Peel Amateur Radio Club

Spring Build-A-Thon 2012

kingpinjoe — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:48:01 +0000

SPRING BUILDATHON

The Peel Amateur Radio Club’s Homebrew Group will be holding their 18th Semi-Annual Buildathon on April 28, 2012. The location will again be at St.Bartholomews United Church, 22 Abbey Rd., Brampton. The Buildathon is open toall PARC members and will feature two kits:

An L/C Meter from Almost All Digital Electronics and a “Tenna Dipper” from Hendricks QRP kits. Participants can build either or both kits. We have
negotiated a group purchase discount so the cost of each kit will beapproximately:

L/C Meter $75 plus HST
Tenna Dipper $68 plus HST

Registration will be on line and is open from now until the close of HamEX® onMarch 24th.
To register click here for online registration.

Check out our new “Wiki”

va3og — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:34:46 +0000

Thanks for Joe, VA3POR, we have a new Wiki. You access it by clicking on the heading at the top of our pages. It will open in a new page or tab in your browser. (You can click here, too.)

Right now, the entries concern ARES and Net Control features. More things will be added as time goes on.

What is a Wiki? Well, the word comes from Hawaiian. It means quick or fast. It is a web oriented device that is easily set up and modified. Our Wiki will be used to document procedures for the club and its ventures.

One of the most popular Wikis is Wikipedia. If you want to learn more about Wikis, go there and read about Wiki.

Hey! Remember Packet? It’s Back! * Updated*

va3og — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:27:15 +0000

Our Packet system is back on the air after a little a little hiatus. Turn your TNC or Soundcard TNC and radio on to 145.010 simplex at 1200 baud and get started.

Here’s the current setup:

Our Node – connect to VE3PRC. This gives you access to a range of features. Try them out – explore.
Our BBS – Connect to VE3PRC-2. This puts you on our F6FBB Mail System and Bulletin Board. Here you can leave mail, read mail, create and read bulletins, and create and read NTS traffic. Mail forwarding happens automatically between our system and the VA3BAL systems.
Winlink – connect to VE3PRC-10. We now have a full Winlink RMS service on our packet system. While designed as an Emcomm system, it is useable anytime. It allows email service between packet radio and the Internet. “When all else fails …”

Have fun!

Basic and Advanced Courses for 2012

kingpinjoe — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:26:54 +0000

Peel Amateur Radio Club Announces Available Basic and Advanced Courses for 2012

WHAT: Course for Basic License
WHEN Orientation – January 26th at 7:30pm. Classses February 25th and 26th 8am to 5pm.
WHERE: Orientation and Classes at Brampton Safe City Offices, 16 George St N in Brampton
WHO: Contact Joe Almeida (VA3POR) at kingpin.joe”at”gmail.com for further details before January 26th.

WHAT: Course for Advanced License
WHEN: Classes March 3rd and March 10th, 2012 from 8am to 5pm.
WHERE: Classes at Brampton Safe City Offices 16 George St. N in Brampton
WHO Contact Joe Almeida (VA3POR) at kingpin.joe@gmail.com for further details or sign up at http://eepurl.com/iCGjE to receive announcements.

Call of the Titanic will go out again …

va3og — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:43:26 +0000

The Halifax Chronicle-Herald has an article concerning a re-enactment of the distress call of the Titanic. As you probably know, Titanic sent “CQD”, which was the older distress signal (CQ-Distress??). Apparently the operator later sent the new ‘SOS”.

The article is located at http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/51843-call-titanic-will-go-out-again. There is no information as to the frequency that will be used. Another useful link is http://receivingtitanic.com/.

Maybe we can have a little contest to see which Club members hear the ‘CQD”!

PARC Linux Net takes to the Air

va3og — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:45:53 +0000

Our Linux Activity group leader, Joe Almeida, VA3POR, has started a new Linux Discussion net. It is being held on our VHF repeater every Thursday night. Tune in to VE3PRC (146.880) at 8:00 PM to join the discussion.

Joe will take questions on air, but you might want to email him at va3por”at”rac.ca with your specific questions. Also, if you have experimented with Linux, or are a genuine Linux guru, you might be able to help out others.

This sounds like a great new Net – way to go, Joe!

How FLEX-ible are you?

va3og — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:26:24 +0000

First, Happy New Year!

Now, how would you like to learn all about the new Flex Radios? Did Santa leave you a nice gift certificate, or anything? Regardless, come on out to our first Club meeting of 2012. Our good friend, Steve, from RadioWorld, is going to demonstrate the newest Flex Radios. Sounds like lots of fun and temptation, too!

See you at Fletchers Sportplex at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, January 3, 2012! Maybe join the guys beforehand at Fionn McCool’s for a pint and some nosh, too

Check out the Certificate

va3og — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:37:46 +0000

Here is a good view of the Certificate of Appreciation that the Club was presented with during our annual Christmas dinner.

Our thanks go to Alain Normand, CEMC for the City of Brampton and his staff.

Friday Breakfast will be on Thursday!

va3og — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:00:48 +0000

Because of the Christmas and New Years weekends, the regular Friday morning breakfast group will take place a day earlier – on the Thursday !! We’re talking Thursday, December 22 and again on the 29th. So, don’t forget! And also remember that our 9:00 AM gathering time seems to have moved up closer to 8:30! (These guys need new alarm clocks!)

In January, we’ll go back to Friday.

73!

Give VE3UPR repeater a try!

va3og — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:25:08 +0000

Whenever you are travelling in the North part of Brampton, or in Caledon, why not give the VE3UPR repeater a try? It is a UHF machine, with its antenna high above the Caledon hills! Tune to 443.600 (+ve offset), with a 103.5 tone, and give a shout-out!