| Website Updated: Monday, January 23rd, 2012 |
| WARC Westcumb Amateur Radio Club WARC |
| ...with members from Westmorland County, New Brunswick & Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Every Monday night except in July and August, volunteer club members of the WARC conduct the WARC Weekly Net at 8 pm on various linked repeaters. Why not listen and check in? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Storm Watch: If the WX looks inclement for a WARC meeting night, then listen to the VE1WRC Repeater (147.285+ MHz) during the day for a recorded message regarding its status. |
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1) The WARC January 2012 Brunch was be held at the Westwinds Restaurant in Amherst, NS on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 starting at 11 am. There was a good turnout for this brunch as it seems that 'cabin fever' is already starting to settle in! :-) See the story and photos HERE. 2) VE9BGC, Bernie Cormier gave an interesting presentation on antenna design and modeling based upon his personal experiences building them during the regular WARC January 2012 meeting on the 5th. Bernie is also our newest WARC Club member. Welcome to the club, Bernie! See several photos taken during Bernie's presentation below. Scroll down. 3) VE1BXK Lorne and VE1ZX Brad accompanied VE1II Bruce to the VE1TRO Repeater site at Nuttby Mountain on Monday, December 19th, 2011 to repair the ailing packet system. HERE is a report from VE1II Bruce with photos taken by Brad's camera. Thanks guys. |
| Upcoming Events |
1) Exercise "Handshake" - an ongoing exercise held on various repeaters and held monthly on the last Tuesday of every month starting at 7 pm in 2012: January 31st, February 28th, March 27th, April 24th, May 29th, June 26th, July 31st, August 28th, September 25th, October 30th, November 27th and December 25th. 2) The February 2012 Meeting of the WARC will be held on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at the E.D. Fullerton Building in Amherst, NS. beginning at 7 pm. See the note at the top of this page regarding "Storm Watch". Perhaps bring along a friend or neighbour with you that may not have an interesting hobby like we do! Talk it up and get him/her involved with our club. Sandwiches: VE1ADV Randy and Sweets: VE1XDT Mike. 3) The 2012 White Cane Contest will be held on Sunday February 5th, 2012 on the 80 metre band from 7:30 am until 9:30 am and again from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm AST. For further information, please check the Yarmouth Amateur Radio Club's website here: http://ve1yar.com/ve1gx/?p=875 4) The WARC February 2012 Brunch will be held at the Patterson's Restaurant in Sackville, NB on Saturday, February 18th. starting at 11 am. Why not bring a friend, neighbour or family member? 5) The March 2012 Meeting of the WARC will be held on Wednesday, March 7th., 2012 at the E.D. Fullerton Building in Amherst, NS. beginning at 7 pm. See the note at the top of this page regarding "Storm Watch". Perhaps bring along a friend or neighbour with you this time who may be interested in our hobby. 6) The annual DownEast Fleamarket will be held on Saturday, May 26th, 2012 at the Halifax Forum Complex with entrance off Almon Street as last year. More details here as they become available. |
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| The North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) welcome all who are interested in CW and have some interest in using QRP from time to time. Membership is free and you automatically become a lifetime member. Visit their website for more details: http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/ This info from Paul, KD2MX, Membership Recruiter for NAQCC as reported in TCA, Nov-Dec. 2008. |
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The following list of callsigns are of paid up club members for the 2011-2012 year thus far. This list will be updated as Treasurer Kev, VE1KEV submits updates to me. Thanks Kevin. If your call does not appear below, then you have NOT paid your dues or I have not been informed. Please see Kevin at the next club meeting and become a club member. Thanks. (List last updated on 8th November 2011) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VA1SBT VE9UH VE1CHI VE9TER VE1KW VE1YH VE1AFH VE1JBL VE1XDT VE1BIC VE9TTT VE9PKV VE1EDP VE1SM VE1KEV VE1AMU VE1EXE VE9NEL VE9DWJ VA1MAB VE1JSP VE1ADV VE6NM VE1GK VE1BSD VE1MY VE1ZS VE1BSM VE1JWM VE1JSG VE9JMP VE9KM VE1DEH VE9BGC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Life Members ~~ VE1CZD VE1BXK VE1AIC VE1JJC VE1CFK VE9RWS VE1ZX |
| Check out N0NBH's site for everything you have ever wanted to know about Solar Data and HF Propagation!: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html |
| The WARC Alternate Website URL: (backup in case of regular website failure) http://www.warc.byethost5.com/ |
Now that you have brushed up on your code, click on the URL below for a great concert by Beethoven written in the key of CW! This is an amazing and entertaining short video. Have your speakers on. Thanks to Brad, VE1ZX for this URL: http://www.zerobeat.net/morse50 5.html |
Two Metre Repeaters VE1MTN/147.090 +/Moncton, NB VE9TCR/147.345+/Moncton, NB VE9SBR/147.225 +/Shediac, NB VE9SKV/145.230 -/Sackville, NB VY2PEI/145.150 -/Cavendish, PE VE1CRA/146.670 -/Charlottetown, PE VE1UHF/146.715 -/Glen Valley, PE VE1CFR/146.850 -/Summerside, PE VE1WRC/147.285 +/Amherst, NS VE1BHS/145.350 -/Sugarloaf, NS VE1SPR/147.000 -/Springhill, NS VE1SPH/146.805 -/Springhill, NS VE1PAR/145.470 -/Parrsboro, NS VE1NET/146.745 -/Parrsboro, NS VE1HAR/147.135 +/Truro, NS For complete repeater info click this link: http://ve1cra.net/main/rpt-lists.htm (Thanks to Ron, VE1AIC) |
| Check out the online tour through "The Museum of Radio and Technology, Inc." in Huntington, West Virginia and relive a lot of the old memories of radios we knew as a kid. Thanks to Roger, VE1RV for this link: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/MRT/ |
