e.g. not in a high traffic area. ** Shortest driving distance wins. ** After the hunt we can meet at a location above to do a post hunt analysis, pick a fox for the next month, and discuss other important events of the day. For more info, contact: See below for full schedule... Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:20:09 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article102.html Make the most of the Ontario QSO Party with a few tips on how to work this Contest. A few tips to increase your score! 1. Don't just "search and pounce" on stations calling "CQ", find a good parking spot and call "CQ Ontario QSO Party" yourself. You'll be very surprised at the amount of activity you can generate on a seemingly "dead" band by putting out a "CQ" ! 2. Don't forget the "easy" multipliers i.e. folks who are close to you that you can work on the VHF bands or via groundwave on the "higher" HF bands. Don't forget to make a quick call on the VHF frequencies at 15 minutes past the hour. 3. For Ontario stations, multis are also Canadian provinces/territories, U.S. states, and DXCC countries...so there are lots of multiplier points out there for you to collect. Also folks outside Ontario will be working the contest too. If the lower HF bands are "dead" try the higher HF bands and vice-versa. Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:52:17 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article101.html The Ontario QSO Party is open to all amateur radio operators regardless of license class world-wide. Dates and Times: Held on the third full weekend of April each Year. For 2012, the contest periods are 1800Z (2pm loca) April 21 to 0500Z (1am local) April 22, and 1200Z (8am local) to 1800Z (2pm local ends) April 22. Objectives: For Ontario stations to contact as many amateur radio stations as possible on as many bands as possible world-wide. For stations outside Ontario to make as many contacts with Ontario amateur radio stations as possible. Frequencies: All Bands 160-2 meters with the exception of the WARC bands. Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:51:32 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article100.html After replacing the crashed hard drive in the IRLP computer, the system is now up for use again. We still have some problems with noises on the repeaters itself, but we expect this to go away when the new Icom repeaters are installed. According to plans, this would be in the first half of March 2012. John, ve3dvv Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:12:22 -0500 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article99.html The Radio Amateurs of Canada are holding their R.A.C. Winter contest a week before Christmas again this year. December 17th, 2011 is really not that far away. Think about what station you would like to run for us in the 24 hour contest. This is the one we work as many fellow Canadians as we can plus all the official RAC stations. This years RAC Winter Contest is on December 17th, 2011 starting at 00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC on the Saturday. This translates (with the new time change) to starting at 7 pm on Friday December 16 to 7 pm on the Saturday. This is exactly one week and a day before Christmas. This is good for us because usually they have it on the Saturday after Christmas before New Years. This year that would be on New Years Eve so the early start is really better for us. Let me know if you can run a station (the bands were really hopping on the CQWW) on your favorite band or if you want to come to be an operator or watch us contest. We will need about 6 stations with extra operators to run a multi-multi effort. You can email me at ve3bk@hamiltonarc.ca or call me, my number is in the bulletin. Plan for doing the contest now. See you there for a fun time. 73 Rick VE3BK Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:49:18 -0500 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article97.html Reminder to all, the 2 Meter Challenge 2011 is coming up soon: September 25, 2011 from 10am-4pm local time. Complete rules click here. This contest is sponsored by the Frontenac Radio Group (VA3FRG). The purpose of this contest is to encourage amateurs to learn the basics of simplex operations, expand the scope of their VHF operating techniques beyond that needed for repeater operation, and VHF contesting using all modes. It is open to all amateurs, the object being to make as many two-way QSO’s with as many different hams, in as many different municipalities as possible, all within a 6 hour time period. Read more about it here. