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1 Newsletter May, 2007 Kingston Amateur Radio Club 2007 Executive President: Ron, VE3GO/VE3IDW Newsletter Editor: Joan Clarke Kingston Amateur News Vice-Pres: Les, VE3KFS Repeater Committee: VE3KFS, Les Lindstrom Treasurer: George, VE3GHK VA3GST, John Taylor Secretary: Bill, VA3OL VA3KGB, Chip Chapman Past-Pres: Tom, VE3UDO VE3JCQ, John Wood 2007 Committee Chairs Two Meter Net Manager: VE3MNE, Don Gilroy VE3KFS, Les Lindstrom P.O. Box 1402 Kingston Ontario K7L 5C6 VE3KAR The 2nd Repeater is now VE3KBR Operational VE3UEL (+) MHz VE3KER (-) MHz

2 PRESIDENT S WORDS: On May 20, I met Ron Bird, VA3RJB, at lock 3 of the Welland canal. The Algosteel was westbound, in ballast, heading for Goderich to load salt for a St. Lawrence River port. Ron is often on Ontars 3755 Lsb between 0700 and 0800 eastern. He is the only amateur on HF on the lakes that I know of. President Ron, VE3GO / VE3IDW sssssssssssss From the Editor: Thanks to all those who have sent notes and articles to use as fillers for the first half of this year. Hope you all have a great summer. See you in the fall. (ED.) Kingston Amateur News Page 1

3 Every TUESDAY at 7:30 p.m. K.A.R.C. Net VE3KBR SCHEDULE OF NET CONTROL STATIONS: JUNE, June VE3VJF 12 June VE3MUD 19 June VE3IDW 26 June VE3CLQ If there are any conflicts please contact Les at ve3kfs@rac.ca and we'll juggle a few things. The net script has been posted on the Website Every Saturday - Breakfast at Smitty s. Starts at 8:00 a.m. but come early, chat and mingle. The Third MONDAY of every month at 7:00 p.m. is the A.R.E.S. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING at the Woodbine Firehall, second floor. There is a now a repeater, VA3FOY (+) at Bancroft. Licensee is Doug Peckhover KARC Web page designed and maintained by: VA3KGB, Chip Publication Schedule of the KARC Newsletter will be August 28, 2007 Kingston Amateur News Page 2

4 OF INTEREST PLEASE NOTE: Lanark/North Leeds ARES The Lanark/North Leeds ARES Group has added a new repeater to their network. VE3HTN, , located near Toledo, about 10k south of Smiths Falls, is now connected to VA3TEL ; Christie Lake, VE3KJG ; and Tweed, These repeaters provide coverage from Trenton to Ottawa and Pembroke to the St. Lawrence River area in the neighbourhood of Brockville. There are no PL tones, IRLP (2947) is available from any connected repeater and a phone patch is available in to the areas of Perth, Smiths Falls and Brockville. All repeaters are linked full time. sssssssssssss From Doug, VE3FFR. There is an interesting Website for former and serving RadOps (Radio Operators). The site is: COMING EVENTS: (PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR ALL EVENTS AND PLAN TO ATTEND.) Field Day is June 23 and 24, It will he held at Don, VE3MNE s cottage at Hay Bay, South Shore. Kingston Amateur News Page 3

5 The Sky s the Limit To be held at City Park, which is the park bordered by Bagot, Barrie, West and King Streets. July 7, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. A demonstration of various aspects of Amateur communications will be displayed. Setup time will probably be from 7:30 a.m. 8:00 a.m. or 9:00 a.m. I will be looking for volunteers for assistance. Contact: ve3ffr@sympatico.ca Kingston Amateur News Page 4

