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MVM.09.2014 2 Canada’s Amateur Radio Magazine TCA La Revue des RadioAmateurs Canadiens The Canadian Amateur VOLUME 43 NUMBER 1 – [email protected] – WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WP.RAC.CA/P155/ JANUARY & JANVIER & NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL FEBRUARY FÉVRIER 2015 RAC Management Team ...................................................................4 Editor / Rédacteur en chef RAC President’s Message .................................................................7 Alan Griffin Email: [email protected] Un message du président de RAC ....................................................7 Advisors / Conseillers Report on World Radio Conference 2015 Preparatory Meetings, Dave Green, VE3TLY Frances Roach, VE3HKG Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN ..................................................................12 Gerry Trottier, VA3GLT Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC Call for Nominations of Candidates for Regional Director ...............16 Mike Kelly, VE3FFK Richard Ferch, VE3KI Appel de mises en candidature pour le poste de directeur de région ...16 Bill Karle, VE1YY Len Morgan, VE9MY Development of Radio Regulations for the Radio Amateur Service Ken Grant, VE3FIT in Canada, Larry L. Reid, VE7LR ....................................................24 Bob Kavanagh, VE3OSZ Translation / Traduction De la mise en place d’une réglementation concernant le Service Ante Laurijssen, VA2BBW de Radio amateur au Canada, Larry L. Reid, VE7LR ......................24 Alan Bulley, VA2UK Serge Langlois, VE2AWR RAC Maple Leaf Legacy Circle .......................................................31 Noël Marcil, VE2BR René Levesque, VE2CNJ Cercle des légateurs maple leaf de RAC ........................................31 Claude Lalande, VE2LCF “The day started at sunrise with a Technical Diagrams / two-hour drive, up to what may be the Schémas technique third highest bump on the Manitoba flat NEWS Stan Smith, VE3DDX prairie, to service the VE4MRS repeater The Canadian Amateur near Bruxelles. Don Dashney, VE3JM and George Spencer, VE3AGS, is published by Radio Arrival at the site showed –24 degrees Appointed to Hall of Fame .................................................................6 Amateurs of Canada Inc. / The Canadian Amateur est with an extreme cold warning and RAC Insurance Coverage Update .....................................................6 publié par la société Radio –33 windchill. ” Amateurs du Canada Inc. – see pages 18 and 52 for the rest of Acting Section Manager Ontario North, South, GTA .........................6 Indexed in the Canadian the story Periodical Index / Winnipeg RAC/ARES Emergency Coordinator VE4MBQ Receives Enregistré à l’Index des RAC Membership Recognition Award ...............................................6 publications canadiennes : ISSN 0834‑3977 New RAC Membership Privilege .......................................................6 Publications Mail Agreement Privilège pour les nouveaux membres de RAC .................................6 Accord de publications diffusées #40028682. Japanese Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads are Registration / matricule #09866 Launched into Deep Space ...............................................................9 The Canadian Amateur SpinSat Now in Orbit .........................................................................9 720 Belfast Road, Suite / Bureau 217 Ottawa, ON, Canada TECHNICAL K1G 0Z5 613‑244‑4367; 1‑877‑273‑8304 Amateur Radio Satellites, Keith Baker, VA3KSF .............................13 [email protected] http://wp.rac.ca/ All Things Digital, Amateur Radio for the 21st Century, Robert C. Mazur, VA3ROM ..............................................................20 Printed in Canada by St. Joseph Communications Ottawa, ON, Canada QUA – A Topical Digest, Allen Wootton, VE7BQO ...........................26 Imprimé au Canada sur les presses de St. Joseph My Arrow-Style VHF/UHF Portable Satellite Antenna, Communications Bertrand Zauhar, VE2ZAZ ...............................................................38 Ottawa, ON, Canada Return Undeliverable A Direct Digital Synthesis VFO, Allen Wootton, VE7BQO, Canadian Addresses to Allen Wootton, VE7BQO ..................................................................43 Circulation Department: 217‑720 Belfast Rd Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5 Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc., and the publisher and editor of The Canadian Amateur, hereby disclaim any responsibility for any statement of opinion or other statement that may be contained in any article published by The Canadian Amateur and any such statement of opinion or other statement contained in such article is solely the opinion of the author of the article and not that of Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc., or the publisher or editors of the magazine, unless it is specifically stated to be the case therein. 1 ARTICLES WANTED The Canadian Amateur The Canadian Amateur, is published in Canada publié six fois par an, six times per year to est destiné à fournir aux We would love to receive your articles – both technical and non-technical. provide Radio Amateurs, radioAmateurs, à toute Please send them to the TCA Editor at [email protected]. The deadline for those interested in radio personne intéressée à la the next TCA is January 15. communications and radio et à l’électronique electronics, and the general et au grand public, des public with information informations de toute nature OPERATING related to the science of relatives à la science des telecommunications. télécommunications. The First 5-Band CANADAWARD .....................................................................................5 Nous acceptons avec Articles, reviews, letters, plaisir tout article, étude, Six Metres and Down, Dana Shtun, VE3DSS .................................................................10 features, suggestions, suggestions, photos et photographs and essays lettres. Les manuscrits The Manitoba Repeater Society, Derek Hay, VE4HAY ....................................................18 are welcomed. Manuscripts soumis doivent être lisibles should be legible and et porter le nom de l’auteur, “The Sydney Opera House” Project, Andy Neimers, VA7FJT ..........................................28 include the contributor’s son indicatif, son ou ses name, call sign, phone numéros de téléphone ainsi YL News and Views, Val Lemko, VE5ACJ .......................................................................34 number(s) and addresses que ses adresses postales, (mail, email and packet, as courriel et paquet s’il y a Random Thoughts, Dirk Moraal, VY1NM .........................................................................36 applicable). lieu. Si vous avez envie d’écrire pour TCA : VA3RAC Operates on Canada Day from Manitoulin Island, Igor Slakva, VE3ZF ............42 For a complete Author’s http://www.rac.ca/authors_ Guide visit: http://www.rac. guide.htm Fresh On The Air – Adventures for the New and Beginning Ham, Phil Boucher, VE3BOC .....49 ca/authors_guide.htm Le contenu de la présente Newfoundland & Labrador Hanfest 2014, Charles Marsh, VO1VZ ..................................50 The contents of this publication est protégé publication are copyright, par copyright, tous droits Public Service / ARES Column........................................................................................51 and may not be reproduced réservés et ne peut être reproduit sans autorisation without prior consent except New Brunswick Health Authorities and International Repeater Group conduct Amateur by a bona fide Amateur préalable dont est toutefois dispensé tout groupement Radio Familiarization Exercise, Francis Pitre, VE9FCP and Al Thurber, VE1AKT ...........51 Radio organization which reconnu de radioAmateurs may reproduce them sous réserve que ladite “A Day Well Spent on the Canadian Prairie”, Derek Hay, VE4HAY .................................52 provided the author and reproduction paraisse avec The Canadian Amateur are les mentions du nom de The Sports Page – The Canadian Contest Scene, Bob Nash, VE3KZ ............................53 acknowledged. l’auteur et soit identifiée extraite de The Canadian Section News – The RAC Field Organization Forum .......................................................59 The Advertising Department Amateur. 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Numéro de matricule Yaesu ....................................................................................................................32, 33 09866. 