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article96.html The Hamilton Amateur Radio Club is moving its meeting location from The Hamilton District Christian High School, located at 92 Glancaster Road to: The Hamilton Mountain SDA Church 284 Concession St., Hamilton, ON Located at East 11th St and Concession St., right at the top of the Jolly Cut. The effective date for the change is September 21 2011, our first meeting of the season. The new location is more localized and accessible to all buses and has plenty of parking. You’re always encouraged to bring a friend and turn someone new onto Amateur Radio. If you have any speaker suggestions or would like more information, email the executive at: Also, we would like to let you know that you can check into the Sunday Night Net starting September 4th 2011 at 7:30pm. If there are any announcements that need to be made, you can email Tracy, VA3CDU, who is the Net Controller at: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:42:08 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article95.html The next fox hunt for the Hamilton Amateur Radio Club will take place on Sunday Oct 2nd 2011, we are looking to see more members to come out, but you do not need to be a member, nor do you need an operators licence as receiving signal is all that is needed. The fox hunt will start at 1:00pm and end at 3pm at gage Park (south end parking lot off of Lawrence road) behind the tennis and lawn bowling courts. [MAP] Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:23:57 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article94.html This contest is sponsored by the Frontenac Radio Group. The purpose of this contest is to encourage amateurs to learn the basics of simplex operations, expand the scope of their VHF operating techniques beyond that needed for repeater operation, and VHF contesting using all modes,. It is open to all amateurs, the object being to make as many two-way QSO’s with as many different hams, in as many different municipalities as possible, all within a 6 hour time period. Please remember, this is a fun contest. All participants are encouraged to send in their logs, even if they make only a few contacts. It is not necessary to have a big “contest station” to participate. This contest can easily be worked with only a 2 meter handheld. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:10:27 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article93.html One month to go at the time of this notice. Just to let you know so that doing our summer break, July and August, you know that we can still have fun doing ham radio activities. This year is the 153nd Anniversary of the Burlington Lighthouse where we have been operating near it on the Beach Strip for the last 5 years. This year it is on August 20 and 21st 2011 so we will be looking for participants again this year. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:27:13 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article92.html The Mobility Cup 2011, Canada’s international regatta for sailors with a disability, is being hosted this year by the Burlington Boating Club and the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. It is a world-class event, featuring competitors from throughout Canada and around the world. They need your help. There is much to do, from communications, to assistance with grounds events, as well as assisting the disabled to get in and out of their sailboats. Details of “what’s required” will be highlighted at an upcoming meeting Aug 3 2011 @7-9pm at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. Please plan to attend and bring your friends to this worthy event. The Mobility Cup event will take place between Monday Aug 29, through Friday Sept 2nd 2011. For more information, please visit: http://www.mobilitycup.org/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:16:45 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article91.html Well folks the time is almost here for picnic in the park - this Saturday July 23/2011. We are going for breakfast first at the Sunset Grill, at the Center Mall (Map to get there). Time 700 am, then to the park to set up 8:15 - 8:30. Time for the people to come see us is 11:30 to 3:00 pm. Hope to see ya down there at the park. Just a reminder, there is a $2.00 admission to get into the park and it goes to a charity. Hope to see you there and come work the radio 73 to all VA3TVW and Thanks (Location for the park) Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:12:51 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article90.html This is number two fox hunt for the club this year, we are looking to see more members to come out. The fox hunt will start at 12:00pm and run for 2 to 3 hours. We are starting at 1200 Mohowk Road E in the south parking lot of the park, and at the end of the hunt will meet at the east end of the Center Mall, outside of the food court. If you have no equipment you can ride with some one that needs a helper. Hope to see you... VE3RYI Mark Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:46:20 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article89.html Tour of the County Fox hunt results with a few photos and a map at http://web.me.com/dpward/TxHunting/May2011.html This was a fun fox hunt for Jesse VA3JEZ, Jim VE3EEZ and me, VE3RYI. The county was so nice to drive around seeing some of the lakes and the homes. I will be looking to go and do the Tour of the County again. It is a bit of a drive to get there and back, 2-1/2 hours each way. You can look at it as an all day trip. If you have a nice sunny day, it is all the better. Hope to see more come next time, as 2 to 3 in a car helps on the price of gas and more stories to tell. 73s ve3ryi Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:53:32 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article88.html 2011 Two Meter Challenge (For complete rules, click here.) September 25, 2011 10am -4pm local time What is it? This contest is sponsored by the Frontenac Radio Group (VA3FRG). The purpose of this contest is to encourage amateurs to learn the basics of simplex operations, expand the scope of their VHF operating techniques beyond that needed for repeater operation, and VHF contesting using all modes. It is open to all amateurs, the object being to make as many two-way QSO’s with as many different hams, in as many different municipalities as possible, all within a 6 hour time period. