VE1EKV Repeater

 To access the VE1EKV repeater you must program your radio to transmit a sub-audible tone of 67.0 Hz on the repeater's input frequency.  Your radio's user's manual will have instructions on how to do this.

November 11 Certificate

 

Thanks to Chuck (VE1SOL) two heavy duty deep cycle batteries were installed in the club's repeater building and were connected to the 146,730 repeater on January 13, 2024,  That means that our repeater will be available during power outages and other equipment will be connected in the future.

 At the club's Saturday gathering on November 11, 2023, Bill Crawford VE1ALG was presented with a new Yaesu FTM=3100 2 meter transceiver in appreciation of his hosting of the Captain's Net almost every day for more than 20 years.

 Brass Sign

This is a 1/8" thick brass sign found by one of my daughters at a yard sale.  When radio installations were made on older ships in the 1920s and 30s, sometimes a new cabin was built to house them and it was called the Radio House.

There was one such ship in the 1959 Eastern Arctic Patrol Convoy that I took part in, she was the icebreaker "N.B. Maclean" (Call sign CGSN) and her radio house was at the stern.  I was the 3rd Radio Officer on the Arctic resupply and hospital ship "C.D. Howe" (Call Sign CGSS.)  Our radio room was on the bridge deck.

Ham Radio Documentary

This is a 25 minute documentary from Jim, VE1RB, who suggested that it be posted on the club's site. https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/ham/

This is the type of antenna array that Bernie used to bounce signals off the moon.