6 AT THE CLUB PICNIC July 22 nd At Chip s home RSVP please so there is no leftover food. Kingston Amateur News Page 5

7 OTTAWA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB ANNUAL HAMFEST The Ottawa Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce its 11th Annual Hamfest. Saturday, September 1, 2007 Tailgaters Open and Building Vendor Setup: 8 am Building Opens: 10 am Radio Amateurs of Canada AGM and Forum & Technology Update: 1-4 pm Carp Agricultural Fairgrounds 3832 Carp Road Ottawa (Carp), Ontario - From Ottawa: take Hwy 417 West (or from Carleton Place, take Hwy 7 then 417 East) to the Carp Road exit, then 10 km north to the fairgrounds. - - We are located in the Erskine Johnson arena. We will have signs on the site. $6 admission $12/table plus admission $5/tailgate plus admission The OARC is proud to sponsor the RAC AGM, Forum and Technology Update, following immediately after the Hamfest at 1 pm, free admission. We are very fortunate to have Dave Goodwin (VE3AAQ), RAC's Ontario North/East Director, as Moderator. This year's door prize is a $300 gift certificate, very generously donated by: For info us at fleamarket@oarc.net See our website at oarc.net/fleamarket Or call Ed Sich (VE3WGO) at (613) Elkel, Ltee, 2575 Girard, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, G8Z 2M3 Tel (819) , Fax (819) Order Toll Free Talk-in on VE2CRA, MHZ Kingston Amateur News Page 6

8 KINGSTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB HAM FLEAMARKET 2007 KINGSTON, ONTARIO Date: Saturday Sept. 15, 2007 Location: Drill Hall Alpha, Vimy Barracks, CFB Kingston (Hall Alpha is located at the back of the Forde Building) East of Kingston on Hwy #2 South of the Communications Museum Talk in will be on the VE3KBR repeater, (-) Opening times: Vendors (for setup): 7:00 a.m. Doors open at: 9:00 a.m. Cost: $10.00 per table (includes admission fee) (Please make all requests for tables via Admission: $5.00 There will be Door Prizes as well as a 50/50 Draw Tables or other information is available by sending an to: ve3ffr@sympatico.ca A map of directions will be placed on the Club Web Site: www. ve3kbr.com Doug, VE3FFR Kingston Amateur News Page 7

9 Home Procom Net News EMO/ARES Sectors Training/Tools CANWARN Links Contact Us Admin About EMO EMO Amateur Radio Emergency Services Group New Vehicle Unveiled At Launch Of Emergency Preparedness Week 2007 Ontario families will be safer thanks to a new Mobile Emergency Operations Centre, the newest and most advanced of its kind in Ontario, Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Monte Kwinter said today at the launch of Emergency Preparedness Week "The McGuinty government is committed to building safer, stronger, healthier communities and our investments in emergency preparedness are an important part of that commitment," Kwinter said. "The new mobile operations centre will help Emergency Management Ontario respond quicker and better in times of crisis." The operations centre, called Mobile 1, is a stateof-the-art field coordination vehicle equipped with the latest communications and incident management systems. The province invested $965,000 in the vehicle. "Mobile 1 will help Emergency Management Ontario officials better coordinate the provincial response to major emergencies and provide more effective support to communities when required to do so," said Commissioner of Community Safety Jay C. Hope. "It will help local officials ensure the safety of their citizens." Kingston Amateur News Page 8

10 Click on image for larger view Click on image for larger view Click on image for larger view Note: Amateur Radio Station to be install at the first position on the right Kingston Amateur News Page 9

11 Click on image for larger view Click on image for larger view Specifications: Spartan Diamond Classic ELFD cab/chassis, GVWR: 43,840 lbs., WB: 264", Arvin Meritor 20,000# front axle, Arvin Meritor 24,000# rear axle, Cummins ISL-400 engine, 400 2,000 RPM, Allison 3000 EVS transmission, 6" extended bumper with two (2) 21" Stuttertone air horns, one (1) 100W CPI speaker, seating for five (5) people, two (2) in the riding position. Front cab area equipment: Driver's seat with Garmin Streetpilot C340 GPS unit, Passenger seat with atomic clock, Paradox security system control console, Telular stand-alone cellular phone unit, Panasonic phone integrated into vehicle system, and one (1) Globalstar Satellite phone. Rear cab command area with: Two (2) seats (non-riding), "L" shaped desk, overhead cabinets, two (2) 17" LCD monitors, two (2) Panasonic phones, HP All-in-one unit (print, fax, scan), HP fax machine, desk consoles with one (1) AMX screen, two (2) Radio/TV listening station selector units, network connections, two (2) 12-volt power ports, two (2) integrated speakers with kill switches, under desk file cabinet. 26' long, 3/16" formed aluminum walk-in command body, curbside awning with Add-a-room capabilities, Onan 20 KW PTO driver generator, Kohler 20 KW Diesel generator, two (2) 100 Amp connections (inlet, outlet), two (2) rear mounted Will-burt masts with Pelco cameras, heated fresh and gray water tanks, Bigfoot stabilizing system, three (3) roof-top A/C units, inetvu Internet Satellite, antenna troughs, Satellite TV dome, weather station w/protective box, escape/air hatch, Command Light CL605 w/back lighting. Kingston Amateur News

