Canwarn Net Announcement

 

This message is from Brett Gilbank - VE3ZBG, CANWARN Manager

Effective immediately, CanWarn nets for sharing observations of severe weather will be held on the

VE3GYQ repeater, at 145.350 MHz, negative offset, PL tone 114.8

This will improve our ability to communicate about weather which often approaches from the West.

Our thanks to SORT for making this excellent repeater available. 

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Newsflash - Hex Fixed! 

 

Many "hams" makes light work. The question is how many Hams does it take to fix and put up a Hex. The answer is here.

A single supporting rod was split by the storm, but fortunately, the piece was replaced and the antenna is back in working order.

Thanks to Frank, VE3FBZ, Mike, VE3ZMC, Jim, VA3AHQ, Doug, VA3DAE, Paul, VE3PIK, Richard, VE3RV and Tom VE3HOR.

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Emergency Preparedness Week Special Events Results

From Dave Lambert - VE3KGK: Emergency Preparedness Week event Coordinator:

I would like to thank each of you who participated as operators for offering to help put this special event on the air. 

Following are the stats for the special event VB3EMS, which ended Saturday May 21, 2022.

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For all you space buffs, check out the NASA On the Air 2022 (NOTA) site here.

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Newsflash - Hex "Hexed"

The storm of May 21, 2022 did some damage to our hex beam.

The curse of the Derecho.

A derecho (pronounced "deh-REY-cho") is a widespread, long-lasting wind storm accompanied by a band of quickly moving showers or thunderstorms. These storms are typically caused by a large scale disturbance in the atmosphere that produces strong winds and heavy rain or snow.

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John Pedersen - VE3MGR - SK

1944 - 2022

Obituary can be viewed here.

A message from Dave McCarter - VE3EI / VE3GSO:

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LARC wishes to announce that A Celebration of Life will be held to honour John Pedersen, VE3MGR.

The event will be held at the 427 Wing, 2155 Crumlin Rd, on Saturday, June 4th.  The doors will be opened at 10:00am and the ceremony will start at 11:00.

Following the ceremony, LARC will provide refreshments at the picnic tables and in the LARC Club Station.

If you knew John you are aware that John didn't like a fuss, particularly when it involved him.  So we are going to risk embarassing John again by acknowledging our loss of a good friend.

Please plan to be there.

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Saturday May 7th was a Stripping Session at the LARC Club Station. Members including Jorge Forero, Randy Greig, John Visser Sr, Dave McCarter, Rick Brown, Dave White, and Paul Picot disassembled the electronic scrap from the new VE3OME repeater shed located at the base of the CFPL-TV tower. 

In the picture Dave, Rick and Paul undo hardware from the strobe light controller assembly.  It was a lot of fun.

 

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LARC Board of Directors Election Announcement

As President Rick Brown noted in the LARC Club meeting held on May 5, 2022, the number of nominations for Directors was seven (7). Since there are seven director positions for the LARC board, there was no requirement for an election this time. The members of the new LARC board are:

Rick Brown - VE3IMG

Mike Cook - VE3ZMC

Richard Finn - VE3PNK / VE3RV

Jorge Forero - VE3EAD

Dave McCarter - VE3GSO / VE3EI

Paul Picot - VE3PIK

Bogdan Scarlatescu - VE3YOB

This new board will take charge mid-June 2022. 

A big thank you goes to Doug Elliott - VA3DAE, who has served as a board member for many years and will continue to serve LARC as Education and Emergency Preparedness coordinator.

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