Burnaby Amateur Radio Club VE7BAR

RAC has started a nation-wide change process for the organization. They are inviting all amateur radio operators to be a part of this change (members and non-members alike).

Please take a few minutes to visit
http://racblog.wordpress.com/transforming-radio-amateurs-of-canada-intro...
and help bring about positive change in the amateur radio community.

Follow ARDF Team Canada's journey to The 15th World ARDF Championship in Croatia, 13-18 Sept. 2010 at :
http://bcradiosport.blogspot.com/

Official web site of the championship:
http://www.ardf2010.com

With kind regards,
Amel Krdzalic - VA7KBA
&
TEAM CANADA IN ARDF

For sale 2x2m12s crossboom phased lines port divider.

Excellent for EME//MS or VHF contesting. Perfect portable setup. Antennas are only 1 year old. A pair brand new alone will be over 650.00.

Asking $450.00.

Contact: Ian VE7IRA, 604-519-0260

About 30 people attended the Burnaby Amateur Radio Club Fox Hunt on July 17, 2010.
Fourteen teams or individuals participated including local teams as well as teams from Oregon, Washington and Victoria.
Organization was up to the challenge: Keith VE7MID (fox-hunt) and Lou VE7CGE (BBQ). Course was around 8km in the total distance.

Results: Elite division;
1st place - Les Tocko VA7OM won in 1:11 with 4 foxes, 2nd place - Amel Krdzalic VA7KBA in 1:16 with 4 foxes, 3rd place - Dale Hunt WB6BYU in 1:23 with 4 foxes.

In the Novice Division;
1st place - Al Ferguson N7OMS in 1:30 with 4 foxes.
2nd place - Kuon Hunt KB7WRG in 1:15 with 2 foxes, 3rd place - Joe Young VE7BFK won in 1:31 (Out of time) with 3 foxes.

The event and BBQ were well received by all. Keith VE7MID also demonstrated the Doppler RDF unit, while fellow Victorians demonstrated 80m band gear with 2 foxes hidden in the area.
We had a great sunny day and we all enjoyed it very much.

As this is becoming and nice tradition I invite everybody to come and participate in next year's (mid July 2011) fox-hunt.

73's
Amel - VA7KBA

On Tuesday the Delta Amateur Radio Society announced that they had the first Winmor server running in BC. The dial frequency for the server is 7064.5 and the call sign is VA7DEP-5.

They are inviting all winlink users who also have capabilities of Winmor to give it a try. With this server now working, VA7DEP has the capability of handling winlink mail on HF, VHF and DSTAR.

Visit the Delta Amateur Radio Society web site for more information.

Mosley Tri-band beam antenna for 10, 15, and 20 meters. This is an older unit but has been in my basement for several years. Asking $100.

Contact Barry, VE7WIT at 604-590-4254.

During the re-construction of the Eastburn Community Centre our meetings will be held at the Tommy Douglas Library, 7311 Kingsway, Burnaby. The library is located on the north side of Kingsway, just west of Edmonds Street. We have the room booked from 7pm to 8:45pm. The meeting start time wil be announced prior to our September 17th meeting.

We'd like to thank everyone who helped in finding us these temporary facilities.

Father's Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer 2010: Amateur Radio volunteers for the 2010 Father's Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer. Photo courtesy of Eric (VE7EES/VA7SQ)

On Sunday June 20th, the Burnaby Amateur Radio Club, its members, and other amateur radio operators generously volunteered for the 2010 Father's Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer. This is the eighth year that the Burnaby club has provided assistance with radio communications for this event through the use of the repeater system and coordinating volunteer operators.

This year 921 registered participants and over 500 spectators raised more than $180,000. Well done!!

Thanks to all who helped in making this a successful event!

The dates for the Celebration of Light have been announced, the dates are July 21, 24, 28 and 31. This event draws about 1 ½ million people to it over the 4 nights and is a major activity for us. We will require between 50 and 60 operators on the beach each night.

If you are available please contact jforsyth@vectorradio.ca. If you have participated in the past and have a favourite location, please put that into the email and we will try and secure it for you. This event really does make amateur radio shine, our involvement exposes Amateur Radio to a lot of the same people that we would be working with in an activation and allows our skills to be exposed to them.

Best Regards,
Jim

VECTOR Website: http://www.vectorradio.ca/
Celebration of Lights Website: http://celebration-of-light.com/

Icom M700 Marine SSB and AT 120 tuner.
Both in excellent condotion with manuals!!
Asking $600 for both.

e-mail: Ernie
VA7RCA@telus.net