| WARC |
| WESTCUMB AMATEUR RADIO CLUB |
| Westmorland County, NB & Cumberland County, NS |
| EastLink TV "In Focus" on Ham Radio |
| Our WARC club was invited to EastLink TV to be guests on their community program, "In Focus". The live broadcast took place on January 24th, 2006 from 7 to 8 pm local time. The program was taped for rebroadcast at a future date. Club members taking part were Ron Bickle, VE1BIC who made the arrangements with EastLink, Rick Sullivan, VE9RWS, Brad Ross, VE1ZX and Jim Cleveland, VE1CHI. Rick arrived early and set up an APRS display (radio and GPS) and brought some other display items. Rick was also one of three who phoned in during the live show. Ron and Brad Ross also phoned during the show. All three did extremely well with their comments and questions and helped to make it interesting. Ron called Jim on 146.52 simplex during the show for a live 'on air' QSO which went well. Brad Hinton did extremely well as host and moderator. His grasp of the ham radio world was impressive since he had only a few days to prepare. The WARC members wish to thank EastLink TV for inviting us to their studio and allowing us some air time to present a public glimpse into the hobby we so thoroughly enjoy! As the 'on camera' guest, I would personally like to thank Brad Hinton and Tammara Ashe and their "In Focus" production staff for hosting us. Special thanks to Ron, VE1BIC, Rick, VE9RWS, and Brad, VE1ZX for their valuable contribution in making the program happen. Thanks go to those who took photos with my camera. Ron, VE1BIC, was one of those and he also took three of these photos below with his own camera. ~73 de Jim C, VE1CHI |
| Ron, VE1BIC, has made a limited number of DVD copies of the hour long show if anyone is interested. The cost will be a Toonie. $1.00 will go toward the club bursary fund and the other to Ron to offset costs. These DVDs will be available during the March meeting. |
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