Serving Westmorland County New Brunswick & Cumberland County Nova Scotia since 1980
The 4th annual Symposium for Maritime Amateur Radio Technicians (SMART) was held Saturday April 27th 2019 at the Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community Center in Springhill NS.
Doors opened at 7am for the volunteers, presenters and vendors and soon the building was alive with sounds of amateurs preparing their presentations for the day while others were setting up their tables for displays and sale items.
At 8am the doors opened and many amateurs rushed in to get out of the cold and rainy weather.
The canteen (new this year) became the central point at this time with amateurs picking up tea, coffee and breakfast sandwiches. Then the rush was on for the 50/50 and raffle tickets. Some hams filtered out to the arena to see what was being setup for the flea market.
As promised each amateur received a Yaesu Fusion ball cap although they did not arrive till later in the morning.
At 11am the barbecues were turned on but due to the weather they had to be relocated to the side door of the arena which caused a slight problem of getting the burgers and dogs to the waiting hams..
At 12 noon lunch started with hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, pop and water. By 12:30pm everyone had been fed and then the presentations began with opening remarks from Mike Johnson VE1MWJ representing the County of Cumberland.
Bernie Cormier VE9BGC was asked to join Mike up front and Bernie presented SMART organizer George Dewar VY2GF with a plaque for his work on bringing this Symposium to life over the years. This was followed by the door prize winners and topped off by a photo of all the hams taking park in this event. The hams continued to mill around the flea market tables until classes began again at 1:30pm.
At 3:30pm the hams gathered in the arena for the Grand Prizes and 50/50.
The complete list of winners can be found on the WestCumb ARC website under SMART 19.
https://www.westcumb.ca/s-m-a-r-t-2019
The final classes began at 4pm and by 5:30pm the final hams left the building and SMART was finished for another year.
The organizing committee consists of Bernie Cormier VE9BGC, George Dewar VY2GF, Kevin Burke VE1KEV and Jim Langille VE1JBL.
We would like to thank the volunteers who helped out with the event.
Mike Johnson VE1MWJ Cumberland Regional EMO Management who made sure the arena was booked and brought two barbecues from Amherst to Springhill to help feed the hams.
Kevin Burke VE1KEV for helping the hams set up their flea market tables in the morning.
Bob Perry VE1EDP and his XYL Jo-Ann Reynolds for working the entrance tables and the giving out of name tags and hats. They also preformed other duties feeding the hams during the lunch hour.
Kevin Burke VE1KEV, Mike Masters VE1ZB, Robert Mannette and Mike Johnson VE1MWJ for another great barbecue.
Dana Rushton VE1VOX and Don Roland VE1AOE for another great raffle draw while Al Christie VE1ZS and Ron Blue VE1BBB manned the 50/50 table.
Ron Bickle VE1BIC who looked after the sound systems in both rooms and took photos throughout the day and hopefully will be on the website soon.
Bob Tuttle VE1DR who looked after the talk-in frequency from his mobile and was prepared with extra gas and others items in case of a break down along the way.
The County of Cumberland for letting us use this great Community Center to hold the event.
A special thank you to Heather Laurie and the staff at the arena who looked after all our needs and did a great job helping us prepare for the event.
Thanks to all the local clubs who donated prizes. Their names and the winners can be found on the SMART 19 webpage https://www.westcumb.ca/s-m-a-r-t-2019
Finally a big THANK YOU to the 170+ hams who came out in the not so best weather to support SMART. Without all of you this event would not take place.
See you next year at SMART 20.
Prize | Donater | Winner |
PEI Bridge Pass
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WestCumb ARC
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John MacDonald VE1CM
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PEI Bridge Pass
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George Dewar VY2GF
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William Caw VY2CAW
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N3FJP Software Package
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Russ Hemphill VE9FI
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RAC Membership
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Dave Goodwin RAC Atlantic Director
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Dave Lewis - Student
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RAC Membership
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Dave Goodwin RAC Atlantic Director
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James Oh VE9WIN
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Jason Karle VE1AJK
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Truro ARC
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Luigi Zanin VE1XBJ
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Hull Electrical Service Ltd. Truro NS
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Doug Steeves VE9TNT
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Hull Electrical Service Ltd. Truro NS
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John MacDonald VE1CM
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Hull Electrical Service Ltd. Truro NS
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Jim Cerrato KC5UEQ
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Hull Electrical Service Ltd. Truro NS
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Kaye Hannah VE1YH
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$25.00 Gift Card
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Dave Goodwin VE9CB
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$25.00 Gift Card
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Radioworld
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Scott Wood VE1QD
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$25.00 Gift Card
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Radioworld
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Therese Mair VY2TAM
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$25.00 Gift Card
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Radioworld
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James Salamore VE1JCS
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$25.00 Gift Card
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Radioworld
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Larry McNight VE9ASB
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$25.00 Gift Card
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Radioworld
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Kelly Nickerson VE1DNA
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Stirling Carr VY2SEC
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Darrell MacArthur VY2OM
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Fredericton ARC
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Misha LeBlanc VE9GIS
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$25.00 Gas Card
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Greenwood ARC
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Marcel LeBlanc VE9ML
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$20.00 Gas Card
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George Richards VE1XP
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$20.00 Gas Card
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Moncton & Area ARC
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Patricia Hemphill VE9DZ
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$20.00 Gas Card
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Moncton & Area ARC
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Kevin Baker VE1BAK
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$20.00 Gas Card
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Moncton & Area ARC
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Vernon Amberman VE9VEA
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$20.00 Gas Card
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Moncton & Area ARC
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Roger Stein VA1RST
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Dead Bolt Lock Set
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Holmes Security Truro NS
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Rick MacMillan VE9MTB
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Dead Bolt Lock Set
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Holmes Security Truro NS
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Malcolm Smith VE9ZY
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DX'ing on the Edge....the Thrill of 160M!