12 Page 10 Forward Command area: One (1) 9' slide out command wall, seating for three (3) people, overhead cabinets with radio consoles, ceiling integrated speakers, custom desks, two (2) 17" LCD monitors, desk consoles with: two (2) Panasonic phones, two (2) AMX screens, three (3) Radio/TV listening station selector units, network connections, three (3) 12-volt power ports, three (3) integrated speakers with kill switches, three (3) 3.5mm headset jacks. Communications area: seating for three (3) people, overhead cabinets with radio consoles, ceiling integrated speakers, custom desks, two (2) 17" LCD monitors, desk consoles with: two (2) Panasonic phones, two (2) AMX screens, three (3) Radio/TV listening station selector units, network connections, three (3) 12-volt power ports, three (3) 3.5mm headset jacks. Galley/Lavatory area: Overhead cabinets, one (1) microwave, two (2) sinks, refrigerator, under sink storage cabinet, mirror, 240-volt Incinolet toilet, 120/240-volt panel with transfer switches and generator monitoring equipment. Technology Rack: Dell PowerEdge server, inetvu Satellite controller, Cellular / VOIP switching units, ACU-1000 radio interoperability unit, three (3) DVR units, one (1) VCR, one (1) 3Com network switch, AMX A/V control system, KVH Satellite control unit, APC battery back-up. Rear Conference Room: One (1) 6' 6" slide out command wall, baseboard 240-volt heaters, bench seat with lift-up ends, 40" LCD monitor w/smart Board overlay, one (1) 17" LCD monitor, removable conference table (when removed floor can be used for sleeping posts), wall mounted atomic clock, AMX screen, ceiling mounted Bosch camera and microphone, four (4) Radio/TV listening station selector units, Radio/TV listening station selector units with 3.5 mm headset jacks, white boards through-out. Overall dimensions: OAL: 41' OAW: 8' 4" OAH: 12' 6" Delivered Weights: Front: 15,180 lbs. Rear: 22,140 lbs. Total: 37,320 lbs. EMO A.R.E.S. operates under the direction of Emergency Management Ontario ***(Please note there are links to other EMO Amateur Radio Emergency Services Group at the beginning of this article.) Kingston Amateur News Page 11

13 CFS Alert Part Six ALERT's INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY Although Alert has now been downsized, years of use have been accompanied by the generation of large quantities of waste. By 1995, Alert was producing 4 tons of combustible waste per week. As a result, DND developed a plan to remove unused structures, clean up the landfill and manage the waste problem. An incinerator was determined to be the best way to destroy the solid and liquid waste that had accumulated. In 1998, Ken Johnson, P.Eng. wrote on this topic in an article titled "Canadian Forces Station Alert: Engineering at Canada's Frozen Edge". Here are some excerpts from that article. "Transportation in and out of Alert relies solely upon aircraft, and in particular, the C-130 Hercules. Alert has one regularly scheduled flight each week from Canadian Forces Base Trenton, which is 4000 kilometres to the south. The Hercules and the occasional civilian aircraft utilize a 5000-foot gravel airfield with a 900-foot overrun. The 'Herc' is an amazing transportation workhorse that not only airlifts the weekly supply of perishable essentials for the station, but also airlifts for the entire wet (fuel) and dry (all other materials) resupply for the station. The resupply is completed in two fourteen day periods during the fall of each year in an operation referred to as Operation Boxtop, which requires round trip flights from the Thule Airbase 600 kilometres to the south in Greenland. Kingston Amateur News Page 12

14 In a scene which has been repeated thousands of times, the venerable C-130 Hercules takes off from Alert on the usual once weekly resupply flight. Occasionally, flight schedules are delayed due to inclement weather. (Museum of Science and Technology photo #2695) Over the years, the military has constructed roads in the area to permit patrolling, as well as for logistics purposes from shore locations near anchorages east of the station, as well as to the airfield. Transportation around the station makes use of a variety of wheeled and tracked vehicles, on a limited length of roads. The most significant roads provide access to the water supply, 4 kilometres from the base, and the atmospheric observatory operated by Environment Canada. Vehicles are kept running 24 hours per day during the winter months in order to minimize vehicle freezing problems, and wheel blocks are used instead of hand brakes. A recent change in station transportation has been the conversion to a common fuel (JP8) for all engines on the station, including the power supply generators. This simple change in operations has greatly improved the waste management practices for the station by accommodating bulk fuel supply for the majority of the base operations and reducing the need for fuel supplied in barrels. CFS Alert, like many northern facilities, has suffered from the accumulation of thousands of fuel supply barrels over its operating life. The use of barrels presents problems for resupply, organization on site, and management of old barrels, many of which are partially full and poorly marked. The transition to a common bulk fuel on the station has reduced the resupply and organization problems, and a program to catalogue and appropriately dispose of the old barrels, and their contents has reduced the problem of managing old barrels. Kingston Amateur News Page 13

