Aug
9
2010
Field Day 2010
Author: ve1solUpdate for Field Day report.
This Is MurdochvilleView of a few other turbinesGetting set upAll Set Up !This was the Noise Level....with No Signals !Looking out over the mountains
Aug
7
2010
Trace DR2412 Output
Author: ve1sol
This is a view of the output waveform of a Trace DR2412 Modified Sinewave Invertor. Basically, as you can see…It is a Square Wave !
Lots of noise generated by this type of Invertor and some items just will not operate with this power while others appear to be operating normally, they are overheating internally and could possibly create a hazard because of that. Then there are others items which do not care what type of power they have and work normally.
But, why Modify a Sinewave at all ?
Jul
21
2010
CANWARN Atlantic
Author: ve1jax (Site Admin)CANWARN Atlantic Standard Operating Guidelines
CANWARN is organised in local networks. When CANWARN members spot severe weather, they send their reports to the CANWARN network controller who forwards them to Environment Canada’s severe weather office in Toronto using either the special telephone line or this CANWARN web page. At the weather office, the severe weather meteorologist combines the data from the satellites and radar with the information from the ground to refine the forecast or prepare a severe weather watch or warning.
This is a draft of the manual that will be used. More information is on the Maritime Amateur website under CANWARN. Paste and copy what you like. Nothing is in stone, this is all to be looked at and modified. Yarmouth area stations would be very important during hurricanes and other storms as most will come ashore there first.
Jim VE1JBL
Click the image below to open (or right click download) the PDF version of the Draft.
Jul
21
2010
2010 Club Supper
Author: ve1jax (Site Admin)Thank you to Trudy (ve1tes) for the nice photo’s of the Club Supper on July 20, 2010 at the Austrian Inn.
Jun
21
2010
VE1YAR presented with a Ten Tec Omni 7
Author: ve1jax (Site Admin)
At the June 5, 2010 Saturday morning get-together of the Yarmouth A.R.C., members of the E.M.O. and of the Municipality of Yarmouth Council presented a Ten Tec Omni 7 transceiver to the club in appreciation of work that club members do for E.M.O. This transceiver will be placed at the secondary E.M.O. site in Hebron as part of the communications facilites there and it will be remotely accessible via the Internet, so in addition to being available for emergency use it will be available for general use by club members from their homes. This will be great for amateurs who, for one reason or another can’t have an HF antenna because they live in an apartment or a seniors’ complex on on a small lot. It will allow them to get on HF from a site with a good radio and a good antenna.
This photo shows the group making the presentation to the club and the transceiver itself. Included in the photo are:
Back Row: John Cunningham, Byron Boudreau, Murray Goodwin
Front Row: Harold Richardson, Leland Anthony and Bernie Bonnar accepting on behalf of the Yarmouth Amateur Radio Club.
Jun
16
2010
Field Day 2010
Author: ve1solThis year, my plan is to operate from Copper Mountain in Quebec. This is located near Murdochville. Have Dipoles made up for 20 M and 80 M bands so far and as long as the weather holds up and all goes according to plans, I will be on the air from that location. Hope to hear many hams on the air. VE1SOL
May
17
2010
Pictures From the 27th Annual Downeast Flea Market
Author: ve1jax (Site Admin)Thank you Jim (ve1rb) for suppling some pictures taken at the 27th Annual Downeast Flea Market. The Downeast Fleamarket was on Saturday May 15, 2010 at the Halifax Forum Complex Bingo Hall. There was also a ham social Friday evening and a ham breakfast Saturday morning. Door prizes: 1st prize: ICOM V80 2m HT. Other prizes: Maple Leaf 6m 3ele Yagi, G5RV antenna, RAC membership, Steak & Stein gift certificates, HARC T-shirts, hats, Callbooks, and lots more from Durham Radio, RAE, Brillance Computers, Jentronics, Maple Leaf Communications.
May
8
2010
Dave’s Shack
Author: ve1gm
Dave's Shack
Here’s a little quiz – can you identify the 5 rigs in the photo going from left-to-right and ending with the unit mounted on the wall?
This was the basement shack of VE1AKQ, now VE!GM in 1975. The desk was made from cabinets removed from the kitchen to make way for an electric stove and two of the rigs are on an antique oak table. (I wonder where that ever ended up!) There’s a homebrew crystal calibrator beside rig no. 1, a homebrew antenna tuner hung under the cabinets and the shade on the lamp beside the antenna tuner was made from a coffee can. The little board in the opening under the desk was a push-to-talk switch activated by your left knee. That left both hands free to operate the gear and write notes.
There’s no Morse key in the picture, it was kept in a desk drawer until needed.
Aah, the good old days.