Here are some interesting pictures taken at the recent “USB Stereo Sound Card” build that took place in November.

(Thanks to Joe Valente, VE3VDK, for the pictures.)

There won’t be a Homebrew meeting this month. People are pretty busy, so we’ll meet again in January.

Have a great Christmas!

That’s right! Our annual Christmas dinner will take place Tuesday evening – December 1 – at Tucker’s Marketplace. Be there for about 6:30 PM and join your friends and their “significant others”.

Be sure to give Doug Behl a call, so your spot is reserved.

Click here for a map!

The VE3UPR repeater, which is situated on 443.600 MHz, with a positive offset, is operational. It is located in the North part of Caledon, and gives excellent coverage across the Town of Caledon and into Brampton.  Many thanks to Brad Biggrig, Fire Chief and CEMC for Caledon and the Peel Region Police Services for their help in getting this machine on air.

Here are some photographs of the team installing the gear at the site.

Hope to hear you on VE3UPR – give it a try.

The regular ARES meeting of our Club takes place at 7:30 PM, on November 16, at the Region of Peel building. It is located at 10 Peel Centre Drive.

Several ARES members meet at Lick’s (SE corner of Bramalea & Queen) at around 6PM for a burger beforehand.

Come on out and join the group!

Hi All Homebrewers:

The next PARC Buildathon will be held on Nov 21, 2009 at St. Bartholomews United Church, 22 Abbey Rd, Brampton.

Use the South West door which is on the left side at the back of the church. The session is scheduled to start at 09:00 EST and end around 17:00 EST. Tea and coffee will be available during the day and you will arrange for your own lunch. There is a fridge available if you would like to bring something for lunch.

This fall we will be building a USB stereo sound card. The kit will be housed in a case produced by PARC. The cost of the kit and case is $30.00 payable on the morning of the Buildathon.

If you own a soldering station (or two), please bring it along as there will be about 20 builders to accommodate. Here is a list of the other items you should bring to the session:

Tweezers
Hobby Knife (X-acto or OLFA style)
Wire strippers
Diagonal cutters
Needle nose pliers
Small slotted screwdriver
Small Philips screwdriver
De-soldering braid
Highlighter
Ruler (marked in inches)
Pencil
Partitioned container for small parts
Solder

Optional Items

Magnifying Glass (recommended)
Multimeter
L/C meter
PCB holder (third hand)

Join your fellow Peel Club members and their significant others at our Annual Holiday Dinner. This fun event will take place on Tuesday December 1, at Tucker’s Marketplace, located at Mavis & Burnhamthorpe in Mississauga. The dinner will start at 6:30 PM.

Please call Doug Behl, VE3XDB, at 905-793-8058 to make your reservation.

Note that there will not be a regular meeting in December.

After having served as both our ARES Emergency Coordinator, and as our Repeater Director, for many years, Paul has decided to concentrate on the ARES portfolio, turning over his repeater duties to a team, headed up by George VA3GVR. These two tasks are the most demanding in terms of time and commitment, and Paul has carried them off very well over his tenure. His great technical knowledge and abilities have served our Club extremely well. Paul has overseen several moves of our repeaters, and developed a wonderful relationship with our repeater site hosts. The current location gives us a terrific coverage area.

We want to thank Paul for his dedication, and are very pleased that he will still be our “go-to” guy for ARES.

Paul was first licenced in 1964 as VE3FXK and spent his working career in the commercial radio business.

Our next meeting will be held, as usual, at the South Fletcher’s Sportsplex (500 Ray Lawson Blvd) in the Community Room (south side of the building, near reception desk).