15 Potable water for the station is pumped four kilometres from Dumbbell Lake in an above ground insulated highdensity polyethylene water line with a smaller recirculating water line. The three water intake points in Dumbbell Lake are positioned well below the thick ice, which forms on the lake. The water is chlorinated and stored in 2-50,000-gallon storage tanks in the water building, and the water is distributed above ground throughout the station with an independent piped recirculating system. The station is also served with an insulated high-density polyethylene gravity sewer which discharges into a natural lagoon open to the ocean. Alert's water intake at Dumbell Lake. (Photo courtesy Canada Info) A solid waste management program for the base has implemented a segregation program to employ either recycling for transportation south, or incineration at the station. A landfill site is still utilized for the incineration residue. Alert has a total of six engine-powered generators to serve the station. Four main generators each have a capacity of 850 kilowatts, and two backup generators each have a capacity of 1600 kilowatts. The station can normally operate on two of the main generators, and the excess power generating capability provides several levels of backup to this isolated post. Canadian Forces may occasionally joke that is the Russians who justify the presence at Canada's frozen edge, however this threat has significantly decreased since the end of the Cold War. The Canadian military personnel at CFS Alert, in addition to their communications research analysts down south, are in fact asserting Canadian sovereignty to the world's most northerly inhabited place". In spite of its $20 million a year operating cost (2005), intelligence gathering remains as important as it ever was. Ottawa allocated $32 million in 2003 to overhaul Alert's data communication system. Alert will not be closing its doors anytime soon although there are initiatives in progress to further reduce operating costs. Kingston Amateur News Page 14

16 ADDITIONAL ALERT PHOTOS Geography Technical HADCS Amateur Radio Other Memorabilia OFF SITE LINKS Jim Troyanek's Alert Web Page Alert Photos on MSN Groups FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS In May 2006, DND is planning to replace half of its personnel at Alert with contract workers. "We do have excess infrastructure that we're maintaining right now," said Maj. Gioseph Anello, who is in charge of the Alert modernization project, a multi-year effort to par down costs at the station. "We have support people supporting support people, and we're really trying to get down to the most efficient organization." By June 2006, DND will open a bidding process for contractors to run the kitchen, accommodations, buildings and vehicles at the station. Hopes are that the contract can begin by November, but Anello said neither the exact number of personnel cut nor the estimated savings will be clear until proposals are received. With 72 full-time personnel who rotate in and out on six-month terms, Alert costs the military about $30 million a year to operate. Contractors could run the station for less by multi-tasking their employees, said Anello. "As an example, the (contracted) driver of the truck can maintain that truck, off-load the truck and load the truck," he said. "In the military we would have the driver, a mechanic and a traffic guy." The military also hopes to save on diesel fuel, by cutting heat to some of the station's 90 buildings in winter. The planned changes will not affect the station's capabilities. RECOGNITION For those who served 6 months or more at Alert, personnel are entitled to a Special Service Medal (SSM). Details, qualifications for issue and all the bars are described here. A link to the application form is here. Kingston Amateur News Page 15

