Burnaby Amateur Radio Club VE7BAR

Austria-based Professor Martin Kaltenbrunner has created a device that sends tweets using Morse code. He also provides source code and schematics if you'd like have a go at building your own!

http://designtaxi.com/news/351494/With-This-Device-Tweet-Using-Morse-Code/

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Retail customer please feel free to browse our online showroom (http://www.wouxun.ca), new models are added frequently so check back often!

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About Wouxun China

Quanzhou Wouxun Electronics Co. Ltd. was founded in 2000 in Quanzhou City, China for the express purpose of developing, manufacturing, and marketing the best serial wireless two-way radios and accessories possible. WOUXUN products have been very well received throughout the world for both their quality and price. We also supply product to others in the communication industry and welcome their enquiries.

Our company's motto is 'Quality first,customer supreme'. To our customer this means we have the most advanced production facilities in the industry and do the most rigorous testing for product quality in order to meet the
ISO9001 standard. This ensures that WOUXUN customers will receive the best product available, at the best price possible, and in the shortest time imaginable. For our mutual benefit, we encourage our domestic and international customers to visit our factory, advise on product needs, and establish a stable business relationship.

Paul Giffin, VA7MPG, has been appointed as the interim Section Manager for BC Yukon and is in the process of creating a website for section information. Be sure to check out http://va7mpg.ca/ for all the latest news.

Here's an interesting article on the Smart Meter situation in the Chatham, Ontario area ...

http://www.ve3ncq.ca/wordpress/?page_id=10

Let us know if you have any information for the BC area.

An article regarding spectrum management by Ed Richards, Chief Executive at Ofcom (in the UK) that was prepared for ECTA Regulatory Conference 2011.

http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2011/11/29/spectrum-policy-in-the-dynamic-age/...

We have posted a few photos from our second annual BARC ARDF Fox Hunt weekend. These photos are from Saturday, September 10th and are courtesy of Joe, BD1LBE. Thanks Joe!

It was good to hear that everyone had great day and that we have a new bbq master in our midst (yeah Pete! ;)

You can view the photos in this gallery.

The first results from New Mexico are in. Today's competition was on the 2m band. There will be a second competition tomorrow using 80m.

Preliminary results for Team Canada;

• M21 Grant Van Skiver VE7GVS -- Gold
• W21 Stevie Van Skiver VE7SWX -- Silver
• M50 Nick Roethe DF1FO -- Silver
• M60 Keith Witney VE7MID -- 5th

The course was in Los Alamos at about 7500 ft and had exclusion Zones for a live fire range and unexploded ordinance. Guest participants were from Germany, The Ukraine and China.

Our congratulations go to Keith, VE7MID, who has won 2 bronze medals in the 2011 Friendship Radio Games in Khabarovsk, Russia.

FRG 2011 Khabarovsk Results:

• VE7MID Individual — CW TX 12/29, CW RX 5 (32 WPM), Pile up 4th , ARDF 4th in class 5th /30 Overall
• Team Canada — CW RX Bronze, CW Pile-up Bronze, ARDF DNQ (needed two finishers), HF Contest Bronze

Way to go Keith!

Related links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_Radiosport_Games

Barry Hing, VE7BWH, passed away July 28, 2011. Barry was a past member of VECTOR and an active member of the Richmond Amateur Radio Club. He was also a driving force at VGH and Coastal Health in getting VA7VGH set up. Barry will be missed by many in the amateur radio community.

There will be a moment of silence on amateur radio (146.460 Mhz) on Wednesday August 3rd at 8:30am prior to the monthly Emergency Communications test.

The 2011 Celebration of Light is just around the corner. This event will take place on July 30th (China), August 3rd (Spain) and August 6th (Canada). Each year the event seems to get better than the previous years.

Volunteers are still needed for all three nights. If you have a favorite spot and are available for any of the nights we will try to put you at the location you want. Please remember if you have not done the Celebration of Light before, you will be paired with an experienced individual.

There will be a formal briefing at ECOMM on July 20th at 1900 hrs. The Debrief will take place on August 17th at ECOMM.

For more information and to volunteer contact Jim Forsyth (jeforsyth@telus.net)