tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23709166408956452212024-03-09T17:48:05.592-08:00The Communicator Digital EditionSurrey Amateur Radio CommunicationsSurrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-37195528233955575952024-02-29T21:01:00.000-08:002024-02-29T21:08:06.210-08:00The March - April 2024 SARC Communicator is now available<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Another big issue</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The March - April 2024 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC24Mar-Apr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">viewing or download</a>.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 150 countries, we bring you 120 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC24Mar-Apr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">view or download</a> it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlm5JTl5t9pZsx6mx_PWIlmI9aDqtLTO8B7GRMgXOyZfZANHqDCUhDAJdFOIVJ2pIWDd8Y6HMtiQxzGo2ZZJQRPUXY-Wj_cbR2egELDQAbewxWGsO1EdEseYMi6hkGbvQl2GnzQR3FlVKhPfxheEhPR3hPldif1Az1vy9_Upy1u2tE7gUpo7Wn3uZVUto/s1055/24%20Mar-Apr%20Communicator%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="816" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlm5JTl5t9pZsx6mx_PWIlmI9aDqtLTO8B7GRMgXOyZfZANHqDCUhDAJdFOIVJ2pIWDd8Y6HMtiQxzGo2ZZJQRPUXY-Wj_cbR2egELDQAbewxWGsO1EdEseYMi6hkGbvQl2GnzQR3FlVKhPfxheEhPR3hPldif1Az1vy9_Upy1u2tE7gUpo7Wn3uZVUto/w313-h404/24%20Mar-Apr%20Communicator%20Cover.png" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><span>The Communicator </span>March - April 2024</span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?tab=collection&query=The+Communicator&sin=TXT&sort=-date" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is April 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI<br /></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-41979155684626050342024-02-06T18:00:00.000-08:002024-02-21T14:13:52.338-08:00Commemorating the RCAF Centennial<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The Royal Canadian Air Force celebrates 100 years of service and Amateur Radio marks the occasion with special event stations</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Surrey, BC</i></b>
– The </span><a href="https://rcaf2024arc.ca/"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Royal Canadian Air Force</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> (RCAF) is celebrating 100 years of service this
April, marking a significant milestone in Canada’s military history. This
centennial event offers a unique opportunity to honour the RCAF’s rich
heritage, recognize its dedicated personnel, and generate enthusiasm for its
promising future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Throughout
2024, the RCAF will be showcased in a past, present, and future context,
emphasizing its contributions to national safety and security, international
peace, and global stability. The RCAF 2024 Team is curating a year-long program
that includes international, national, and regional events. These events
include the RCAF Run, RCAF Gala, Legends of the Sky, and participation of
allied air demonstration teams in Air Shows across Canada. The program also
includes initiatives to inspire future generations of Canadians through <a name="_Hlk159182070">Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) </a>activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFktjG3O-fZJR1ZVlC7k2O0Axq0aNPr1a4bN8iKQphBBHgjz_-jCVD8Ak81lpY-Pw4qs0Ubr3tALERwHXttbBljCZo8fEfGLdhQg0xKa8TG429wfBbpeDv-DOSFhVGl1_zn4v2o4X4NCDO4iWIX3MEb8n91QfyA8UMzJz0qR6LIhy5ogt130pH-xmbVTzY/s1920/golden%20hawks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFktjG3O-fZJR1ZVlC7k2O0Axq0aNPr1a4bN8iKQphBBHgjz_-jCVD8Ak81lpY-Pw4qs0Ubr3tALERwHXttbBljCZo8fEfGLdhQg0xKa8TG429wfBbpeDv-DOSFhVGl1_zn4v2o4X4NCDO4iWIX3MEb8n91QfyA8UMzJz0qR6LIhy5ogt130pH-xmbVTzY/s1920/golden%20hawks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mCdK5mZwBo2R1-ecche3WImmkZf_V3UkGkEeQiGpyCAqSamJm3GAsvUmJcK52huB2G5SuRzriI1AWH4tqqjGGd-6ZNU21MtAvshdSXMmhB_MDr-eNBl6dkyYFa03cEovmyJ3NApPBEUl6MIEnMOfcs4PWqv5JyuWnx4hxqIvWm0rPIgmXIEz4Ao1Hrhd/s1609/QSL%20Card%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1609" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mCdK5mZwBo2R1-ecche3WImmkZf_V3UkGkEeQiGpyCAqSamJm3GAsvUmJcK52huB2G5SuRzriI1AWH4tqqjGGd-6ZNU21MtAvshdSXMmhB_MDr-eNBl6dkyYFa03cEovmyJ3NApPBEUl6MIEnMOfcs4PWqv5JyuWnx4hxqIvWm0rPIgmXIEz4Ao1Hrhd/w396-h265/QSL%20Card%201.png" width="396" /></a></span></div></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>To
commemorate this occasion, Amateur Radio operators across Canada and beyond are invited to
participate in a month-long event. They will have the opportunity to make
contacts around the world on all amateur radio bands and modes using special
event RCAF callsigns. These callsigns have been granted to provincial amateur
radio groups specifically for this event. In British Columbia, </span><a href="https://ve7sar.net/"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Surrey
Amateur Radio Communications</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> is the proud sponsor for VE7RCAF. This callsign
will be available for use by all British Columbia ISED certified operators by
booking time slots during April 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">We're hoping to have all bands and modes worked, including GOTA, POTA, and whatever else you can activate. If you are a VE7 or VA7, you can reserve a time slot. Go to the direct calendar link which is now live at: <a href="https://bit.ly/VE7RCAF">https://bit.ly/VE7RCAF</a> and look for April 2024. The operating rules are at: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_fkPdYJ7DDDSLRVGY6822hJ_gd0nEfy6/view?usp=drive_link">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_fkPdYJ7DDDSLRVGY6822hJ_gd0nEfy6/view?usp=drive_link</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The VE7RCAF and several other provincial QRZ pages are also active now.<span> QSL cards and awards will be available to commemorate contacts, and special recognition will be provided to those who contact all the RCAF special event stations across Canada during the month.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">The RCAF
Centennial is more than a celebration; it’s an opportunity to showcase Air
Force personnel and their accomplishments, demonstrate air and space power,
enhance the reputation of the RCAF, and proudly honour its distinguished
history and heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">For more
information on the RCAF 2024 Centennial, please visit the official website at
RCAF 2024 Centennial: <a href="https://rcaf2024arc.ca/">https://rcaf2024arc.ca/</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Contact Information: </b>Larry
Bloom</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">◦ </span></i><span style="line-height: 107%;">Email: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="mailto:VE7RCAF@gmail.com"><span style="line-height: 107%;">VE7RCAF@gmail.com</span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><i>~ VE7SAR</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.84901256.2198391778350768 166.83848749999999 90 -52.5365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-57227079540740632572024-01-25T18:00:00.000-08:002024-01-25T18:00:00.140-08:00Getting to know GNURadio<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Make a working receiver and more on your computer</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">At our January 2024 monthly general meeting (held via Zoom) Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD/Kn7Q presented on GNURadio,</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">What is this GNU?</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Aside from the wild beasts of Africa, GNURadio is an open-source software toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios (SDRs) and other digital signal processing systems. It allows users to design, simulate, and deploy radio systems in software, enabling the development of a wide range of radio communication applications.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here are some key aspects of GNU Radio:</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Software-Defined Radio (SDR):</b> GNU Radio is widely used in the field of SDR, where radio functionality is implemented in software rather than hardware. This provides flexibility, allowing users to modify and experiment with radio protocols, waveforms, and processing algorithms.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Signal Processing Blocks: </b>GNU Radio provides a collection of signal processing blocks that users can connect to create custom signal flow graphs. These blocks perform functions like modulation, demodulation, filtering, frequency shifting, and more. Users can combine these blocks to create complex radio systems.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Wide Range of Applications:</b> GNU Radio can be used to develop a variety of applications, including but not limited to:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Communication Systems: </b>Design and implement various communication protocols, such as AM, FM, SSB, LTE, Wi-Fi, etc.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Radar Systems: </b>Create radar signal processing chains for applications like target detection and tracking.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Radio Astronomy: </b>Process and analyze radio signals from space to study celestial objects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Wireless Sensor Networks: </b>Implement communication protocols for distributed sensor networks.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Extensibility and Customization: </b>Users can extend GNU Radio by creating their own signal processing blocks, allowing for customization and the integration of specialized functionality.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Graphical User Interface (GNU Radio Companion):</b> GNU Radio comes with a graphical tool called GNU Radio Companion (GRC), which allows users to visually design signal processing flow graphs. GRC simplifies the creation of complex radio systems by providing a drag-and-drop interface for connecting signal processing blocks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Active Community: </b>GNU Radio has a vibrant and active user community that contributes to its development. This community-driven approach results in continuous improvement, updates, and the sharing of knowledge and resources.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">GNU Radio is widely used in academia, research, and industry for prototyping, experimenting, and implementing various radio communication systems. It plays a crucial role in advancing the field of software-defined radio and empowering individuals and organizations to explore and innovate in the domain of wireless communications.</span></p><p>You can watch Kevin's presentation on YouTube;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="379" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OyJmGUyrbho" width="456" youtube-src-id="OyJmGUyrbho"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Kevin has included several links at the end of his presentation</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br />Further Information:</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In <a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-september-october-sarc-communicator.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">September 2023</a> Our Communicator journal included an excellent article by Kevin titled: "<b><i>The </i></b></span><b style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i> “What’s It?” Of WSPR"</i></b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> that touched on many of the same principles as GNURadio. </span></div><div><span class="fontstyle0" style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="fontstyle0" style="font-family: trebuchet;">Another of Kevin's articles, titled: <b><i>"</i></b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Introduction