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Greg LaPierre VE1GRE
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Prize | Donater | Winner |
WestCumb ARC
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Jim Hannon VE1AFH
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WestCumb ARC
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Al Cyples VE1CYP
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NBDMR Repeater Trustee's and DMR-MARC Canada. |
Malcolm Smith VE9ZY
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John Mitchell VY2WW
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VE1JW Eric Smith
VE1KEV Kevin Burke
VE1KW Jerry Hannah
VE1LAU Laurie Cormier
VE1LCG Lindsey Garnett
VE1LFS Logan Shaw
VE1LRL Larry Larlee
VE1LSE Larry Silver
VE1LV Hal Rodd
VE1MBH Michael Harvey
VE1MWJ Mike Johnson
VE1MY Mike Embree
VE1NAT Nathalie St-Onge
VE1NR Wayne King
VE1OO Jim Holmes
VE1PAB Alastair Cox
VE1PHL Phil Hunter
VE1PM Paul Murphy
VE1PR Bob Romano
VE1PS Peter Service
VE1PX Jason LaPierre
VE1PYE Jason Ingraham
VE1QD Scott Wood
VE1QET Quentin Hickey
VE1RMJ Robert Mannette
VE1RSJ Scott Johnston
VE1RSM Robert Schofield
VE1RTI Barry Diggins
VE1SM Peter Hebb
VE1SMC Shane McDougall
VE1SN Earl Osborne
VE1TH Sharon Mooers-Henry
VE1UF Ken Holmes
VE1VOX Dana Rushton
VE1WPH Wayne Harasimovitch
VE1XBJ Luigi Zanin
VE1XP George Richards
VE1YH Kaye Hannah
VE1YY Bill Karle
VE1ZB Mike Masters
VE1ZG Doug Henry
VE1ZS Al Christie
VE1ZX Brad Ross
VE9ARG Andre Goguen
VE9ASB Larry McKnight
VE9BGC Bernie Cormier
VE9BK Jean-Paul LeBlanc
VE9BP Art Gunn
VE9CB Dave Goodwin
VE9CD Jerry Arsenault
VE9CDN Robert Vinet
VE9CJB Curtis Baxter
VE9DSO Doug St-Onge
VE9DWJ David Jones
VE9DZ Patricia Hemphill
VE9ELA Keith Whalen
VE9FCP Francis Pitre
VE9FI Russ Hemphill
VE9GC Gordon Cotton
VE9GIS Misha LeBlanc
VE9GJ Glenn Taylor
VE9GLF Linda Friars
VE9IM Ian MacFarquhar
VE9JFL Michel Landry
VE9KM Rob Ireland
VE9KW Ken Williams
VE9LJW Lee Williams
VE9ML Marcel LeBlanc
VE9MM Gordie Morton
VE9MTB Rick MacMillan
VE9MTV Michael Caissie
VE9MY Len Morgan
VE9NOM Michael Noble
VE9NW Gilles Gaudet
VE9OSK Oscar LeBlanc
VE9PIN Bert St-Onge
VE9PKV Pravin Varma
VE9PTC David Masson
VE9RON Reynald Fortier
VE9SF Steve Frost
VE9SK Sterling Carpenter
VE9TFB John DeDourek
VE9TNT Doug Steeves
VE9TTT Paul Cant
VE9VEA Vernon Amberman
VE9WIN James Oh
VE9XAB Tobie Boutot
VE9YHR Yvon Roy
VE9ZY Malcolm Smith
VO1NO Al Penney
VY2CAW William Caw
VY2DAC David Cosh
VY2GF George Dewar
VY2HF Brent Taylor
VY2HH Miriam Briggs
VY2JC Joe Clements
VY2OG Bryan Weaver
VY2OM Darrell MacArthur
VY2REG Reg Sharkey
VY2RU Ken McCormick
VY2SEC Stirling Carr
VY2TAM Therese Mair
VY2WM Bill McMaster
VY2WW John Mitchell
VY2XU Alan Beck
VY2ZM Jeff Briggs
z Jo-Ann Reynolds
z Gord Young
z J.P. Ouellette
z Janet Lynch
z Dave Lewis
z Wendell Porter
z Daniel Gallant
z Ben Shaw
z Maya Estabrooks
z Craig Sanford