17 QUESTIONS In researching a document such as this there are questions which remain unanswered. If anyone knows the answers, please contact: jerry.proc@sympatico.ca. 1) On what frequencies does the HADCS microwave link operate? 2) What Anik satellite connects Eureka to Ottawa and on what frequency does the satellite transponder operate on? 3) At Eureka, why are the two earth stations displaced vertically rather than horizontally? 4) What is the model of the Pusher antenna system used at Alert? 5) Does anyone have a relatively current, low-level aerial photo of Alert? 6) Looking for confirmation that the photos of Skull Point on this document are captioned accurately. 7) In what years did VE8ML, the amateur station at the weather station start and stop operations? Did it start operating before 1958? 8) When did broadcast station CHAR obtain its licence and in what year did it switch from AM to FM? What is the FM power level? Someone said that no licence is required now because CHAR broadcasts on cable. If true, then why was the station licence renewed until 2012? 9) As always, looking for mention of any old equipment types used at Alert. 10) Are there any other variants of the VE8RCS QSL card other than what is depicted above? FOOTNOTES 1. Listed in SUPRAD Consolidation Plan. May Up to the mid 1960's frequency was expressed as cycles per second (c/s) as opposed to the more modern term Hertz (Hz) 3. G.D. Nagy reported in 1978 (G.D. Nagy, Power Supplies For Arctic Radio Repeater Systems, Report No. 787 and document PDP G1413, Alert-Ottawa Medium Data Rate Communication System, file , 19 August 1976, (draft). 4. Under DND contract 12ST CD , valued at $249,000 [RD Bulletin, April 1976]. 5. Government Activities in the North, Government Activities in the North, Government Business Opportunities, 28 October In 1993, Government Business Opportunities [19 May 1993, p. 8] confirmed that the digital data link (circuit) in support of Project Hurricane connects the Sir Leonard Tilley Building, Ottawa, Ontario, and Eureka, Northwest Territories." The dish at the Tilley Building is presumably the CSE dish located just south of the heating plant in the Confederation Heights complex. This dish was installed in late 1981 or early 1982 [comparison of air photos A and A , National Air Photo Library]. 9. "Military Communications in the Canadian Arctic," B. Landmark, ed., Arctic Communications, MacMillan, [P.J. Pratley, "Some Experiences with Military Communications in the Canadian Arctic," Kristen Folkestad, Ionospheric Radio Communications, Plenum Press, 1968; 11. [Letter from Col J.G. Boulet, Dir Information Services, DND, to Peter Chapman, April 1986] 12. CD , Unattended Radio Relay Station. Honeywell Incorporated, March 3, Kingston Amateur News Page 16

18 Minutes of Progress meeting on Arctic Repeater Station, Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Oct. 4 and 5, DND Task DCEM 30, "Research and Development Support on Power Supplies for Arctic Radio Repeater Systems", DREO PCN 25A29." 15. Visitor's Guide To Eureka. Contributors and References: 1) Jim Troyanek <intarsia (at) shaw.ca> for various material. 2) Ray White <r.p.white (at) sympatico.ca> 3) by ALEX UROSEVIC -- Toronto Sun 4) Doug Hyslop <flagstaf (at) nbnet.nb.ca> 5) Spud Roscoe <spudroscoe (at) eastlink.ca> 6) 7) Alert Badge courtesy Bill Robinson 8) Equipment and Capabilities 9) Terry Murphy <va3trm (at) sympatico.ca> 10) Eureka Description 11) Project Hurricane Info (extracts) 12) 13) Bruce Forsyth s Canadian Military History Page 14) 15) Engineering at Canada's Frozen Edge: 16) Professor Jean Heroux of the Environmental Engineering Research Group at the Royal Military College, Kingston 17) Major Barron Meyerhoffer, Directorate of Information Management Operational Direction 5 (DIMOD 5), DND. 18) Canada Info 19) Alert Signpost 20) Echo Waste Solutions 21) 22) Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 305 May 19, 1997, 23) Mail List 24) National Defense Recruitment Brochure CS ) Griff Toole ) Environment Canada 27) SUPRAD Consolidation Plan. May RELEASED UNDER AIA. INFORMATION UNCLASSIFIED 28) Richard Nay VE3RNY, Ex V01RQ, Ex VE8RCS <rnay (at) cogeco.ca> 1996 VE3RCS equipment photos. 29) Earle Smith ve6nm (at) rac.ca 30) Ron Hutchinson VE3NG <hutch (at) isp.com> 31) 32) Dave Oldridge, VA7CZ, <doldridg (at) shaw.ca> 33) BC-610 image 34) Military Downsizes Alert. CanWest News Service; Edmonton Journal new article by Nathan VanderKlippe ) CARF info ) Zinc Air battery info 36) Thermin II Info: 37) Solar Power Revolutionizes HADCS II. 38) Operation Boxtop web page 39) Ron Reyno. VE3RYN <ronmar40(at)cogeco.ca> 40) Visitor's Guide To Eureka. Last revised: May 30/06 Kingston Amateur News Page 17

