Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
First licensed in the UK in 1990 as GW7GCD.
Apr 1st
Have you ever wanted to operate one of the Radio Amateurs of Canada callsigns, well now may be your chance. World Amateur Radio Day takes place April 18, 2024, and I am looking for volunteers to operate VE6RAC. You’re welcome to operate for the full 24h duration but, even if you can only manage a 2-4h slot, I want to hear from you.
The stipulations to operate VE6RAC are as follows:
There’s no restriction on band or mode.
Interested? Then reach out to me dir.alberta.northwest.nunavut@rac.ca
Jul 23rd
The CAARC entry for 2023 ARRL Field Day has been submitted. We came in with an overall score of 966 points.
The image below is from the ARRL Field Day entry page.
A big thank you to all who took time to operate, especially Bob VE6BLD, and to all helped with the setup and teardown.
73
Steve VA6SGL
Sep 12th
The 2022 RAC Conference and AGM takes place on September 18, running from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm ET. The conference has a number of presentations across three tracks, including SOTA in the Canadian Rockies from our own Paul Mower, VA6MPM.
Follow the link below to register for the event.
RAC-Conference-and-AGM
Jul 17th
I have been having issues with RFI across the HF spectrum at my QTH, and having killed the house power at the main breaker, the RFI was still present, so I decided to build a direction-finding (DF) antenna to attempt to locate the source.
A quick web search yielded a link to the ARRL, with design notes to build such an antenna.
I used what parts I found in the junkbox, and it took 2-3 hours to build. The tuning is quite sharp, so I may add a slow motion drive to make tuning easier.
The next step will be to wander the neighbourhood, waving the DF loop around, and likely get some odd looks from the neighbours.
DF loop antenna
Tuning unit with variable and fixed capacitors
Nov 12th
Please see the attached schedule for dates through to April 2018. If you’re unable to run the net on a given date please arrange for someone else to stand in.
If I have missed anyone who would to volunteer please let me know.
Thanks and 73
Stephen Lee, VA6SGL CEC
CAARC and Red Deer Area EC
Aug 20th
Firstly, I acknowledge the contribution made by Greg VA6GMC as ARES Net Control; thank you Greg.
ARES Red Deer is seeking volunteers to take on Net Control duties for the Sunday evening ARES Net. If you’re new to ARES, this is a good opportunity to learn or improve your net control and traffic handling skills.
There is a script to follow, and, in general, the Net doesn’t take more than 15 to 20 minutes. If you are able to commit to operating Net Control once every five weeks, I’d like to here from you.
Once there is at least five volunteers, a schedule will be drawn up with volunteers operating in rotation.
If you’re interested and would like to know more drop me a line at stephen dot lee@shaw dot ca, or give me a call at four zero three-three zero seven-1643.
If you’re already an ARES member that’s awesome, it not, why not sign up; just ask for details.
73
Steve VA6SGL CEC
CAARC and Red Deer & Area EC
Jul 4th
The Membership Call Out List has been updated to June 2017, and available under the Members Download section;
Please download & print, and keep a copy near your phone.
73
Stephen Lee, VA6SGL
CAARC and Red Deer & Area EC
