Burnaby Amateur Radio Club VE7BAR

The following announcement was received today from Tom, V5KUB.

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Special Ham radio video premier today on http://w5kub.com

W5KUB, together with ARRL, is pleased to host the debut showing of the new video “The DIY Magic of Amateur Radio” today December 27, 2011 at 8:30 PM Eastern time (0130 UTC Dec 28)

The W5KUB streaming website with chat has been bringing ham radio events to hams in over 150 countries for over 8 years. After this special broadcast, our web site will revert back to our normal video and chat room. This website is available 365 days per year. On days when we are not live, recorded videos are playing. If you have a ham radio video you would like us to put on this site please let us know. Our next live ham radio broadcast will be the Dayton Hamvention in May 2012 and then we will broadcast the Huntsville Hamfest in August 2012. We do it so hams around the world can enjoy the greatest hobby in the world. Our broadcast lets them feel as if they were a part of the event.

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Austin, TX and Toronto, Canada – November 1, 2011: FlexRadio Systems, the leader in Software Defined Radios (SDR) for the amateur radio community, announced today the appointment of Radioworld as their distributor for the Canadian marketplace. This will be effective as of November 1, 2011.

“It was extremely important for FlexRadio Systems to appoint a partner that shares the same views as FlexRadio and has the ability to provide our customers with a first class service and distribution network”, said Greg Jurrens, VP of Sales and Marketing for FlexRadio Systems. “Radioworld clearly fits the stringent criteria we identified to promote our FLEX line of amateur radios and accessories and to allow us to move our business forward in this key market.”

The Radioworld name and reputation is well established in the Canadian marketplace. The partnership between FlexRadio Systems and Radioworld is an ideal marriage between two companies committed to making the best products available to radio enthusiasts. FlexRadio’s product line will help to round out Radioworld’s distribution portfolio, further strengthening their position as the leading Canadian distributor for amateur radio products.

“Radioworld is excited to have secured the rights to distribute the prestigious FlexRadio Systems product line in Canada”, said Jack Summers, General Manager for Radioworld. “The brand perfectly complements our existing portfolio of high quality products for the discerning amateur radio operator and will be available to our customer immediately”.

About Radioworld

Radioworld is the largest radio store of its type in Canada and known as Canada’s amateur radio and marine electronics experts. Radioworld also specialize in shortwave, marine, avionics, CB, FRS/GMRS radios, GPS, communications scanners and a complete assortment of related accessories. Radioworld is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. For more information on Radioworld, please visit www.radioworld.ca.

About FlexRadio Systems

FlexRadio Systems is a pioneer in the design and development of software defined radios (SDRs) for the amateur radio market. Founded in 2003, FlexRadio was the first to introduce an SDR radio to the amateur community allowing for personality, functionality and performance of the radio to be upgraded through simple software downloads. This revolution by FlexRadio allowed for the evolution of amateur radio as we know it today. FlexRadio Systems is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit www.flexradio.com or follow FlexRadio Systems on Twitter or Facebook.

As many of you know, the club has offered its services to the Burnaby Red Cross to assist with their Amateur Radio / Emergency Communications and we'd like to get a group of members together who can help out with various tasks.

Volunteers would coordinate their activity through the club's liaison, Ron Hill VA7AUZ, and may also interact with our liaison at the Red Cross.

Ron will help you get up to speed with the equipment at the Red Cross facility in Burnaby.

The monthly check-ins are currently where the biggest need is for volunteers. We'd like to get a couple of members who could take turns checking in to the Victoria Net from the Red Cross building in the evening of every third Wednesday of the month. You do not need to have your own equipment, everything is already in place at the Red Cross and the check-in process goes fairly quickly.

If you would like to volunteer or get more information please send us a note.

Have a Safe and Happy Halloween tomorrow!!

We've added a new link for a local Vancouver printing and graphic design company, QSL Concept, that provides custom QSL cards.

We still have a need for additional volunteers for the 2011 Sun Run. This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase the capabilities of Amateur Radio to the community, support an outstanding event, provide a valued community service and as a bonus you get a very cool T-shirt out the deal!!

Once again an on-line registration website has been setup for volunteers. You can access this site at:

http://sunrun.bcwarn.net

Registration is simple and straightforward process. The registration form is used to provide up-to-date contact information, your first and second preference for course position and your T-shirt size. Wherever possible we will accommodate your stated preferences for positions around the course, however we reserve the right to assign you to positions as required ensuring adequate coverage of the event.

Please contact club@ve7bar.org if you need any additional information.

The Surrey Amateur Radio Club is offering a basic licensing class starting Thursday, February 24th. The course, including Industry Canada exam, will be given in Surrey over 9 weeks every Thursday evening from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. A beginner's seminar will follow. The course fee of $120 is payable in advanced (includes textbook).

Contact ve7as@rac.ca for more information and to register.

We have just learned that Gerry Adams, VE7CAD, passed away on Dec 24th, 2010. It was Gerry's wish that there not be a service for him. Our deepest sympathies go out to Gerry's family and friends.

Thank you to everyone for making this year's flea market a great success. The first of the photos have been posted to the photo gallery

Graham, VE7ABC, will be starting the swap and shop on Monday nights, right after the Club net.
Anyone with listings can email him at ve7abc@rac.ca with their listings.

The swap and shop will start as soon as there are listings.

The Burnaby Club's 220 VHF repeater is now operational on 224.800 -1.6 MHz with a tone of 127.3 Hz.