to Digital Radio"</i></b> was published in our <a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">January 2024</a> edition. Both of these will provide excellent supporting information for Kevin's GNURadio presentation.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div><span class="fontstyle0"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></div></div><div><span class="fontstyle0"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">~</span></span></div><div><span class="fontstyle0"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="fontstyle0"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012520.881112763821157 -158.00526250000001 77.501580436178841 -87.6927625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-7090972309967491892023-12-31T23:10:00.000-08:002024-01-25T17:59:45.059-08:00The January - February 2024 SARC Communicator<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">A great way to start 2024!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The January - February 2024 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC24Jan-Feb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">viewing or download</a>.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries, we bring you 120 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC24Jan-Feb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">view or download</a> it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27Kg_X8GRTRioPHVSx9JFP1AxiBhTiQ4nPVOtftBLeXulhRMn_jEfzdObFFGw8k-uY49NDB7qj-QetOIW_X-L9_bwwRIv8gfAnYgtWE9kRqTuVFLsC354zGEcc5npA7c9TglbpFXsZs_aEKn_8R4WVyZGQtmM9BJby81Ovk97udtqO3vQnx9NnPX0H9Vu/s1065/Jan-Feb%2024%20Communicator%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="826" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27Kg_X8GRTRioPHVSx9JFP1AxiBhTiQ4nPVOtftBLeXulhRMn_jEfzdObFFGw8k-uY49NDB7qj-QetOIW_X-L9_bwwRIv8gfAnYgtWE9kRqTuVFLsC354zGEcc5npA7c9TglbpFXsZs_aEKn_8R4WVyZGQtmM9BJby81Ovk97udtqO3vQnx9NnPX0H9Vu/w318-h410/Jan-Feb%2024%20Communicator%20cover.png" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><span>The Communicator </span>January - February 2024</span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?tab=collection&query=The+Communicator&sin=TXT&sort=-date" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is February 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI<br /></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012535.061668664368966 -140.42713750000001 63.321024535631039 -105.2708875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-79419917083009476372023-12-27T16:00:00.000-08:002023-12-27T16:00:00.130-08:00Restoring a rusty old tower (revisited)<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Like being given a 'free' dog...<br /></span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #000066; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 104%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #000066; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 104%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A BIG Project!</span></span></h2>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(from The Communicator - August 2013)</span></i></span></span></p><p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><i> </i></span>Three years ago I received a free tower and rotator. I’ll write about the rotator in another instalment but I’ve since discovered that some ‘free’ ham gear is like being given a free dog… you have to be aware of the hidden costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">I had never had a tower but always wanted one. I’d been satisfied with my Carolina Windom, an off-centre fed dipole at 25 feet off the ground, that let me use most HF bands right up to 80m. It served me well, and still does but greater involvement in contesting and the desire to move up to a more directional antenna encouraged me to make the move.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Fortunately I have a wife who is also a ham, though not particularly active, but she knows the thrill I get when working a new country or breaking through a pile-up. She was supportive in my quest. Coincidentally I also had to replace the deck on our 30 year-old house. That provided another incentive to get the project started and find the right location. Our old laundry line was accessible from the deck at a corner of the house. The new deck, with glass panels around it would no longer allow this so the new tower would have to do double-duty as the anchor for the clothesline as well. I decided that it would be a light-duty tower as I didn’t have the space for a full-size tower, and I wanted to keep peace with my neighbours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">I spread the word among my fellow club members that I was looking. Pretty soon an offer came in of five ten-foot sections of light duty tower. I picked them up and it was immediately evident that some work would be needed before they would be safe and usable. Thick rust had eaten though much off the galvanized surface. Several of the cross-member welds had broken and one section was noticeably bent. I knew my wife wouldn’t be pleased if I attempted to place that within view.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Over the next several days I spent time washing down my new acquisition, which had evidently spent time behind someone’s shed, judging by the weeds, caked mud and dead critters in and outside the tubing. I also spent some Internet time researching whether I could revitalize this tower and how to go about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3gVEp-HQu2CYY3KxClNpkkNxNuShZLzIISZhPjNvEuBDYRIdCbqLBAsP96pLPOI97GeJfFjXr1DELmF112T_pMVX0gFtyDSVVplLio8uJdfSuNSlM8Ud74tfHULHD-PXUvNboe58uzWq9TnmZdogR2MJyvuYEN-KwpsnO5Y4NpLv0QyEQWS0ox9efSgP/s369/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="262" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3gVEp-HQu2CYY3KxClNpkkNxNuShZLzIISZhPjNvEuBDYRIdCbqLBAsP96pLPOI97GeJfFjXr1DELmF112T_pMVX0gFtyDSVVplLio8uJdfSuNSlM8Ud74tfHULHD-PXUvNboe58uzWq9TnmZdogR2MJyvuYEN-KwpsnO5Y4NpLv0QyEQWS0ox9efSgP/w264-h372/1.png" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG4heIyDJjLwVW5eOowrkpcoDqu4L6LmKtjJPqQbEK-4Rh2pq3lAXf1o-YmB0K_wLt7U0udk7j4LLUmwa7gcMF4z2E10w1ZYUtibB7eQFvt3Y4WLVBX0gY8hZavb69ssvVIMusSwz0ioya8vF8o8m_lf2WmYTZ_WNOFl50xfTX1EAf3e0-40mzVRLuJfq/s404/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="404" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG4heIyDJjLwVW5eOowrkpcoDqu4L6LmKtjJPqQbEK-4Rh2pq3lAXf1o-YmB0K_wLt7U0udk7j4LLUmwa7gcMF4z2E10w1ZYUtibB7eQFvt3Y4WLVBX0gY8hZavb69ssvVIMusSwz0ioya8vF8o8m_lf2WmYTZ_WNOFl50xfTX1EAf3e0-40mzVRLuJfq/s320/2.png" width="320" /></a></div><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">My daughter-in-law </span>manages a paint store and was able to provide me with some technical advice on surface preparation and coatings. I knew I would have to paint the sections for my wife to accept them right outside her kitchen window. Colour would also be a factor.</p><p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">I bought two brass wire wheels and some emery paper and set to work to clean off as much loose rust as I could with my power drill. It worked well and a day later I was done. Based on my Internet findings, and helpful reviews by previous users, I tried three products to tackle the remaining rust. From left to right on the adjoining photo they were Permatex brand ‘Rust Dissolving Gel’, ‘Evapo-Rust’ by Rust-stop Canada, and Rust Check brand ‘Rust Converter’. All were applied according to the provided directions and they performed their intended function. The gel, being thicker, clung to the parts better but was much slower and required a lot of re-coating to keep working. The other two products were thinner and more difficult to keep in place, but they produced faster results. If these were small pieces that could be submerged it would be no contest, but keeping to a short section at a time and using a paint brush to keep the area wet with solution clearly showed the Evapo-Rust product to be the most suitable, and the fastest. It also appears to be the most environmentally friendly of the three, though I wouldn't recommend doing this job on your lawn, as I started to do. Yes, the grass did eventually grow back.</span></p><p class="Articletext" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzVrkDbGHYvtyDXm1i7oyIEpLDvTnbkSQN9h58EbMikXBcwDZf_aajE7ISBGRM1uD5AHW81JAAlHlHnduiqL9XvnRTuma7krlhzt65DCEWuG2iSAud83jlhU96wajT9-1UTu6XJXw5O6FrFzaQ5Pe0XWimI6FStK3U1LRXvxDsjCtjBnnY8U9Tq4qepns/s533/3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="317" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzVrkDbGHYvtyDXm1i7oyIEpLDvTnbkSQN9h58EbMikXBcwDZf_aajE7ISBGRM1uD5AHW81JAAlHlHnduiqL9XvnRTuma7krlhzt65DCEWuG2iSAud83jlhU96wajT9-1UTu6XJXw5O6FrFzaQ5Pe0XWimI6FStK3U1LRXvxDsjCtjBnnY8U9Tq4qepns/w331-h535/3.png" width="331" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">The surface was now free of rust and, after another scrub, was ready for inspection. I looked closely at each crosstie and at every weld. Suspicious ones were marked. Several were obviously cracked or already split. With the assistance of Fred Orsetti VE7IO, the welds were repaired. I was ready for paint!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Articletext" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtl_AApCpapkfXfZ94mWq5H6tuh9bk-hqc6i34cD8VkM3SCnfwsQWem6s4slmhdxTZSaauOYDOtJqU7qKCr2C24GpVw6ntFUy1yVnVtMX_o6tVcdzx5sh2UJPDA2IeyQsuFJZL6kgM1Lyob6LbACD3Bslxt5D-LzOa1sL7Ag9KKgJ-2_favp9PgARsFGvm/s348/5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="262" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtl_AApCpapkfXfZ94mWq5H6tuh9bk-hqc6i34cD8VkM3SCnfwsQWem6s4slmhdxTZSaauOYDOtJqU7qKCr2C24GpVw6ntFUy1yVnVtMX_o6tVcdzx5sh2UJPDA2IeyQsuFJZL6kgM1Lyob6LbACD3Bslxt5D-LzOa1sL7Ag9KKgJ-2_favp9PgARsFGvm/w314-h417/5.png" width="314" /></a></div><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">I would have used an oil based primer and top-coat but my expert advised me against it and she was correct. According to the product sheets for such coatings, it is not recommended that you use an oil based product on galvanized surfaces. The paint will release and peel off after a time—and I didn’t fancy the thought of doing this again in a couple of years. There are special coatings available in a spray can specifically for galvanized metal but they are quite expensive with small coverage, exacerbated by the necessity to get inside and out and into all the nooks and crannies around the welds. I decided a brush was the better applicator for that job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">We, (read-in wife-approval mandatory) decided the least noticeable colour on our wooded lot would be a camouflage green. As a result of my ‘colour-Googling’ I had actually suggested a multi-colour camo paint scheme but that was vetoed as being too ‘military looking’, and so the appropriate latex primer and top-coat were tinted. It took exactly one litre each of primer and top coat to paint the five sections twice, with extra coatings on the welds. I used an air sprayer on the legs for the final coat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Articletext" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIfJn94qXAUIg3YEI5sHL51qzauXfY-zSiq-tUoRmeuWJ0bjy91vqBWRIiaYgWoRqKJ5MpuyJ0ZlfwVvKfxvSOKJMJjiKo6La37qpZ_Z6JXwmdoH4vjUNP4JGviym3x61mQfwhbU95YCvHbKGPSjXSPo6lCDmUCJKYTs-SkJ7oo6w3kPZSeoHeYekB3KY/s490/6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="490" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIfJn94qXAUIg3YEI5sHL51qzauXfY-zSiq-tUoRmeuWJ0bjy91vqBWRIiaYgWoRqKJ5MpuyJ0ZlfwVvKfxvSOKJMJjiKo6La37qpZ_Z6JXwmdoH4vjUNP4JGviym3x61mQfwhbU95YCvHbKGPSjXSPo6lCDmUCJKYTs-SkJ7oo6w3kPZSeoHeYekB3KY/w377-h283/6.png" width="377" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Next came even tougher work. I had to remove a section of my cement patio to make the appropriate foundation and dig a big hole. There were brackets available that could be surface mounted but I’m a ‘belt and suspenders’ kind of guy and I wanted this thing in a block of concrete. If guys are not used, the tower manufacturer recommends fastening a section to the house as high up as possible, in my case that was just near the top of the 2nd section. I visited my local scrap yard and purchased some heavy-duty angle aluminium by the pound. I cut pieces to make an equilateral triangle and bolted one to the top plate of the house, running two arms to adjacent tower legs where they were secured by U-bolts. It’s steady as a rock. I used stainless steel hardware for all the section to section connectors in case I ever want (or have to) take it apart. That time is approaching as I have completed a rebuild of a rotator and HF Yagi that will go up in the spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">It has now been two years plus and the tower shows no signs of either rust or paint failure. It was a lot of effort but I’m pleased I did it. Even with my Carolina Windom centred at the top of the tower, much higher than before, I’m getting much more activity across all the bands. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Articletext" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaq2Le0tCt0GN3COhc0zkI5lA2SGjXKGNnaoq92adG8FmRJgm10VV148R9-3gVzHV5f3RKTo46iUDL2GvkIfgel0cD95cV7QKQX3cGk07YUxdFLcfAkaKwt1tG-CntKtjPSsZ4K8peqB8auNDKRyiaSAyGZ_JiqvQ4h1aNYZUURGOs03PBA4fKGVGjIXk/s569/7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="569" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaq2Le0tCt0GN3COhc0zkI5lA2SGjXKGNnaoq92adG8FmRJgm10VV148R9-3gVzHV5f3RKTo46iUDL2GvkIfgel0cD95cV7QKQX3cGk07YUxdFLcfAkaKwt1tG-CntKtjPSsZ4K8peqB8auNDKRyiaSAyGZ_JiqvQ4h1aNYZUURGOs03PBA4fKGVGjIXk/w425-h279/7.png" width="425" /></a></div><br /><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="Articletext" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">The sections above the roof blend in nicely with the trees. The final touch was to place flower baskets on the rungs at each level. We now refer to it as the ‘Tower of Flower’ and surprise… the neighbours even say it looks good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-CA" style="language: en-CA; mso-ligatures: none;"><i><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"> ~ John VE7TI</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-CA" style="language: en-CA; mso-ligatures: none;"><i><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-CA" style="language: en-CA; mso-ligatures: none;"><i><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012520.881112763821157 -158.00526250000001 77.501580436178841 -87.6927625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-14630820500450335742023-11-13T12:00:00.000-08:002023-11-13T12:00:00.138-08:00Restricted putting up an antenna?<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Hide it in your holiday lights!</span></h1><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For all their supposed benefits, homeowner’s associations (HOAs) have a reputation of quickly turning otherwise quaint neighborhoods into a sort of Stanford prison experiment, as those who get even the slightest amount of power often abuse it. Arbitrary rules and enforcement abound about house color, landscaping, parking, and if you’ve ever operated a radio, antennas. While the FCC (at least as far as the US is concerned) does say that HOAs aren’t permitted to restrict the use of antennas, if you don’t want to get on anyone’s bad side <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbHwHxceIfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you’ll want to put up an antenna like this one</a> which is disguised as a set of HOA-friendly holiday lights.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKa719wgNDaEaPIOJ8CBh37aeZkxB0DEox7ETZkGafkMT2Fv3x50JwSdMgMnH4YYDZSkamt80sHS8s6-JDbn_69mf2muPZU0fv2ZZ094vo8FbqMY72q1fXJHVdN8MMiiHZ7Wc4bkdNZfYEomz9otYSOYp1zWv5BUVHHJKlu7yP9wt0R93kvvxVV0ZuYP5r/s792/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="792" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKa719wgNDaEaPIOJ8CBh37aeZkxB0DEox7ETZkGafkMT2Fv3x50JwSdMgMnH4YYDZSkamt80sHS8s6-JDbn_69mf2muPZU0fv2ZZ094vo8FbqMY72q1fXJHVdN8MMiiHZ7Wc4bkdNZfYEomz9otYSOYp1zWv5BUVHHJKlu7yP9wt0R93kvvxVV0ZuYP5r/w409-h211/1.png" width="409" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">For this build, a long wire is hidden along with a strand of otherwise plain-looking lights. While this might seem straightforward at first, there are a few things that need to be changed on the lighting string in order to make both the antenna and the disguise work. First, the leads on each bulb were removed to to prevent any coupling from the antenna into the lighting string. Clipping the leads turns what is essentially a long wire that might resonate with the antenna’s frequency into many short sections of wire which won’t have this problem. This also solves the problem of accidentally illuminating any bulbs when transmitting, as the RF energy from the antenna could otherwise transfer into the lighting string and draw attention from the aforementioned HOA.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Tests of this antenna seemed to show surprising promise while it was on the ground, but when the string and antenna was attached to the roof fascia the performance dropped slightly, presumably because of either the metal drip edge or the gutters. Still, the antenna’s creator [Bob] aka [HOA Ham] had excellent success with this, making clear contacts with other ham radio operators hundreds of miles away. We’ve shared another of [Bob]’s HOA-friendly builds below as well which hides the HF antenna in the roof’s ridge vent, and if you’re looking for other interesting antenna builds <a href="https://hackaday.com/2022/01/06/ham-antenna-fits-almost-anywhere/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">take a look at this one</a> which uses a unique transformer to get wide-band performance out of an otherwise short HF antenna.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG_D0bDGuI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG_D0bDGuI</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/02/27/antenna-hidden-in-holiday-lights-skirts-hoa-rules/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Antenna Hidden In Holiday Lights Skirts HOA Rules | Hackaday</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><i>~ Hackaday</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012520.881112763821157 -158.00526250000001 77.501580436178841 -87.6927625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-29531364000184043352023-10-31T12:00:00.001-07:002023-10-31T14:00:35.036-07:00The November - December Communicator is now on-line <h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Wrapping up another year!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The November - December 2023 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Nov-Dec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">viewing or download</a>.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries, we bring you 134 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Nov-Dec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">view or download</a> it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXbeKvaP0kIbu3-057dmtX8a_evHF1xP3SU6jaosfw3a44OG5GpDW3OaqnSs5Q_fVB-PjyQIWG3D7bNCdSmJc20X8zfLv0zZNNRL_ZQuAO0v1KVknrPhZTwLTDhywTtjllw2vOyCRXwHxRNMl3HJKWrTK90FY8jMTDINpbFn8VYj0JPd0KVOlywXhLuaz/s1919/23Nov-Dec%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="1476" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXbeKvaP0kIbu3-057dmtX8a_evHF1xP3SU6jaosfw3a44OG5GpDW3OaqnSs5Q_fVB-PjyQIWG3D7bNCdSmJc20X8zfLv0zZNNRL_ZQuAO0v1KVknrPhZTwLTDhywTtjllw2vOyCRXwHxRNMl3HJKWrTK90FY8jMTDINpbFn8VYj0JPd0KVOlywXhLuaz/w283-h368/23Nov-Dec%20cover.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Nov-Dec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>The Communicator November - December </span>2023</a></span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/search?query=%28Surrey+Amateur+Radio%29+AND+%28The+Communicator%29&sin=TXT" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is December 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI<br /></span><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.8285820.797416163821154 -157.98483 77.417883836178845 -87.67233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-43754837689066769182023-10-02T15:03:00.001-07:002023-10-02T15:04:54.042-07:00SARCBUZZ News - October 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 24pt;">SARC<i><span style="color: red;">BUZZ</span></i></span></strong></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;">
Monthly News and Announcements<br />
<em><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif">Celebrating 50 years of
service - 1975-2023</span></em><br /><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;">September 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">CQ WW DX Contest (SSB)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>October 28/29</b> Don’t miss out on your chance to compete in the
largest Amateur Radio contest in the world. Over 35,000 participants take
to the airwaves on the last weekend of October with the goal of
making as many contacts with as many DXCC entities and CQ Zones as
possible. Both seasoned SARC DXers and GOTA newbies are invited to
participate as a VE7SAR team. Coaching will be available to those who
request it. Whether we operate two radios as Multi-Two (Low Power) or one
radio as Multi-One (High Power) will depend on the number of operators
signed up. Both Larry (<a href="mailto:VE7LXB@gmail.com" target="_blank">VE7LXB@gmail.com</a>)
and John (<a href="mailto:brodiejb@shaw.ca" target="_blank">brodiejb@shaw.ca</a>)
will collect names of those who wish to participate, and prepare a
schedule. The team already has the September CQ WW RTTY contest under its
belt and is looking forward to this next challenge.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Soldering Workshop</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>October 21 8:30 am - Noon</b>.<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #f4cccc;">FULL</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span>This workshop is
for those new to soldering or wishing to refresh their skills. As presented
by Dino (VE7XDT) and John (VE7TI) the workshop includes an introduction to
soldering, types of soldering irons and stations, and the
construction of an xmas tree circuit board (agenda attached). This
workshop is FULL but if you wish to be put on a waiting list or have
interest in the next workshop you may contact <a href="mailto:johnschouten@outlook.com" target="_blank">John VE7T</a>I or <a href="mailto:ve7lxb@gmail.com" target="_blank">Larry VE7LXB </a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Delta ARS Comfest</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Sunday October
15 10am - 1pm</b> The long tradition of
the ComFest Amateur Radio Swap Meet continues. It is a great venue to meet
fellow hams, buy and sell gear and or simply discover what the world of amateur
radio has to offer. 1720 56th Street Tsawwassen. General admission $5. Major
door prizes.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">SARC Monthly Meeting</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Wednesday October 11th 7pm - 9pm. Location:
Surrey Fire Hall Training Centre. <o:p></o:p>The guest speaker for the next meeting is Halden Field VE7UTS. Halden is a member of the North Shore ARC and a past contributor to their newsletter and to The Communicator. Halden has presented at several west coast Ham Fests including at Seaside Oregon. He will be speaking on some of his favourite amateur radio construction projects.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Saturday Morning Breakfast and OTC</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet;">SARC Meets informally for breakfast </span>at
Denny’s Restaurant 6850 King George Boulevard in Surrey, between 7:30 and
9:00am each Saturday morning. We’d love for you to join us. Following
breakfast, the OTC will be open from 9:30 until noon. You are invited to come
down to the OTC with your equipment and any ham-related issues and our Elmers
