General News

Aurora pictures Bob and Sarina May 10, 2024

Sarina and I took these pictures from 11PM to 1:30 AM on May 10,2024.

Half of the pictures were taken looking due south and some were straight up above our heads. What a spectacular night.

The next CAARC general meeting will be on Wed. May 15th at 7.30 PM.

Hello all.

The  next CAARC  General Meeting will be on Wed May 15th at 19:30 hours. Meet after 19:00 hours at the Calder School at Sunnybrook Farm 2879 Botterill Crescent .  The Calder School entrance is behind Sims Furniture just north of the Bower mall at the south end of Red Deer.

There will be a zoom available for this meeting. Watch for an email from Don VE6HQ with the zoom link.

The gates will be open for 1900.

Hope to see you at the meeting!

Don VA6HQ

 

 

 

World Amateur Radio Day, April 18, 2024

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:

  1. Be a paid up member of Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)
  2. Be able to submit a log of contacts made, so RAC can send QSL cards.

There’s no restriction on band or mode.

Interested? Then reach out to me dir.alberta.northwest.nunavut@rac.ca

CAARC March 2024 Technical Presentation

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New CAARC Executive and winner of the new handheld.

The November AGM was held on Wed Nov 15 with a great turnout. The draw for the new handheld radio donated by Mike VE6MIM was won by Tadd who is working on getting his license, CONGRATULATIONS. We hope to hear you on the repeater soon.

New CAARC President Don VE6HQ

Don VE6HQ

 

MikeVE6MIM presenting new Handheld to Tadd.

 

 

New 2023-2024 executive

Click this link to see the new executive.

Ham Radio can help

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cimate-change-telecommunications-ham-radio-help-1.6884108

CAARC End of Summer Social

 

Please mark your calendar for the CAARC End of Summer Social SUNDAY AUG  24 th. 2025  15:00– 20:00.  This year Tiny (VE6TIP) and Agnes have generously offered to host this event at their place.   Please bring your significant other, lawn chairs and your own food and beverage.  Tiny is providing the fire!  Hope to see you there! Tiny and Agnes live at 39053 Range Road 280, Red Deer County. Coming from Red Deer on hwy 11a west, go 1km. west of Bluegrass greenhouses, then turn north on RR280. They are the 1st. place on the right. (This is the same road that John Malinic lives on)

Please click on the blue Directions arrow below for driving directions from your location.

 

 

ARRL FIELD DAY RESULTS

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

Flight tracking

ADSB Aircraft Tracking
2023-05-19
Have you ever wondered about that aircraft flying over your head? Perhaps you are already aware that
most aircraft are required to transmit location data. Anyone can easily receive that publicly available
broadcast data. Maybe you already receive that data and are feeding it to one or more of the flight
trackers. This article will help explain the fascinating hobby of aircraft tracking and will help you set up a
receiving system or tell you why it is desirable to send the data to other flight trackers.
Most aircraft worldwide are required to transmit data using a system known as ADS-B meaning More >