19 (For those of you who have enjoyed reading the six installments of CFS Alert, you can go to and read a more up-to-date account of what goes on at Alert. I certainly enjoyed putting the articles in the newsletter and reading them as I went along. For the more adventurous of you, there are other sites to visit as well, if you just do a search. My thanks, again, to Terry, VA3TRM, for sending me the article. I couldn t have asked for better, more interesting fillers for the monthly newsletter.) (ED) sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss HAVE A SAFE AND GREAT SUMMER Kingston Amateur News Page 18

20 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Kingston Amateur Radio Club Inc. As of 22 May 2007 For period 20 April 2007 to 22 May 2007 BALANCE AT April 20, 2007 $ INCOME MEMBERSHIP/IRLP $ /50 DRAW $ TOTAL INCOME $ EXPENSES POST OFFICE BOX $ TOTAL EXPENSES $ BALANCE AT MAY 22, 2007 $ BALANCES KCCU $ Dividend Savings $ KCCU Shares $ TOTAL CLUB ASSETS $ NOTE: Change in Dividends Savings account. Previous Balance $10.00 Income from Dividends $13.97 Expense for Annual Dues $ 6.00 Final Balance $17.97 George Kennedy, Treasurer, KARC 22 MAY 2007 Kingston Amateur News Page 19

21 KARC AGENDA Wednesday, June 6 th, 2007 At Smitty s Restaurant, back room 7:00 p.m. 1. Introduction of members 2. Additions and/or deletions 3. Minutes of Monthly Meeting: Errors/Omissions 4. Treasurer's Report 5. Old Business 6. 50/50 Draw 7. New Business 8. Reports: a) RAC b) Net Manager - VE3KFS c) KARC Newsletter d) Web page - VA3KGB e) Field Day f) The Sky s the Limit g) Club Picnic h) KARC Fleamarket i) Any other reports 9. Presentation: Tom, VA3ZE, will give a talk on 'slow scan TV' 10. Adjournment Kingston Amateur News Page 20

22 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE KINGSTON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB HELD ON May 2, 2007 At SMITTY'S RESTAURANT, PRINCESS ST. The meeting opened at 7PM by Ron, VE3IDW Ron asked for addition/deletions from the agenda. 1. All members were introduced 2. MINUTES: Moved, by Tom, VA3ZE, that the minutes of the March meeting be accepted, seconded by Chip, VA3KGB...carried 3. TREASURERS REPORT: Presented by George, VE3GHK. Moved by VE3GHK that the treasurer s report be accepted. Seconded by Terry, VA3TRM... carried 4. OLD BUSINESS Nothing to report 5. NEW BUSINESS a) The Shriner s Club parade will be held on June 9th. People with handhelds are needed to monitor the route from Memorial Centre to City Hall. Harold, VE3BPM is co-ordinating the event. If you have approximately two hours from 1 PM to 3 PM on June 9th please contact Harold. Duties will mainly be to ensure the safety of the participants. Volunteers at the meeting were HGO, RPF, KC, KFS, TRM, ZE and KDM b) A club breakfast, similar to the one held last year, is being considered. It will be held at the Communications Museum. Cost will be about $10 each; guests welcome. Date and time to be announced. Terry, VA3TRM will investigate. c) A club Fish and Chip event is being considered. Rob, VE3RPF will investigate. 6. REPORTS: a) RAC: Nil report b) NET MANAGER: VE3KFS, Les reported that participation continues to be good with 12 to 20 checkins each night. c) IRLP: No report d) KARC NEWSLETTER: Keep the articles and information coming in to Joan. Kingston Amateur News Page 21

23 e) Field Day will be held at VE3MNE s cottage. Come on out and enjoy the fun. f) Repeater Committee: The tone boards are now here and will be installed as time permits. The 09 machine will be pulled of the air and moved. Site negotiations are underway. g) Sky s the Limit. Contact Doug VE3FFR who is coordinating the event. 7 July, at Kingston City Park from 9am-4pm! h) KARC Family Picnic: July 22, Coordinator Chip, VA3KGB i) CanWarn (a government sponsored Weather Warning system) may hold a mini course in the near future. Watch the website for details /50 Draw: Won by VA3OL - $ Presentation: Barrie Crompton, VE3BSB, gave a presentation on the northlands repeater links. 9. ADJOURNMENT: At 7:55 from the business portion of the meeting. Bill Rumball, VA3OL Secretary KARC Kingston Amateur News Page 22