will try to assist you. You can also reach Elmers by email at <a href="mailto:elmers@ve7sar.net" style="font-family: trebuchet;" target="_blank">elmers@ve7sar.net</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">.</span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Thank you for being a <span style="color: #f4cccc;">SARCBuzz</span> reader.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/week/2023/9/11?cid=ve7sar%252540gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><i>Calendar of Events<o:p></o:p></i></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012520.881112763821157 -158.00526250000001 77.501580436178841 -87.6927625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-48036545620530096752023-09-19T19:00:00.002-07:002023-09-19T23:39:30.396-07:00Working POTA: A beginner's guide and video<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">SARC in the park!</span></h2><h3><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We had an interesting workshop on Saturday, September 16, 2023. </span>'SARC in the Park'<span style="font-weight: normal;"> was a presentation by Dmitry VA7DVO for our members interested in POTA activations. You will find more about getting started in POTA at their <a href="https://pota.app/#/" target="_blank">website</a>, and in our free digital magazine '</span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">The Communicator</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">'.</span></span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;">With an easy to build and inexpensive segmented 5-band wire dipole antenna, we made several of the 17m SSB POTA contacts shown in this video, including Switzerland, Italy and with a mobile station in Northern England.</span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The antenna plan is at: <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Sep-Oct">https://bit.ly/SARC23Sep-Oct</a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> on page 45.</span></span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmoMsGbtSGJd0k2plDg33MbEy7GWkCaTrv4jUtwpWBR6nWq2klV39h3aQBZkPCBseWgFOe5Guevq0l28e2-VWNTVXoPq05cwNmakkjYnB1lYFVm1pOvXTX8jNwBiJ2Ns_cUFz_3bHKNBVXzWI0DosBt-CCaN8L623cC4C8wptQHjJ9IeZXmHDzIQjvVIO/s2420/POTA%20field%20trip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmoMsGbtSGJd0k2plDg33MbEy7GWkCaTrv4jUtwpWBR6nWq2klV39h3aQBZkPCBseWgFOe5Guevq0l28e2-VWNTVXoPq05cwNmakkjYnB1lYFVm1pOvXTX8jNwBiJ2Ns_cUFz_3bHKNBVXzWI0DosBt-CCaN8L623cC4C8wptQHjJ9IeZXmHDzIQjvVIO/s2420/POTA%20field%20trip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtuwcpqcFDnFTkCgpnshBwINfLd1i77vP5a417oPxJ-BGQjcF-nD6DJyokSxoAQZI9fxowTCVVcqo85v7DHrZcaaFutnvPmssegaKbRRScFYIY9UTsA7c8T2AEBPI1o1tcemB41AooevGoFY85ipg78262f0HtTeHEi_lz4svT2fKLWtiMIyCyFcmBDXW/s3816/POTA%20presentation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2384" data-original-width="3816" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtuwcpqcFDnFTkCgpnshBwINfLd1i77vP5a417oPxJ-BGQjcF-nD6DJyokSxoAQZI9fxowTCVVcqo85v7DHrZcaaFutnvPmssegaKbRRScFYIY9UTsA7c8T2AEBPI1o1tcemB41AooevGoFY85ipg78262f0HtTeHEi_lz4svT2fKLWtiMIyCyFcmBDXW/w377-h236/POTA%20presentation.jpg" width="377" /></a></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">Dmitry VA7DVO presenting POTA at the OTC</i></div><p></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The on-site demonstration took place at <a href="https://www.surrey.ca/parks-recreation/parks/serpentine-wildlife-management-area" target="_blank">Serpentine Fen Wildlife Refuge</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmoMsGbtSGJd0k2plDg33MbEy7GWkCaTrv4jUtwpWBR6nWq2klV39h3aQBZkPCBseWgFOe5Guevq0l28e2-VWNTVXoPq05cwNmakkjYnB1lYFVm1pOvXTX8jNwBiJ2Ns_cUFz_3bHKNBVXzWI0DosBt-CCaN8L623cC4C8wptQHjJ9IeZXmHDzIQjvVIO/s2420/POTA%20field%20trip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2420" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmoMsGbtSGJd0k2plDg33MbEy7GWkCaTrv4jUtwpWBR6nWq2klV39h3aQBZkPCBseWgFOe5Guevq0l28e2-VWNTVXoPq05cwNmakkjYnB1lYFVm1pOvXTX8jNwBiJ2Ns_cUFz_3bHKNBVXzWI0DosBt-CCaN8L623cC4C8wptQHjJ9IeZXmHDzIQjvVIO/s320/POTA%20field%20trip.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">Alex VA7PVC, Dmitry VA7DVO , and Leandro VE7LSI at Serpentine Fen</i></div><div><i style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;"><br /></i></div><p></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></span></span></h3><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Here is the presentation on video and a look at the activation</span></h2><h3><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="316" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RTAKs40DHjQ" width="380" youtube-src-id="RTAKs40DHjQ"></iframe></div></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;"><a href="https://youtu.be/RTAKs40DHjQ">https://youtu.be/RTAKs40DHjQ</a></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">Do you want to know what else is happening at SARC?</span></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span>All our events are now available through our 'live' calendar at: </span><a href="https://ve7sar.net/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank"><span>https://ve7sar.net/</span></a>.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">~</div></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /></div></div>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Serpentine Fen, 4981 King George Blvd, Surrey, BC V3S 0L2, Canada49.08423 -122.828048420.773996163821153 -157.9842984 77.394463836178844 -87.6717984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-58323060275742677362023-08-31T12:02:00.001-07:002023-09-17T20:38:43.594-07:00The September-October SARC Communicator Journal <h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here's another great issue!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The September-October 2023 Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Sep-Oct">viewing or download.</a></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Our biggest issue to date, read in over 145 countries, we bring you 132 pages of Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can <a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Sep-Oct" target="_blank">view or download</a> it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tCyNz1afBrbB5cW0olbx8KV1CBHMWMvHgs75B26x-W7_kKhnDQUBL6umPJFZSu11_wCCAPU57u9xRmuRQBVZrBWRoarh-yTTWq2Uh2LuNIyJuiEtAB9ZuUVN6PeESEfEy95rmy17vlX6T7sN_17NC8F3Jeu9Yv6Cz9zRi9GOyEg_woBpkRMDPm8wHzA9/s1005/23Sep-Oct%20Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="794" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tCyNz1afBrbB5cW0olbx8KV1CBHMWMvHgs75B26x-W7_kKhnDQUBL6umPJFZSu11_wCCAPU57u9xRmuRQBVZrBWRoarh-yTTWq2Uh2LuNIyJuiEtAB9ZuUVN6PeESEfEy95rmy17vlX6T7sN_17NC8F3Jeu9Yv6Cz9zRi9GOyEg_woBpkRMDPm8wHzA9/w316-h400/23Sep-Oct%20Cover.png" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://bit.ly/SARC23Sep-Oct" target="_blank"><span>The Communicator September-October</span> 2023</a></span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?sin=TXT&sort=-date" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is October 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-5501600573763498952023-07-01T23:03:00.004-07:002023-07-01T23:36:47.420-07:00The July-August 2023 Communicator <h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here's another great issue!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSQ6AeAnsTrm9s1WBLLAGev_gPoYO5O9/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">viewing or download</a>.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, with almost 14,000 downloads for the March-April issue, we bring you 124 pages of Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSQ6AeAnsTrm9s1WBLLAGev_gPoYO5O9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">view or download</a> it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm1MKgz67McwSaHPhZG3rLiDCFvljkwwNu_jh-jUV-C3oGHJZKqndKJBFDsUtwMRWN2b-5l_2xHML6LotKyIdMnaGdiri0PMD8QMN1jMbXBH0vCXcnPie2lvhba7H7LHJQ07kba3pdKnSqW39VMOiCKB8sFiF7jenFQBQ19H8Jksc7ZwR3Ve5Mxe9iXyO/s780/23%20Sep-Oct%20Communicator%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="606" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm1MKgz67McwSaHPhZG3rLiDCFvljkwwNu_jh-jUV-C3oGHJZKqndKJBFDsUtwMRWN2b-5l_2xHML6LotKyIdMnaGdiri0PMD8QMN1jMbXBH0vCXcnPie2lvhba7H7LHJQ07kba3pdKnSqW39VMOiCKB8sFiF7jenFQBQ19H8Jksc7ZwR3Ve5Mxe9iXyO/w334-h429/23%20Sep-Oct%20Communicator%20cover.png" width="334" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSQ6AeAnsTrm9s1WBLLAGev_gPoYO5O9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span>The Communicator July - August</span> 2023</a></span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?sin=TXT&sort=-date" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is August 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Have great summer!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-62885964504777242832023-04-30T22:33:00.007-07:002023-06-11T22:29:55.585-07:00The May-June 2023 Communicator <h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here's The Communicator!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">view or download</a>.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, with almost 14,000 downloads for the March-April issue, we bring you 130 pages of Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" target="_blank">view or download</a> it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavW7WHasZ0UQXYCjgNa0bU29DEippDOfPumO4mKQaT7fTN-l7C0gZebN4u-rxFKdPY5Z-bkjWKhbSbZvdkVWOOuScoCkGqHBVTvvv78taaYcsBinoF5RzqUr5f4vib9nMFLrg4cmFJCCvPKSMWuqomjWwUnG6YnPPp0cID04no9YycOHrzvB2Rk9m6g/s989/23%20May-Jun%20SARC%20Communicator%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavW7WHasZ0UQXYCjgNa0bU29DEippDOfPumO4mKQaT7fTN-l7C0gZebN4u-rxFKdPY5Z-bkjWKhbSbZvdkVWOOuScoCkGqHBVTvvv78taaYcsBinoF5RzqUr5f4vib9nMFLrg4cmFJCCvPKSMWuqomjWwUnG6YnPPp0cID04no9YycOHrzvB2Rk9m6g/w490-h640/23%20May-Jun%20SARC%20Communicator%20Cover.png" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span>The Communicator M</span>ay-June 2023</a></span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?sin=TXT&sort=-date" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is June 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-15487600188387738982023-04-24T10:00:00.002-07:002023-04-24T10:00:00.145-07:00A Pop-up Ham Sale<p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> </span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">April 29 at our Training Site</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">5746 142 Street, Surrey</span></h2><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Surrey Amateur Radio Communications will be holding a parking lot sale next Saturday April 29th (weather permitting) to dispose of a large quantity of surplus ham equipment. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4pYJDHsiiU7eyxAaCCb4H09fknFTizK_J-lDDyZaKbD-fbFh_kVLWVkQYWhyrrOtGljXf9M1I3ypD5L_Lu27Rxm3JwF0c-Q8hRgfeWPbaetgio9a19ZJ25nSg1yOjV0mGmqClw8GKlitrhYJgZvxEMQm3H0h3b995WQMwbQjE7uaW-hXUJYHRatYTg/s2016/20230423_154955_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4pYJDHsiiU7eyxAaCCb4H09fknFTizK_J-lDDyZaKbD-fbFh_kVLWVkQYWhyrrOtGljXf9M1I3ypD5L_Lu27Rxm3JwF0c-Q8hRgfeWPbaetgio9a19ZJ25nSg1yOjV0mGmqClw8GKlitrhYJgZvxEMQm3H0h3b995WQMwbQjE7uaW-hXUJYHRatYTg/w400-h300/20230423_154955_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">Lots to choose from!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Items for sale include HF and mobile transmitters, receivers, transceivers, antennas, rotators, test instruments, coax and other cable, swr and power meters, power supplies, tuners, scopes, dummy loads, misc. accessories etc. We also have a utility trailer for sale. <br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The sale is at our Ops & Training Centre 5756 142 St. Surrey, BC. from 11 am to 2 pm. No early birds please (Map link: </span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">: </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://what3words.com/daunted.rarity.parrot" target="_blank"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">https://what3words.com/daunted.rarity.parrot</span></a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">SARC/SEPAR members and non-members are also invited to set up a table or sell personal items from their vehicles. There is no charge for this.<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Before the event, you may also wish to join us for our club breakfast at Denny’s Restaurant 6850 King George Blvd between 7:30 and 9:00 am.<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Questions? <a href="mailto:SARC@VE7SAR.net">SARC@VE7SAR.net</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><u>Here is a partial list</u></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfUq9QX_4wlgRDAg0jFyQ4ah7CeywhrYJ0poPcMEVlaQEnEkrdnN6F2N-h89e-ofXqxGNhRmPCp3BnLsr-Js224iPSA-z9fx1ecl_XzSxdIg0NXkMdv-ve_XCp0T3itkzFlW3aYqb_Lrh3hyqPkTW1e7i4gDU1Ue0KpxmrV_ZZ0vftUtZ7TXkQGO2VA/s1008/20230214_112813_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaXefqzLQvLi0MG5golTY0EIRjzFGHlgSrvOZKzsKRFK15gHjFrZ4IkS_kxNTz5XBz6CtcEq0TlP-vNFuQs-_ARlWDi9hiFU2tcBQpp_2nth0VfnHhtAT3yV3uGbKfOLqWimHmox5OjsuLnLGzOamH99OZn63zjEAOyiHi83kYHlTQ77KOVwyaOAEYQ/s2968/20230423_154858_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="1064" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNaXefqzLQvLi0MG5golTY0EIRjzFGHlgSrvOZKzsKRFK15gHjFrZ4IkS_kxNTz5XBz6CtcEq0TlP-vNFuQs-_ARlWDi9hiFU2tcBQpp_2nth0VfnHhtAT3yV3uGbKfOLqWimHmox5OjsuLnLGzOamH99OZn63zjEAOyiHi83kYHlTQ77KOVwyaOAEYQ/s320/20230423_154858_resized.jpg" width="115" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>See you there.<br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Quicksand;">~</div></div>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.8285820.797416163821154 -157.98483 77.417883836178845 -87.67233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-33364917693658374862023-03-08T14:18:00.000-08:002023-03-08T14:18:02.339-08:00ARRL DX (SSB) Contest<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Another successful event</span></h1><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I think we made a commendable showing this weekend, thanks to
