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A few pictures from the launch of VE3REX-11
gordon.dewis.ca —
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I posted a video to YouTube today of the launch of VE3REX-11 this past Saturday: I’ve also posted a few pictures in an album on Facebook that you can view even if you don’t have a Facebook account.6 hours ago -
The Weekend wrap up….
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Well to be honest it was one HECK of a busy weekend as far as Amateur Radio went at the VA3QV QTH… Friday saw me doing the usual NTS style stuff like checking into the 2nd Region Net on 3.925 at 1345 hrs, hooking up with the Ontario Phone Net on 3,742 at 1600 hours and returning to the 2nd Region Net at 1830 ...1 day ago -
What goes up usually comes down…
gordon.dewis.ca —
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… but not always where you want it to. I picked up my friend, Ken, Saturday morning and we headed to Perth to watch the LASA group launch two balloons: VE3REX-11 and VE3LCA-11. VE3REX-11 was the first hydrogen-filled (yes, not helium-filled) balloon to be launched from outside Perth. This balloon carried just an ...1 day ago -
Military Appreciation Special Event – N1S – 11 Nov. 09
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings —
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Hello Amateur Radio Operators:This Veterans Day we are able to take advantage of a great opportunity to promote our hobby while supporting a worthy cause.As many of you have heard the Troops that are deployed in the War On Terror are faced with many obstacles, one of which is lack of hearing our support from [...]2 days ago -
Afternoon Radio Report
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Well I just got back in and was able to operate in relative confort from 1300 to 1600 and shivered till 1630… First contacts were made on 7.060 with Nick VE3NJG and a few others from the 40m version of the Ontario Swap Shop . Reports were excellent for 40m daytime conditions as I was able to hear and work ...2 days ago -
Heading Outside on Sunday Afternoon
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Its an unusual warm sunny afternoon forcasted for Ottawa in early November so I am planning to take the FT 817 / W3EDP combo out to a local park to dust off the cobwebs from the gear. Listen for me on 7.055 SSB for the Ontario Swap Shop if there are conditions on 40m for close in stuff…. That should be around ...2 days ago -
Nine people get upgraded or licensed as ham operators
BuscoVoice —
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Nine people were recently licensed or upgraded as ham radio operators, including Daniel L. Cummins, Dennis J. Gering and Paul R. Queitsch of Churubusco ...2 days ago -
A new blog from an old friend
VA3QV's Weblog —
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This morning while checking my email I found out that one of my Best Friends in the Amateur World has started up a Blog. We go back quite a while now… They say that “Great Minds think like or Fools Seldom Differ…” (Not sure who took the picture on this one) But was taken at the Maple Island ...2 days ago -
Amateur Balloons–>What goes up…
VA3QV's Weblog —
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…Must come down and in this case both balloons have returned to ground level. The first to land was VE3REX-11 which almost set a world record with an unofficial altitude of 127,932 feet which was very close to the record altitude of 128,739. You can follow VE3REX-11 here and You can follow VE3LCA-11 ...3 days ago -
New Yaesu HF Rig coming…
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Thank You to our Veterans from a Proud Canadian ———— I found this latest item from the www and I guess this is Yaesu’s idea of reminding me I can’t afford all the new toys coming out…. The Yaesu FTDX5000MP The little information I can find on this new one is found at the Universal ...4 days ago -
Ham Radio Information
800o.com —
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For radio hobbyists and people who spend a lot of time broadcasting independently for local communities, amateur radio means ham radio . The participants to the communication media enjoy the activity in itself while also doing services to the community, furthermore, ham radio proves priceless in times of crisis, ...4 days ago -
Changes to Saturdays Plans
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Thank you to our Veterans I got an email this morning from Barrie VE3BSB who is part of the LASA Group doing the balloon launch scheduled for this Saturday who advises me that with the updated Jet Stream predictions it looks like the chase teams will be signing /W2 after their calls. This greatly cuts into my ...4 days ago -
Chasing balloons this weekend
gordon.dewis.ca —
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The Lanark Amateur Space (LASA) group is at it again. This weekend, they’re planning on launching two balloons from Perth around 9am on Saturday. The balloons will be carrying GPS receivers and small transmitters so their locations can be tracked using APRS. I’m going to be one of the teams chasing the balloons ...4 days ago -
Randomly Random
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings —
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6159268945050334083372589522806364287224119333587771443375649196528789642141122108094092958275637215Strings of Random Numbers – useful things for various testing, coding and modeling efforts.But how to generate these strings (and other forms of randomness), specially as so many on-line offerings are not truly random ...4 days ago -
Winter Antennas going up
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Lest we forget Well some decent weather in the late morning/early afternoon got me in the back yard and working on the VHF/UHF antennas. My dual band J Pole came down and was replaced by a higher masting and my Cushcraft dual band which is a 10 element ( 5 on VHF/5on UHF) Yagi with a 6 foot boom. Its exactly ...4 days ago -
LASA Balloon Launch on Saturday
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Thank you to all Canada’s Veterans Although you can set up an Amateur Balloon with various payloads you are restricted by your goals. First off you want the payload back… If you are launching the balloon to get pictures from near space then getting the camera back is fairly important… This ...5 days ago -
Finnish radio amateurs gain access to 70 MHz band
blog.anta.net —
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The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) has issued a new version, 6H/2009 M, of its amateur radio regulations. The paramount change is the four-meter band now becoming available to Finnish amateurs. This allocation exists on a secondary rights basis, meaning that ham radio operators may not cause ...5 days ago -
Ottawa ARES Repeater Testing
VA3QV's Weblog —
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Thank you to our Veterans Tonight the City of Ottawa’s EMRG(Emergency Measures Radio Group) or as its also known as Ottawa ARES conducted their monthly VHF/UHF Repeater Testing tonight. A wide coverage VHF Repeater along with 3 local coverage area VHF Repeaters (Ottawa East, Ottawa West and Ottawa ...6 days ago -
Why Ill probably never use Logbook of the World
Darin's Log —
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The title topic comes up here and there, and Im often asked about it on the air, so I thought Id take the opportunity to detail, once and for all, why I have zero interest in ARRLs Logbook of the World. To be fair, it does what it does and based on the number of users, it does it reasonably well - you install their ...6 days ago -
RAC announces new Executive
VA3QV's Weblog —
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If you love your freedom…Thank a VET! The following came in via email from the RAC Bulletin email server. It would be what I would call “Official Notification” of the last few days events. Posted for your info… 73bob =================== RAC Bulletin 2009-035E - New Executive Announced. 2009-11-03 ...1 week ago