Tower Climb - climbing to the top of a transmission tower. One may have second thoughts about climbing this tower - even VE9RWS! :-) http://file.qip.ru/embed/139653439/bb7b65c3 |
Many club members are not aware of the club's Lee Nolan Award in memory of our club's founder. It would be great to have this award 'activated' once again this year. There is a link above on this page to a PDF version of the rules which you can easily print out. Here are the rules below just to pique your interest. You would have a good chance of winning this award if you are the only entrant, right? Why not give it a shot this year? Lee Nolan Memorial Award Rules: 1. You must be a member in good standing of the Westcumb Amateur Radio Club for the current year. 2. Credit will be given once for each country on each band irrespective of mode used. 3. Any band may be used for which you are licensed including the WARC bands. 4. Any mode may be used for which you are licensed. 5. Repeaters may not be used. 6. The current ARRL DX countries list will be used. 7. No confirmations are required. Log extracts must be submitted showing call sign of station worked, date, mode and signal report received. 8. The contest will be an annual event and will commence at 0001 hrs. UTC October 1 and will conclude at 2400 hrs. UTC March 31 of the following year. 9. Log extracts must be received by the club executive by April 30 of each year. Each application must be accompanied by a summary showing total countries worked by band. 10. The award will be presented to the winning amateur at the regular meeting in June of each year. 11. Each year's winner will be ineligible the following year. |
| The Lee Nolan Award |
| Hi Jim, I recently installed the HamInfoBar Toolbar to my Monzilla Home Page...You could also add it to your Explorer Home Page etc... Please add it to the Westcumb website. Thanks and 73, Jon VE1JSG To find out more about this toolbar and download it, go to: http://HamInfoBar.MyRadioToolbar.com/ |
Here is the Wiki Article on SDR (Software Defined Radio): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defi ned_radio ...and here is a webpage where you can have hours of fun using SDR on radios from around the world: http://www.websdr.org/ |
| Above:The New Tower at the QTH of VE1XDT, Mike Masters - Mike's Note: Here are a couple pictures of the recent tower installation at my home QTH. First picture shows VE1ZX on the tower and second picture show Brad on the tower and Lorne off to the right in front of Brad’s truck. 73, Mike |
VE1GK Glenn Wallis, left, is shown here receiving his EMO Jacket for participating in 10 Exercise Handshakes. Presenting the jacket to Glenn is WARC President VE1JBL Jim Langille. The presentation was made on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 at the EOC in the Amherst E.D. Fullerton Building. Photo by VE1EDP, Bob Perry. |
| Greetings all WARC members, I would like to thank all of you who came out to the Christmas Pot Luck supper last night at the ED Fullerton Building. Thanks to Jim Cleveland VE1CHI who has written up a article with pictures on the club website www.westcumb.ca From my family to yours, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and will see you in 2012. James (Jim) Langille VE1JBL RAC Section Manager: Maritimes President: WestCumb ARC (VE1JBL Jim, left and Wendy, right. Their other dog must be taking the photo! :-) ) |
| On the right is the 2011-2012 Executive of the WARC hard at work during the recent January 2012 meeting held on the 5th. Guest speaker was VE9BGC, Bernie Cormier who appears here in the additional photos during his presentation on "Antennas and Antenna Modeling". Bernie also joined our club during this meeting. |
| VE9BGC, Bernie Cormier |
| Three dimensional wave form for a 20 metre Dipole Antenna |
| The Monday Night Net Control Roster appears below up until the end of June 2012. If you cannot make your scheduled night, please contact VE1XDT Mike and let him know so that a substitute may be found. |
| The WARC members extend their condolences to VE1BIC, Ron Bickle and family on the recent passing of Ron's mother. Ron is our long-time club secretary. You have our sympathy at this difficult time, Ron. |
| In Memory of Doug Hyslop - VE1IZ - SK |
Douglas Lloyd Hyslop (September 14, 1938 - January 10, 2012) It is with heavy hearts that the family of the late Douglas Lloyd Hyslop age 73 of Amherst passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Upper Nappan, NS. Born on September 14, 1938 in Amherst, NS, Doug was the son of the late Cecil and Frances (Moore) Hyslop. In his early years Douglas lived in Ottawa, ON where he drove the city buses for O.C. Transpo. In his leisure time Doug enjoyed his amateur radio club and playing darts every Wednesday night. Doug will be fondly remembered by his daughter Tonia of Amherst, his granddaughter Kaitlyn of Amherst, his sisters Pat Bishop of Amherst and Elva (Bob) Kaye of Debert as well as his loving cousin Rhoda Porter of Moncton and several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, Doug was predeceased by his wife of 31 years Miriam (Coffin) Hyslop, one daughter in infancy, one sister Frances and one brother Clifford in infancy as well as one brother Cecil (Babe). Visitation will be held on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. in Campbell's Funeral Home, 98 Church St., Amherst (902-667-9906) with the Royal Canadian Legion Br #10 Amherst holding their tribute service at 7 p.m. Funeral service will be held on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 2 p.m. from Campbell's Chapel with Rev. Donald Miller officiating. Memorial donations in Doug's memory may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Canada or the Amherst Regional High School Band Association. Online condolences may be made to the family via: www.campbellsamherst.ca |