all. Statistics below and log attached. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Thanks to all participants and especially the new guys, Doug and Larry,
who jumped in got their feet wet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The bands were open although a recent solar storm could have had an impact. Most remarkable was 10m which was wide open worldwide on Sunday morning. The best contact of the event was Namibia, V55Y, by John VE7TI, on Sunday
afternoon 10m. Also Reunion Island FR8TZ off the SE coast of Africa. This is a good way to learn your geography!</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn420Ptp1Xvlo7LxzJyh8hkIHMn8ANigfj-klUA8l1mdEXkE847C1kfCJGYYVS4wrP4nKz1w2Ic2_ve9eH8FygUOGtDWaLxNtTKXuKaQkrtP4LIr-zszd2KSsJVXwqhcZDlgKCuG9J0Sfh_-pkwk9NnsF_4XCp09T4rVmt_BliDULK_-b61frTkKEafg/s1990/4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1990" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn420Ptp1Xvlo7LxzJyh8hkIHMn8ANigfj-klUA8l1mdEXkE847C1kfCJGYYVS4wrP4nKz1w2Ic2_ve9eH8FygUOGtDWaLxNtTKXuKaQkrtP4LIr-zszd2KSsJVXwqhcZDlgKCuG9J0Sfh_-pkwk9NnsF_4XCp09T4rVmt_BliDULK_-b61frTkKEafg/w491-h336/4.png" width="491" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcey6_qAJSbsQducObnxxPUFYzKBl2JuJjx8N4lJq5rxXuyMHI6TlpQS3coV-y_KYAdyh7kmQEcEktjsVuu2rSjLFyqSKZJkB1dHvhyo8QysfonBAvn7QME7bAmlx2_1QwTedpHC2kjj_gEhWPSnxm-Yvj5Snb0TpiblA7vk2_9gJpXT1kBrmEqEWNSg/s1275/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1275" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcey6_qAJSbsQducObnxxPUFYzKBl2JuJjx8N4lJq5rxXuyMHI6TlpQS3coV-y_KYAdyh7kmQEcEktjsVuu2rSjLFyqSKZJkB1dHvhyo8QysfonBAvn7QME7bAmlx2_1QwTedpHC2kjj_gEhWPSnxm-Yvj5Snb0TpiblA7vk2_9gJpXT1kBrmEqEWNSg/w441-h294/1.png" width="441" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSzzwQkXoNnPhV8w_N3PU2tSdU7mkeQkbNDl_sxOgCxEeqidxWjJaY8xHQC4c21Uh2h5XTgwsH0ReNA_Y4Wevg4xvQjXBwnWs3g-IgqRa6Z31Y7IcrCy9gKJINijnaoRK2wMZPg9j2kf0n7aEnOhZnPTMhsuSl4W2KU6k35UYgcpAdpwPxnTZf0l6UA/s324/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="324" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSzzwQkXoNnPhV8w_N3PU2tSdU7mkeQkbNDl_sxOgCxEeqidxWjJaY8xHQC4c21Uh2h5XTgwsH0ReNA_Y4Wevg4xvQjXBwnWs3g-IgqRa6Z31Y7IcrCy9gKJINijnaoRK2wMZPg9j2kf0n7aEnOhZnPTMhsuSl4W2KU6k35UYgcpAdpwPxnTZf0l6UA/s320/2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z9kvLEoRnTxdXpRBRRaVB7U3uawgh6cXa_7EUlnmwEWVxY2sjNKQz0MPJMBdYmeU8jK_v76PG1sQBpsASt-HvLzIQhMp_zBkS-Sk0igE1HWCknyqVVePy-6bedd38zYqqVZE2kn3ZcitGxh5qN58hoPhgijioBDAoq9afYtx0xXMrOysnPJUo6gnTg/s1868/3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1868" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Z9kvLEoRnTxdXpRBRRaVB7U3uawgh6cXa_7EUlnmwEWVxY2sjNKQz0MPJMBdYmeU8jK_v76PG1sQBpsASt-HvLzIQhMp_zBkS-Sk0igE1HWCknyqVVePy-6bedd38zYqqVZE2kn3ZcitGxh5qN58hoPhgijioBDAoq9afYtx0xXMrOysnPJUo6gnTg/w520-h372/3.png" width="520" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><i>~ SARC</i></span></div>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.8285820.797416163821154 -157.98483 77.417883836178845 -87.67233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-62035219756741664632023-02-28T19:44:00.005-08:002023-06-11T22:33:12.960-07:00The March - April 2023 SARC Communicator <h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "Antic Slab"; font-size: x-large;">Another BIG issue!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" target="_blank">viewing or download.</a></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, with almost 10,000 downloads for the November-December issue, we bring you 124 pages of Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can view or download it as a .PDF file: </span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkpiLLSbFck0tE9r2MDF-PwzVdYbM-K9811fv1385Y3NP0z_H6p8cu1E3o_yFclFS04zC0BnM2tutwxThpb9cnlvztKe_PNFX_XbiRcUvCaaWmZgzyGVwNJmJVA1GBlMhYL8cbmQkzwCPgti0n14DjO6n6-IrCCZpRPCkQ1WPi2FB_ioRZBbwcsRFpg/s1043/Communicator%2023Mar-Apr.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="807" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkpiLLSbFck0tE9r2MDF-PwzVdYbM-K9811fv1385Y3NP0z_H6p8cu1E3o_yFclFS04zC0BnM2tutwxThpb9cnlvztKe_PNFX_XbiRcUvCaaWmZgzyGVwNJmJVA1GBlMhYL8cbmQkzwCPgti0n14DjO6n6-IrCCZpRPCkQ1WPi2FB_ioRZBbwcsRFpg/w496-h640/Communicator%2023Mar-Apr.png" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span>The Communicator M</span>arch-April 2023</a></span></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?sin=TXT&sort=-date" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is April 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-44357276061328444762022-12-31T09:00:00.003-08:002023-06-11T22:34:01.191-07:00SARC January-February 2023 Communicator Amateur Radio Journal <h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "Antic Slab"; font-size: x-large;">Ready for another great year!</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" target="_blank">viewing or download.</a></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, with almost 10,000 downloads for the November-December issue, we bring you over 100 pages of Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can view or download it as a .PDF file: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GT-NJZCybpLUgRGsfFXIWDLyCNhRknl9kemUw1mFTiuA37LjO7j1ZxwrogSZOxg49AGYRy6DM7mBOOVkAaewKELdQDFmiDpkpfRrKMUA5Ijdey5MLjg6tgcduTRIAkQY2RFLZ8SnzfNEXW5Gxe0lkTOKsYe88Mvm06QvsCLm9MlfC8d1mNmb9AQWpQ/s1846/23%20Jan-Feb%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="1426" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GT-NJZCybpLUgRGsfFXIWDLyCNhRknl9kemUw1mFTiuA37LjO7j1ZxwrogSZOxg49AGYRy6DM7mBOOVkAaewKELdQDFmiDpkpfRrKMUA5Ijdey5MLjg6tgcduTRIAkQY2RFLZ8SnzfNEXW5Gxe0lkTOKsYe88Mvm06QvsCLm9MlfC8d1mNmb9AQWpQ/w494-h640/23%20Jan-Feb%20Cover.png" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Un3L9kbc92Rvq3zOZx2ZzqnfGADajJfG?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The Communicator January-February 2023</span></a></div><p></p><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at:<br /><br /></span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator<br /><br /></a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">a full index is </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?sin=TXT&sort=-date" style="font-family: Quicksand;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">. </span></h4><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is February 15th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012520.881112763821157 -158.00526250000001 77.501580436178841 -87.6927625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-21697658697422287452022-12-28T18:00:00.002-08:002022-12-30T15:17:57.680-08:0080 Meter ARDF (Fox) Receivers<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Better than ever! </span></h1><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Amateur Radio direction finding (ARDF), also known as Fox Hunting has become easier and more exciting using 80m. More and more kids are participating in our annual event and learning about radio. No transmitter, so no license required. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukPCwPeqNXVa7kL02JPEv3b4APjoF-6VcaXyfR0b9tYRZWlu3U84scM9B8Fb0N82Qprel3HF81wYa7NTGXVCjnakNUdDEbUyICz3yKpURdvH1mKeLqV45kQEIzHIxe0ZqDYeiwBEYKsmKMAMwH2iRv1Le0utgHkwVcOrsFrw0sT5KTp-3tJO3EERtOg/s3300/ARDF%20ad.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukPCwPeqNXVa7kL02JPEv3b4APjoF-6VcaXyfR0b9tYRZWlu3U84scM9B8Fb0N82Qprel3HF81wYa7NTGXVCjnakNUdDEbUyICz3yKpURdvH1mKeLqV45kQEIzHIxe0ZqDYeiwBEYKsmKMAMwH2iRv1Le0utgHkwVcOrsFrw0sT5KTp-3tJO3EERtOg/w494-h640/ARDF%20ad.png" width="494" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="396" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YK3gETNc2jU" width="476" youtube-src-id="YK3gETNc2jU"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">See the 'How-to' video at <a href="https://youtu.be/YK3gETNc2jU">https://youtu.be/YK3gETNc2jU</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This is a project by Surrey Amateur Radio Communications in support of the hobby</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012549.101555002979538 -122.9863416015625 49.281138197020468 -122.7116833984375tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-21339200431393482062022-11-13T17:00:00.006-08:002022-11-14T11:04:36.477-08:00Remembering Jim Smith VE7FO - SK<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> <span style="font-size: large;">We have lost another of the 20%</span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Looking back, it is ironic that Jim wrote the following about Brett Garrett VE7GM when Brett passed away in August 2018</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">"They often say that 20% of a given membership do 80% of the work... Brett was one of the 20%, no, more like 5%. An active member of both the Surrey Amateur Radio Club (SARC) and Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio (SEPAR), Brett freely shared his knowledge and led Surrey Amateurs to two very successful Field Days."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I can attest to the same about Jim Smith VE7FO and his involvement with VECTOR and SARC.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBy3XK4UgPokCYeJi9Hpk4XhCIakGuTFebiTOB61k40Bqc4RPNmyL4vy8bVKf-gStjlVX2kRJRYKQ3azW6m_lsy1UgGl-RvqJTxI2-nYBtzEtrq4T4E5ptxyTiD_WpY2awg_obAz7uBzbHIqJ5jLYahKON-8ZFBvh5rqVwhCIRrdvzSGL8SioueAKPxg/s1355/FD%202011%20Hiu%20(91).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1355" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBy3XK4UgPokCYeJi9Hpk4XhCIakGuTFebiTOB61k40Bqc4RPNmyL4vy8bVKf-gStjlVX2kRJRYKQ3azW6m_lsy1UgGl-RvqJTxI2-nYBtzEtrq4T4E5ptxyTiD_WpY2awg_obAz7uBzbHIqJ5jLYahKON-8ZFBvh5rqVwhCIRrdvzSGL8SioueAKPxg/w400-h334/FD%202011%20Hiu%20(91).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">Jim VE7FO is now a Silent Key</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I first became aware of Jim when I laid the groundwork for the Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications ORganization (VECTOR) around 1999. Jim lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver, and I became aware of his involvement with the Point Grey club, and that he was very knowledgeable about HF.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jim was an avid contester who enjoyed working all modes -- especially CW and RTTY. A true mentor at heart, he often hosted "newbies" at his Vancouver home to introduce them to contesting. Many a new contester was given real experience operating "in the fray" and encouraged to keep honing their skills.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">That knowledge translated into a very successful series of first Field Days for VECTOR. Jim also took on the project of planning the HF tower and antennas at e-Comm, the regional 9-1-1 and dispatch centre. That facility also houses the Vancouver EOC and its Amateur Radio component. Jim was a terrific resource in suggesting what might and might not work for that location, and he got that tower completed and functional. It was also Jim who persuaded me to look at offering our own Basic Amateur Radio classes. Well... 22 years later we are still offering them with the same basic content that we worked on back then, except now they are provided by Surrey Amateur Radio Communications (SARC), on-line, with successful students across Canada and even graduates abroad.