Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
Welcome to the CAARC web site. I have been a Ham since 1978 and I am active on most modes from HF to UHF Satellite communications.
Nov 28th
The Annual General meeting of CAARC was held on Tuesday November 18th at the new Red Deer County Search and Rescue building. Ric Henderson VA6RIC ( Director of Community and Protective Services) gave everyone a tour of the new facility and equipment.
The new executive for the 2014-2015 year is as listed below.
Thanks to everyone who attended and congratulations to the new executive.
I look forward to working with you over the next year.
Bob VE6BLD
Past President – Sandy Jacobs VE6SND
President– Bob King VE6BLD
Vice President-Â Steven Lee VA6SGL
Secretary– Bill Jackson VA6BLL
Treasurer– Karen McKinney VA6LDY
Directors
Appointments
Repeaters
Skip MacAulay VE6BGT
Emergency Coordinator
Jeff Low VA6JL
Publicity
Geoff Norris VA6TAC
Webmaster
Bob King VE6BLD
Net Control
Bob King VE6BLD
Jun 19th
From Barry Bergstrom VA6DX
Hey Bob. Here’s a quick video of the FPV flight from last weekend. You’re welcome to embed it on the CAARC site if you like; just but a note on to watch it in 720p or 1080p for a better effect.Â
Thanks Barry great video
Bob VE6BLD
May 4th
Reprinted from AMSAT NA
Phase 1 Fox satellites are 1-Unit CubeSats. They each include an analog FM repeater that will allow simple ground stations using an HT and an “arrow†type antenna to make contacts using the satellite. This was the mode made so popular by AO-51. The Phase 1 CubeSats also have the capability of operating in a high-speed digital mode for data communications. Two of our phase 1 Fox satellite projects have already been accepted into the NASA ELaNa program for free launches.
We now have a launch for Fox-1 in 2014. These Keplerian elements approximate the perigee, apogee, and inclination of the orbit. They have been tested in several popular tracking programs, and will give a good feel for the availability and footprint to be expected. Other details will depend on the launch site and deployment profile.
FOX-1
1 99999U 13001AÂ Â 13115.03159480Â .00000000Â 00000 0Â 00000 0 1Â Â Â 14
2 99999Â 64.0000 106.4735 0200000 270.0000 180.0000 14.81480000Â Â Â 10
With the IARU coordination received, the uplink frequency will be 435.180 MHz, and the downlink frequency will be 145.980 MHz. For those using the SatPC32 tracking program, you can add the following line to the DOPPLER.SQF file:
FOX-1,145980,435180,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Preliminary
We will update these as the launch approaches and more specific information becomes available.
Apr 21st
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Jul 12th
End Fed Antenna by MOSHE INGER 4Z1PF HaGal Israel Amateur Radio Club Magazine, issue 410, June 2013 translated by Earl VA6TJ
What more could we wish for? An easy to build antenna made from inexpensive materials, covering all
the HF bands! The simple end fed antenna described in this article meets these requirements.
A half wave end fed antenna exhibits a high impedance to the transmitter. This mis-match is too high
for most external or internal antenna tuners to deal with. However we can use a transformer to
overcome this mis-match.
Click this following link to download the rest of the article in PDF format
Nov 24th
Bob Heil, with various co-hosts and guests, will cover the excitement and importance of ham radio – from tossing an antenna wire in a tree allowing you to talk to the world, to the importance of ham radio operators in time of disasters.
Records live every Wednesday at 6:00pm PT/9:00pm ET.  Also see drop down menu under ARTICLES.