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article87.html CityHousing Hamilton has invited the Hamilton Amateur Radio Club to join in the fun at Bay Front Park for the 2nd Annual Summer Picnic for their Residents. Summer Picnic in the Park will be held on July 23, 2011, from 11:00 am until 3:30 pm. The admission cost is $2/person, or $5/family. There are expected to be 1200-1500 visitors, ages 1 to 100 years old. The event consists of food, a scavenger hunt, candy toss, basketball game, face painting, clown races, a Police & Fire Department display, as well as other child and adult activities and entertainment. Thu, 26 May 2011 22:48:00 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article86.html The Canada Day Contest will be here before you know it, right on the tail of Field Day. Field Day is on the Saturday and Sunday of June 25-26 this year, with Canada Day on Thursday June 30, starting at 00:00 UTC or 8pm locally, and running until 23:59 UTC or 8pm locally, July 1st, 2011. We will be looking for stations to be run at the contest site. If you can help out or run a station, call Rick, or email him at: Rules and information can be found in the TCA magazine May/June 2011 issue, page 48, or on the RAC website. Hope to see you there, or at least on the air wishing your fellow hams in Canada a "Happy Canada Day". Mon, 23 May 2011 17:47:00 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article85.html HARC is having a foxhunt, Saturday May 28, 2011. The meetup time is 12h00, the hunt begins at 13h00. It promises to be a lot of fun for all and will be a great day out for the family. Everyone is welcome. Full details and registration information can be found here. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:07:37 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article84.html Up-to-date VE3DC Awards from EQSL as passed on from Rick Danby VE3BK. Currently, we have eight awards there now at EQSL: http://www.eqsl.cc/Member.cfm?VE3DC. Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:07:57 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article83.html We have been able to secure our usual meeting location at the Hamilton District Christian High School for a re-scheduled March meeting. Additionally, our previously scheduled speaker has been kind enough to slot us in for that evening, so we're back on track to hear David Ward's fox hunting presentation. Date: MONDAY, April 4, 2011 (This is the re-scheduled March 23 General Meeting) Place: The Hamilton District Christian High School 92 Glancaster Road (Corner of Rymal Rd. and Glancaster Rd.) See [ Map ] Time: Room opens at 7:00 PM Meeting starts at 7:30 PM Our next featured guest speaker... David Ward (VE3BIP), from the Quinte Amateur Radio Club-Prince Edward Radio Club Our next meeting topic... David Ward will be speaking to us about fox hunting, as well as showing us some of the equipment needed for a fox hunt. Read more about an upcoming fox hunting event in our news. Hope to see you all at the meeting, as David will no doubt have some good stories to tell. Note: Pass the word around about our re-scheduled General Meeting date! Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:49:17 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article82.html The 14th Annual Ontario QSO Party 2011 Held on the third full weekend of April, this year it is 1800Z April 16 to 0500Z April 17. Locally 2pm Saturday to 1am Sunday (13 hours), and 1200Z to 1800Z April 17, locally 8am Sunday to 2pm Sunday (6 hours). Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:30:20 -0400 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article81.html The school where we meet for our General Meetings is closed during March Break. Updated information regarding our this meeting's location or date will be posted on our site as soon as it becomes available. Current meeting information can be found here. Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:52:54 -0500 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article80.html The HARC will be having David Ward (VE3BIP) as a speaker March 16, from the Quinte Amateur Radio Club-Prince Edward Radio Club, to speak about fox hunting. He will also be showing us some of the equipment needed for a fox hunt. The basic equipment you need is a directional antenna (a simple two element quad is best), an attenuator, and a basic 2 meter transceiver (really only a receiver is required). Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:58:23 -0500 http://www.hamiltonarc.ca/Article79.html HAMILTON, Ont., February 22, 2011 -- The 2011 CanWarn training session sponsored by Environment Canada has been announced for the city of Hamilton and surrounding area. To read more about CanWarn Training, click here. Saturday April 16th 2011, 09:00 until approximately 12:00 Nash Auditorium, Wilcox Building, Chedoke Hospital, Sanatorium Road Hamilton, ON Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:34:02 -0500