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZjlnIPCClhKyxrY_rj81yfY8aZHWgvLSde4WBkUu6pjU2ObGFdGAts831-ZYi1yxsAfdX8FeDgMKG6-J59QD6nmz-5xLCfyKhihugyATHo4vMlMrbMVVxPgAuMYX7QCisjmmocn2WrhpcNGjEfXcb9IKLAokdsSpR2rTnTXgewq1ceGGmHncrUX1ww/s2041/19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="2041" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZjlnIPCClhKyxrY_rj81yfY8aZHWgvLSde4WBkUu6pjU2ObGFdGAts831-ZYi1yxsAfdX8FeDgMKG6-J59QD6nmz-5xLCfyKhihugyATHo4vMlMrbMVVxPgAuMYX7QCisjmmocn2WrhpcNGjEfXcb9IKLAokdsSpR2rTnTXgewq1ceGGmHncrUX1ww/w400-h265/19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;">VECTOR Field Day (about 2003) Jim VE7FO as Station Manager in the new VECTOR bus. <br />Fred VE7CX in the foreground.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Around the time that I left VECTOR for the SARC group in 2004, Jim decided that he too would become a member of SARC. What followed was a mentorship program to introduce new members to contesting, one of Jim's passions. I spent many hours at his QTH working various contests under Jim's expert tutelage.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JqvLJ1CdOZdrIIDUS0vhT1SSXbcIfVTe4ayUBdaJDW1owElscqx6jHwjrJZiknTT9CLB1Z2jkrku7dNBBJfLrJvL-Xk2NeneoU8VZBM_ATKweDXg6HLze9UGFBt5UAy8MCMoE2LxM2GuXNb1M9C_4F0eqGdS8DvCLYzvATbKzIK4nO39109WEwBaLw/s2286/011%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="2286" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JqvLJ1CdOZdrIIDUS0vhT1SSXbcIfVTe4ayUBdaJDW1owElscqx6jHwjrJZiknTT9CLB1Z2jkrku7dNBBJfLrJvL-Xk2NeneoU8VZBM_ATKweDXg6HLze9UGFBt5UAy8MCMoE2LxM2GuXNb1M9C_4F0eqGdS8DvCLYzvATbKzIK4nO39109WEwBaLw/w400-h335/011%20(4).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Myself (VE7TI) and Jim VE7FO. I'm being taught the fine points of contesting.</div></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In one of many articles written for our SARC newsletter 'The Communicator', Jim wrote:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">"My own involvement with SARC started when I was recruited by John VE7TI, as a Field Day operator. There are many enjoyable ways of conducting FD which range from everyone sitting around the BBQ, telling stories and making a few contacts to the hard-core contest style where everybody goes all out to WIN. I was told that it would be a hard core, win for Canada situation. Being a hard-core contester myself I took the bait.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Well, it turned out that the operators, while enthusiastic, didn't have the HF contest experience necessary to achieve the goal. Nonetheless, it was obvious that the potential was there so, once FD was over, I joined the Club and made a FD training proposal to the Exec with the goal of winning for Canada, which was accepted. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This training started in October and ran until next year's FD. It consisted of many formal training sessions including classroom style and participation in the major contests, during which the ops received coaching on the operating techniques for maximizing the number of contacts per hour.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This would be a very significant investment of time for the trainees. This "Get Your Feet Wet" program to provide a low commitment introduction to contesting so that they could see whether or not they liked it."</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jim was instrumental as well in the team organizing what was probably SARC's best scoring Field Day ever. It was in 2015 and, encouraged by Jim, Brett and Stan VA7NF, the Field Day Committee decided that operating QRP might put us in a better scoring position than our usual high power entry.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It took quite a lot of persuasion, but in the end, it was indeed to be QRP. Jim's specialty was consulting propagation predictions and other data to see what we might be able to do with just 5W. Hoo boy!! With some adjustment to our antenna lineup, he suggested that we could do very well indeed.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Did we? We sure did.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Shattered the Canadian record for all categories.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Out of 2,719 FD stations in the US and Canada in 2015, some with more than 10 transmitters and most running 100W, we ranked #91 with our 3 transmitters and 5W.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Altogether a VERY significant achievement which any club would be proud of.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Wouldn't have happened without Jim (or Brett)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE8DaVZMi1r3VHAjIAUyGQS-L8g2e6rMiTeiGzPW9LAbs8_RUXZSz-oBlyvVcpblXVDZG8CjncV-uyPABToI89vxqJz7ohEaZNgmJWfUALvzr2HuP_YEy_xkx-rpd8ldF1fuwqjC4ZLhruWWopQcJiOlC7v2p4EBWSDpZlEOr6ua4b4owWjxUQAGDBA/s3753/FD%20Crew%20Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1871" data-original-width="3753" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE8DaVZMi1r3VHAjIAUyGQS-L8g2e6rMiTeiGzPW9LAbs8_RUXZSz-oBlyvVcpblXVDZG8CjncV-uyPABToI89vxqJz7ohEaZNgmJWfUALvzr2HuP_YEy_xkx-rpd8ldF1fuwqjC4ZLhruWWopQcJiOlC7v2p4EBWSDpZlEOr6ua4b4owWjxUQAGDBA/w400-h200/FD%20Crew%20Final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">The 2015 winning QRP Field Day crew</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It may not be common knowledge that Jim was responsible for a lot of improvements to the premier Amateur Radio Contesting software N1MM+. As an expert contester Jim was able to make suggestions to the programmers that made the software the contesting leader it is today.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jim </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">always had a liking for analytics, and he</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> took the lead in creating 'Station Manager' training. This role is as important to getting the maximum number of points in a contest as it would be in a real emergency, ensuring that critical traffic got through. The role includes selecting the most useful bands according to shifting propagation, switching antennas, and to assigning operators, so </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">he was constantly monitoring rates, band conditions/solar conditions, greyline, run rates, etc. Everything was graphed and plotted.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Jim was also an active member of <a href="http://www.orcadxcc.org/clubinfo.html" target="_blank">ORCA</a> DX and Contest Club, and of the BC DX Club.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">As the BC coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Challenge, for many years he looked after the collection of scores for the inter-club contest trophy -- the Pacific Northwest Cup -- and was a frequent attendee at club meetings.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We will miss you, Jim.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Thank you for all that you taught me and others.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We were very fortunate to have had you as a member.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Now Jim is gone</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Damn!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Rest in peace.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">~ John VE7TI</span></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.8285820.797416163821154 -157.98483 77.417883836178845 -87.67233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-18265771907371728242022-11-01T00:00:00.002-07:002023-06-11T22:35:18.955-07:00The November-December 2022 SARC Communicator<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Antic Slab; font-size: large;">We're Back With 100+ Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing" target="_blank">viewing or download</a>.</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, we bring you Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can view or download it as a .PDF file from: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing">https://bit.ly/SARC22Nov-Dec</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3aRwr5zr_1R3HHNUr0h0SxxG0rVpvTF3MaGjmKlfOMOsiCTlxBUexDeWHyd5i4Y9jVpQsQhbAh81ELLFkVjOR7Ru-qZApN-pYatMJRsu7bB--6g2IyW4UQkOjQyEG8xYvni-sjd7ESc9oh05RR-X53YzsAyx1t_tGizw43Nu6LrjPohtGW02VDlxIQ/s1254/22%20Nov-Dec%20SARC%20Communicator%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="975" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3aRwr5zr_1R3HHNUr0h0SxxG0rVpvTF3MaGjmKlfOMOsiCTlxBUexDeWHyd5i4Y9jVpQsQhbAh81ELLFkVjOR7Ru-qZApN-pYatMJRsu7bB--6g2IyW4UQkOjQyEG8xYvni-sjd7ESc9oh05RR-X53YzsAyx1t_tGizw43Nu6LrjPohtGW02VDlxIQ/w311-h400/22%20Nov-Dec%20SARC%20Communicator%20cover.png" width="311" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at </span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator</a> <span style="font-family: Quicksand;">and a full index is <a href="https://archive.org/details/sarc-communicator?sin=TXT&sort=-date" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is December 20th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.8285820.797416163821154 -157.98483 77.417883836178845 -87.67233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-241492724824172172022-08-31T15:06:00.003-07:002023-06-11T22:36:32.855-07:00The September-October 2022 SARC Communicator<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Antic Slab; font-size: large;">We're Back With 130+ Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing" target="_blank">viewing or download.</a></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, we bring you Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This month two new columnists, Daniel's Workbench with several projects, refurbishing the MFJ CW oscillator, home-built antennas and much more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can view or download it as a .PDF file from: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SARC22Sep-Oct</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1l2VhZ4yz_70ffavfjuWlHxQCVUdAgY2j1svbFHWTUUO-5Tbg61YvGMCkeSHgUol73u2tgM4iQr7asLBkJeQu9ZJKw2kz8LDhbhkzLH-Sx31quhzfQnCGjb29vCWD4SKoVhLTL5WQLQhaRlbPmAjoSMsvbnlVzKoork9d4qz2wMxp7P9chdBG5lIQA/s907/Cover%20SARC22Sep-Oct.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="693" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1l2VhZ4yz_70ffavfjuWlHxQCVUdAgY2j1svbFHWTUUO-5Tbg61YvGMCkeSHgUol73u2tgM4iQr7asLBkJeQu9ZJKw2kz8LDhbhkzLH-Sx31quhzfQnCGjb29vCWD4SKoVhLTL5WQLQhaRlbPmAjoSMsvbnlVzKoork9d4qz2wMxp7P9chdBG5lIQA/w305-h400/Cover%20SARC22Sep-Oct.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing">https://bit.ly/SARC22Sep-Oct</a></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at </span><a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator</a></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is October 20th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-72558401621590794692022-07-07T19:00:00.003-07:002022-08-31T22:35:40.878-07:00SEPAR Mobile Cruise-In<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"> Come show us yours... </span></h2>
<p class="ArticleText" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-CA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Many Amateur Radio licensees have home stations where the hobby is practiced for fun, contacting similar stations all over the globe, but the hobby has a serious side as well. We provide emergency communications where all other systems, such as cell phones or even radio towers fail. Many of us have mobile stations (in compliance with distracted driving regulations) that permit us to operate wherever and whenever. Mobile Amateur Radio is not restricted to cars and trucks but bicycles, even pedestrians and equestrians. This type of broad-based community availability requires no commercial infrastructure, hence the slogan: “ Amateur Radio works when all else fails”. This has been shown time and again all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="ArticleText" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-CA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">SEPAR would like to host a first ever event of its kind locally. We have a commitment from the Surrey Fire Service and I expect that support from our contacts at the Surrey RCMP (or Surrey Police Service)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to judge the entries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prizes will be awarded for the neatest installation and the most bands covered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="ArticleText" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-CA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The idea for this local event originated with the Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS), a Wisconsin group who have been doing the Mobile Cruise-In for twelve consecutive years. Their turnout varies with the weather, but in past years they've had 50 or more entries. In addition to the entrants and Amateur Radio spectators, we welcome members of the public to stop by and check out the goings on. They say that it's a great way to generate some exposure for Amateur Radio and our emergency programs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="ArticleText" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-CA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">We appreciate the support of the A&W restaurant at that location but, if you are not an A&W fan, there are several other refreshment options adjoining the same large parking lot. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="ArticleText" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-CA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">So polish up your mobile rig, dust off your Grab ‘n Go kit and come show it off at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the ‘Cruise-In’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="en-CA" style="language: en-CA; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">August 25: The post event video is now available at: <a href="https://youtu.be/VxwvYtPwaGU " target="_blank">https://youtu.be/VxwvYtPwaGU </a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VxwvYtPwaGU" width="320" youtube-src-id="VxwvYtPwaGU"></iframe></div><br /><span lang="en-CA" style="language: en-CA; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HENoLWe4_uPEiaavgo6N8K8_leXN5jjXKUHGpPWk6csPE_JmokP52WH6rFtHC07B-zThLnf0xQyGSJpn0CegMl_5IuihPg295uPklID_M2bSTdx4tTtg16yymI8e727ysKO6K1eAA5DFvDIiM_PfOBeEpoRptBbixVo583kK4WQph9y-VSLGfooz7w/s2550/Mobile%20Cruise-In%20Poster.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HENoLWe4_uPEiaavgo6N8K8_leXN5jjXKUHGpPWk6csPE_JmokP52WH6rFtHC07B-zThLnf0xQyGSJpn0CegMl_5IuihPg295uPklID_M2bSTdx4tTtg16yymI8e727ysKO6K1eAA5DFvDIiM_PfOBeEpoRptBbixVo583kK4WQph9y-VSLGfooz7w/w414-h640/Mobile%20Cruise-In%20Poster.png" width="414" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><o:p></o:p><p></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com02725 192 St, Surrey, BC V3S 3X1, Canada49.0520554 -122.692213820.741821563821155 -157.8484638 77.362289236178839 -87.5359638tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-61485926815499783922022-07-01T23:39:00.002-07:002023-06-11T22:37:18.696-07:00The July-August 2022 Communicator Periodical<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Antic Slab; font-size: large;">125+ Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews</span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">'The Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download at <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SARC22Jul-Aug </a></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Read in over 145 countries now, we bring you Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. You will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">This month we welcome back Daniel's Workbench with several projects, plus a new columnist 'Amateur Radio Outside the Box' and much more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">You can view or download it as a .PDF file from: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Quicksand;">https://bit.ly/SARC22Jul-Aug</a></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjOcr6tzFJhrLsCLsoPvYc0O5VPvOs0OkJuxefYbFQR30Lo6D14L1gUfLMgWhnMYTNslqjcx2OUGop9zl2EwAAexBXxux-Ejs0zljqmJrs8PnbdFTpGPbvaE1qy4o6oTSUPGuplTO-Frk-JQnjccslmqoweqad9R79WSZqBablADdHDmmlpEV_0S3kg/s844/Communicator%20cover%2022-06-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjOcr6tzFJhrLsCLsoPvYc0O5VPvOs0OkJuxefYbFQR30Lo6D14L1gUfLMgWhnMYTNslqjcx2OUGop9zl2EwAAexBXxux-Ejs0zljqmJrs8PnbdFTpGPbvaE1qy4o6oTSUPGuplTO-Frk-JQnjccslmqoweqad9R79WSZqBablADdHDmmlpEV_0S3kg/w308-h400/Communicator%20cover%2022-06-07.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VWN_fXQlPoJG8lbbzL1b5DLAXBDiz4ed?usp=sharing" target="_blank">The Communicator</a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Previous Communicator issues are at <a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator">https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">The deadline for the next edition is August 20th.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please email them to <a href="mailto:communicator@ve7sar.net">communicator@ve7sar.net</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Gave a great summer and keep visiting our site for regular updates and news: <a href="https://ve7sar.blogspot.ca">https://ve7sar.blogspot.ca</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">73,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">John VE7TI</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;">'The Communicator' Editor</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-11959385766297570302022-06-26T15:49:00.003-07:002022-06-26T15:58:37.191-07:00Field Day 2022 (Sunday) Update<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">It's a wrap!</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Well, its all over for another year. A solar storm just before the weekend significantly affected propagation but we did make a substantial number of contacts, including <span>on VHF.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://www.arrl.org/img/333x220/exact/On_the_Air_Newsletter/ARRL_FD22_Logo_F_CMYK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="333" height="220" src="https://www.arrl.org/img/333x220/exact/On_the_Air_Newsletter/ARRL_FD22_Logo_F_CMYK.jpg" width="333" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It struck me how much Field Day has changed over the years. Despite the poor early 1985 photos, here are some of the comparisons...</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUJsOfCPwucu0PtzTQlqDZoeps2xqg3oLcitoWr9XtjzVGkMO4voRZ5Ln_BQIm49KS-nJp_b8QipskbsfuxSLctvTImbnaHBawZ5sUjjcQeaeOo50_DkksRGGiojYOwSMD88nJypfl6tOXTV9MEY9ko4OnU_9rEiY6P5b6JeDjrn0RGtoAwT0-vxJUQ/s1906/1987%20vs%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1906" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUJsOfCPwucu0PtzTQlqDZoeps2xqg3oLcitoWr9XtjzVGkMO4voRZ5Ln_BQIm49KS-nJp_b8QipskbsfuxSLctvTImbnaHBawZ5sUjjcQeaeOo50_DkksRGGiojYOwSMD88nJypfl6tOXTV9MEY9ko4OnU_9rEiY6P5b6JeDjrn0RGtoAwT0-vxJUQ/w400-h138/1987%20vs%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">No more paper logging and SDR transceivers</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIqopFenmB-PsnChJ7CTiN-Zl6_UuKnAhEyUItK_6-JFrB7zBD8kHlA0JnbknWxmvnvX5z5C8yGEQnHNHTdTNYFS-xHPjxAjNc7Hzh9S7pwEog-2tJoG8MjLWYcyi6sxcVcnBJvXSiEJGfe0toyzzBnAPatCsZZsR2anfstr835O0QFgqi9hQ7FNNLw/s4875/1987%20vs%202022c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="4875" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIqopFenmB-PsnChJ7CTiN-Zl6_UuKnAhEyUItK_6-JFrB7zBD8kHlA0JnbknWxmvnvX5z5C8yGEQnHNHTdTNYFS-xHPjxAjNc7Hzh9S7pwEog-2tJoG8MjLWYcyi6sxcVcnBJvXSiEJGfe0toyzzBnAPatCsZZsR2anfstr835O0QFgqi9hQ7FNNLw/w400-h160/1987%20vs%202022c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Antennas for every purpose and mode<br />Here Moon-Bounce, our 'BigFoot' and Satellites</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowywFjd3wOAvbTaKeMI5Ppjydk5BR_Wd4mg7uBExx3rE5Iz8lOW-yHJT9kVz4oNTSq-jwltHtqkBlW9YvAfxCpxS2m7C7pjj3-Qf4NnJNe0dO_WbmqqhUEVWvUDe7uEQEqm5z_HR3-SnaDuxav-u2s79NubTKpgKorjUxQbjlY0LhULVrTbAW7T2EOQ/s4069/1987%20vs%202022b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="4069" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowywFjd3wOAvbTaKeMI5Ppjydk5BR_Wd4mg7uBExx3rE5Iz8lOW-yHJT9kVz4oNTSq-jwltHtqkBlW9YvAfxCpxS2m7C7pjj3-Qf4NnJNe0dO_WbmqqhUEVWvUDe7uEQEqm5z_HR3-SnaDuxav-u2s79NubTKpgKorjUxQbjlY0LhULVrTbAW7T2EOQ/w400-h134/1987%20vs%202022b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">That sense of accomplishment and<br />pride in the hobby remains the same</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">If you would like to see video of SARC Field Days of the 1980's, and those more recent, visit our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7TazBIWj-BsbCJhxGitnkQ/videos" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">S</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">o that's it for another Field Day. The RAC Canada Day contest is just around the corner though. This year SARC-SEPAR is operating as VE7RAC. See you on the bands.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">There will be additional coverage and photos in the next Communicator e-Zine on July 1st.</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><br />Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com0Surrey, BC, Canada49.1913466 -122.849012520.881112763821157 -158.00526250000001 77.501580436178841 -87.6927625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-14687898006986486092022-06-25T21:22:00.005-07:002022-06-25T21:22:56.146-07:00Field Day 2022 (Saturday) Update<p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Here are a few photos of today's activities at VE7SAR and VE7HME</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.arrl.org/img/333x220/exact/On_the_Air_Newsletter/ARRL_FD22_Logo_F_CMYK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="333" height="220" src="https://www.arrl.org/img/333x220/exact/On_the_Air_Newsletter/ARRL_FD22_Logo_F_CMYK.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Our SEPAR - SARC Field Day 24-hour emergency communications exercise. Moon-bounce, satellites, Morse code and voice. Thank you to all our visitors, but especially to City of Surrey Councillors Brenda Locke & Linda Annis for recognizing that what we do as Amateur Radio operators and Surrey volunteers is more than just a hobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfudgxaJlJ4gRv9OvOEANpzSWJDgWVgZnSGvadrC9gj18x5Tt-SQU0mpFcqifJKFOhQgsZDqjDF_22tC8ZAmJ_H5kj8S-v53hOQCCl-RowbFcLj0sTMRFYAkE6rZ5GeMaQpavPOQ2jWAz-p3rdeAYIbsl6v-4O9NG6ucubDbiJyIbJUc6goX3wxVyLcA/s2048/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfudgxaJlJ4gRv9OvOEANpzSWJDgWVgZnSGvadrC9gj18x5Tt-SQU0mpFcqifJKFOhQgsZDqjDF_22tC8ZAmJ_H5kj8S-v53hOQCCl-RowbFcLj0sTMRFYAkE6rZ5GeMaQpavPOQ2jWAz-p3rdeAYIbsl6v-4O9NG6ucubDbiJyIbJUc6goX3wxVyLcA/w400-h300/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Left to right: City of Surrey Councillor Linda Annis,<br />Former Surrey Councillor and MLA Marvin Hunt,<br />and City of Surrey Councillor Brenda Locke</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisha4RqqYxl1alX-4iOZVZ96F2q-iwQwwRns2qce_PrXSR3WrtQeLlOtXhHlCsksR_xmhQn0kqgvqjAqJtFf-AABifd5HTOw7FoO8WTYU7sb_YHogi_TOV1OhtqOEM0lfyZBOSarJ0SXNGpnv0_mW7XSxTMcL6Mk8fKhaoiHr7-FNWQLsO6FobsFaI2g/s1440/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisha4RqqYxl1alX-4iOZVZ96F2q-iwQwwRns2qce_PrXSR3WrtQeLlOtXhHlCsksR_xmhQn0kqgvqjAqJtFf-AABifd5HTOw7FoO8WTYU7sb_YHogi_TOV1OhtqOEM0lfyZBOSarJ0SXNGpnv0_mW7XSxTMcL6Mk8fKhaoiHr7-FNWQLsO6FobsFaI2g/w400-h300/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Councillor Brenda Locke checks out the SEPAR trailer<br />while Manvir Judge VA7BKI logs a contact.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMA1TxLkf_RBaQY_O0mRR__WrLMVeMSAalhjT2zPniM-zgA5SmkiJ8mUbYijRE1trGSMLJbYw3MFskrsvJtGtoSKATafdMOs5UE0Tx1M9LRU9OxPEYAX_Q1TbQqxCPH00JEgeMPwWJWHfA9L0CPsqsTSyZrjDRh4uOaQQQg9oeIYFAra0DcE3rlu1YAg/s1440/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMA1TxLkf_RBaQY_O0mRR__WrLMVeMSAalhjT2zPniM-zgA5SmkiJ8mUbYijRE1trGSMLJbYw3MFskrsvJtGtoSKATafdMOs5UE0Tx1M9LRU9OxPEYAX_Q1TbQqxCPH00JEgeMPwWJWHfA9L0CPsqsTSyZrjDRh4uOaQQQg9oeIYFAra0DcE3rlu1YAg/w400-h301/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Manvir VA7BKI one of our recent course graduates,</span></div><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><div style="text-align: center;">attempting a satellite contact </div></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rlfniT19K3T1EB4h7PkKm2Gloklh1Cr02vezed7Ph-IFlF9Uy6S7gGK2VI7G2DPEKeq_LlK3Er48P8WtFMkWqi-yPW4FoMjHRYs-oUpldFp7NPalq0e16QKx52BFtxHZeJRL1ORi5KaAD-ouDao8YI10aJOT2GfSIUVu_N1MApbgWX_O_pMf3gy_0Q/s1440/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1440" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rlfniT19K3T1EB4h7PkKm2Gloklh1Cr02vezed7Ph-IFlF9Uy6S7gGK2VI7G2DPEKeq_LlK3Er48P8WtFMkWqi-yPW4FoMjHRYs-oUpldFp7NPalq0e16QKx52BFtxHZeJRL1ORi5KaAD-ouDao8YI10aJOT2GfSIUVu_N1MApbgWX_O_pMf3gy_0Q/w400-h301/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Kevin VE7ZD/KN7Q at his EME (Moon-bounce) station</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.8285820.797416163821154 -157.98483 77.417883836178845 -87.67233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370916640895645221.post-54267578429661064612022-06-22T21:30:00.002-07:002022-06-22T21:30:00.251-07:00North American Emergency Communications Exercise June 26-27<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> </span><span style="font-family: Quicksand;"><b>“Who ya’ gonna call? Radio Hams!”</b></span></h3><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Emergency Communications Exercise June 26-27</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Despite the Internet, cell phones, email and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves in the dark, or worse. Tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, storms, landslides, ice and even the occasional cutting of cables leave people without the means to communicate. In these cases, for over one-hundred years the one consistent service that has never failed has been Amateur Radio. These federally certified radio operators, often called “hams” provide backup communications for everything from community events to local Emergency Operations Centres. Surrey “hams” will join with thousands of other Amateur Radio operators testing their emergency capabilities this weekend. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://www.arrl.org/img/333x220/exact/On_the_Air_Newsletter/ARRL_FD22_Logo_F_CMYK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="333" height="172" src="https://www.arrl.org/img/333x220/exact/On_the_Air_Newsletter/ARRL_FD22_Logo_F_CMYK.jpg" width="260" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br />In recent years, the news has been full of reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications during unexpected emergencies around the globe. When communications become overloaded or fail, Amateur Radio’s people are often the first to provide rescuers with critical information and communications. On the weekend of June 26-27, Surrey’s ham radio operators will join with thousands of similar groups and individuals throughout Canada and the United States, using a variety of voice and data techniques in an annual exercise of emergency communications capabilities known as “Field Day”. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">This annual event is recognized throughout North America, and locally through a civic proclamation by Surrey City Council designating June 20-26 as “Amateur Radio Week”. Self-sufficiency is the key. Using only emergency power, ham operators will construct emergency stations in parks, parking lots, schoolyards and backyards throughout the continent and operate without commercial infrastructure for the duration of the 24-hour exercise. Their slogan, "When All Else Fails, Ham Radio Works” is more than just words to the hams, as they prove they can send messages in many forms without the use of phone systems, the internet or any other infrastructure that can be compromised in a crisis. More than 38,000 amateur radio operators across the continent participated in last year's event. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Surrey Fire Service Assistant Chief Shelley Morris, who coordinates emergency response for the City of Surrey adds: “Amateur Radio plays an integral part in emergency preparedness during any major disaster for the city. They train extensively and they operate a communications room out of our Number One fire hall. They play a very important role keeping backup communications for the operations centre up and running during a major disaster and providing enhanced life safety for the citizens of Surrey.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Gord Kirk, coordinator for the Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio (SEPAR) group highlighted the value of Amateur Radio in its flexibility. “Amateur Radio is not centralized. There is no single point of failure; it does not rely on the Internet, a power utility or a communications company, cell towers or other infrastructure to provide service. It works when nothing else is available. In partnership with the Surrey Amateur Radio Communications (SARC) group we provide knowledgeable people, sophisticated equipment, and thousands of volunteer hours annually to support the City of Surrey Emergency Program. Once set up, we need nothing between us but air.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The SARC group supports SEPAR by providing equipment, infrastructure and technical assistance. SARC President John Brodie commented that: “We are fortunate that what hams enjoy as a technically-challenging hobby can make a vitally important contribution to emergency communication during a crisis”.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The Surrey team placed first in their Canadian category in recent years. The event takes place from 11am Saturday, June 26th to 11am Sunday, June 27th. While this is normally a public affair, due to current COVID restrictions there are no public demonstrations, although in past years the technology shown has included contact with astronauts orbiting in the International Space Station. This year, smaller stations and individuals will participate from several neighbourhoods in Surrey.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Amateur Radio is growing in Canada and requests for training have increased significantly since COVID restrictions started. Hams socialize daily through radio contacts and the basic equipment to communicate worldwide can be purchased for less than $50. You no longer require Morse code, although it is still used in the hobby. Amateur Radio is practiced as a hobby, as a sport, and as a reliable means of communications by outdoors enthusiasts and others where cellular telephone towers do not exist. There are now over 30,000 Amateur Radio licensees in Canada, and more than 2.5 million around the world. Through the Amateur Radio emergency services program, ham volunteers provide both emergency communications for thousands of provincial and local emergency response agencies and non-emergency community services too, all for free. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">To learn more about Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio visit <a href="http://separ.ca">http://separ.ca</a>/. To learn more about Amateur Radio visit <a href="http://www.rac.ca/">http://www.rac.ca/</a>. See what modern Amateur Radio can do. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">In a nutshell:</span></h3><h2 style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Surrey Field Day Overview</span></span></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">SUMMARY</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">: An
emergency preparedness exercise to establish long distance communications capabilities
in support of the City of Surrey Emergency Program. Surrey Amateur Radio
operators will set up a field station simulating emergency conditions, without
using commercial services, to contact thousands of other hams throughout North
America and beyond, in the continent’s largest ham radio on-air event. This
team placed first in their Canadian category for Field Day 2018. They will be
looking to better their score in 2022 after COVID prevented team participation
for the past two years; the public is invited to observe contest operations,
see ham radio’s new capabilities, experience a moon-bounce contact, view a
satellite contact and learn how to obtain their own Industry Canada radio certification.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">WHO</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">: Federally certified
Amateur Radio Operators supporting the City of Surrey Emergency Program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">WHAT</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">: Hams will
set up and operate field radio stations to contact other hams throughout
Canada, the US and beyond over 24 hours using a variety of modes including
voice radio, Morse code, satellites, and digital. The objective is to see who
can make the largest number of contacts during the exercise period. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">WHERE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">: The Surrey
Emergency Program facility at 5756 142 Street, Surrey BC.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-outline-level: 1; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">WHEN</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">: Operations
11 am Saturday, June 25 to 11 am Sunday June 26.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">WHY: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Participation
in the </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">amateur radio community</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> Field Day. Amateur Radio operators</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> emergency communication skills under adverse conditions with
generators, battery-powered equipment and portable antennas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Special
awards are given for “alternative” power sources such as solar, wind and other
means. Field Day is a competition as well as a “trial run” for emergency
communication skills used during disaster situations<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Our Amateur
Radio volunteers will accommodate photo opportunities, interviews, and profiles
of the activities of both our participants in an important national Amateur
Radio event and their role in the Surrey Emergency Program. There is an
opportunity to see all Amateur Radio communication modes in action, including
voice, Morse code, satellite, and digital. There will be opportunities for the
public to participate, including activities geared toward children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">There will
be opportunities to explore the relationship to other facets of the Surrey
Emergency Program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Sponsors and
participants:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 4pt 0cm 4pt 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: trebuchet; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio</span></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Surrey Amateur Radio Communications</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Surrey Fire Service</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">Surrey Emergency Program</span></li></ul><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand;">Our Field Day video: <a href="https://youtu.be/4zAtFz9hcZY">https://youtu.be/4zAtFz9hcZY</a></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://youtu.be/4zAtFz9hcZY"></a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfFuSSolv_M2Nhh3oBFgObgnGbH7vTSX1Lp-a_DF2ZbMfF6lxfGbGy6ZlgLSfmicnFVNKEIwMsOg--O6nu8-75nndIvN5er4oFSd3wLPs3ixgLygg1bgqA9sqKHSj7wa5m_HQG1uroRORibDPPoGteQlUd-BM-U0bTHnqoxwxKXphTg9UiUxCx-_2Jw/s6000/SARC-SEPAR%20Field%20Day%20night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfFuSSolv_M2Nhh3oBFgObgnGbH7vTSX1Lp-a_DF2ZbMfF6lxfGbGy6ZlgLSfmicnFVNKEIwMsOg--O6nu8-75nndIvN5er4oFSd3wLPs3ixgLygg1bgqA9sqKHSj7wa5m_HQG1uroRORibDPPoGteQlUd-BM-U0bTHnqoxwxKXphTg9UiUxCx-_2Jw/w426-h640/SARC-SEPAR%20Field%20Day%20night.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div>Surrey Emergency Program Amateur Radio http://www.blogger.com/profile/01441360508549785390noreply@blogger.com05756 142 St, Surrey, BC V3X 1B1, Canada49.10765 -122.82858-6.783525406061564 166.85892 90 -52.51608