2 THE RAC QSL BUREAU SYSTEM Silent Keys – In Memoriam The RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau service is available to RAC members, RAC affiliated With regret, we record the passing of these Amateur Radio operators. clubs (club call only) and QSL Managers who are members of RAC. Your RAC membership Nous avons le regret de vous annoncer le décès des radioamateurs suivants. number must accompany each shipment of QSL cards. VA3AJG – Garry Adametz, of Chesterville, ON, at age 43, on August 16, 2014. RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau VA3DJF – Darren Forbes, of Whitby, ON, at age 44, on October 25, 2014. PO Box 11156, Station H Nepean, ON K2H 7T9 VA3PR – Phil Robinson, of Kenmore, ON, at age 97, on October 27, 2014. Telephone: 613-670-3230 Email: [email protected] VE1GAN – Al Nickerson, of Charleston Queens County, NS, at age 85, on October 19, 2014. There are limits and restrictions for use of the VE1RDB – Doug Beaman, of Kingston, NS, at age 79, on September 6, 2014. Outgoing QSL Bureau. For more information, surcharges and card sorting details, visit VE1TT – Kurt Arseneault, of Kentville, NS, at age 72, on November 2, 2014. http://wp.rac.ca/ or http://www.magma. ca/~ve3exy/bureau.html. VE1WJ* – Sid Fetterly, of Halifax, NS, at age 91, on October 10, 2014. The Incoming QSL Bureau service is a VE1WML – Robie MacLeod, of Liverpool, NS, at age 86, on October 6, 2014. user‑pay system, using one of four methods – (A) envelopes (B) credits (C) labels or (D) VE1YQ – Bob Aggas, of Truro, NS, at age 96, on October 6, 2014. combination credit with labels – to get cards to you. For more information on the incoming VE2AAV – Toni Avanzini, of Gatineau, QC, at age 88, on September 11, 2014. system visit wp.rac.ca/. (*Note: Method B is preferred). VE2NAO – Nicholas Ostopkevich, of Elgin, QC, at age 71, on October 13, 2014. VE3AJN – DeVere Worrell, of Coldwater, ON, at age 92, on September 15, 2013. VE1 – VE0 Bureau (B) Brit Fader Memorial QSL Bureau VE3CCD – Al MacDonald, of Nepean, ON, at age 91, on October 29, 2014. Sponsored by the Halifax ARC Tom Caithness, VE1GTC VE3CZN – Rae Baker, of Burlington, ON, at age 84, on November 3, 2014. PO Box 8895 VE3FRW – Tim Bancroft‑Wilson, of Newmarket, ON, at age 90, on September 25, 2014. Halifax, NS B3K 5M5 VE2 Bureau (A, B)* VE4DDC – Dorinda Bond, of Winnipeg, MB, at age 52, on October 16, 2014. Jacques Dubé, VE2QK 875 rue Sévère VE4DE – Cesar Jaegher, of Baldur, MB, at age 92, on September 11, 2014. Trois‑Rivieres, PQ G9A 4G4 VE4FO – Frank Richards, of Winnipeg, MB, at age 86, on October 20, 2014. VE3 Bureau (D) QSL Manager VE4IJL – Irv Lindstrom, of Winnipeg, MB, at age 74, on October 17, 2014. PO Box 216 Streetsville, ON L5M 2B8 VE4OM – Mike Mudray, of Brandon, MB, at age 73, on September 27, 2014. VE4 Bureau (B) VE4RAY – Ray Hawkins, of Winnipeg, MB at age 83, on October 1, 2014. Adam Romanchuk, VE4SN 26 Morrison Street VE5ACG – Bill Holder, of Kenaston, SK, at age 74, on October 14, 2014. Winnipeg, MB R2V 3B4 VE5KR – Dennis McMahon, of Saskatoon, SK, at age 79, on October 28, 2014. VA5/VE5 Bureau (B) Todd Bendtsen, VE5MX VE5XE – David Rice, of Prince Albert, SK, at age 66, on August 18, 2014. 616 Moffet Drive Weyburn, SK S4H 2M7 VE6AMM – George McIver, of Camrose, AB, at age 92, on October 13, 2014. VE6/VA6 Bureau (B) Rich Roadhouse, VE6AX VE6EJ – Al Harrington, of Sherwood Park, AB at age 91, on November 8, 2014. 372 Cedarpark Drive SW VE6NWR – Wayne Renwick, of Edmonton, AB, at age 74, on October 2, 2014. Calgary, AB T2W 2J4 VA7/ VE7 Bureau (B) VE6VNO – Doug Lofgren, of Camrose, AB, at age 63, on October 8, 2014. Ken Clarke, VE7BC 12441 – 58A Avenue VE7BMM – Bill Coltart, of Courtenay, BC at age 86, on October 29, 2014. Surrey, BC V3X 1X6 VE7CHO – Malcolm Dewar (VA7MD, of Surrey, BC, at age 91, on October 27, 2014. VE8/VY0 Bureau (A, B)* John Boudreau, VE8EV VE7NTT – Peter Driessen, of Surrey, BC, at age 98, on October 21, 2014. PO Box 3099 Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0 VE7RJD – Ralph Darlington, of Keswick, ON, at age 90, on October 30, 2014. VE9/VY2 Bureau (B) VE7ZTV – Don Thede, of Prince George, BC, at age 66, on November 10, 2014. Bob Sherwood Memorial QSL Bureau Sponsored by the Moncton Area ARC VE9ACP – Art Parson, of London, ON, at age 58, on October 21, 2014. Wayne Gillcash, VE1RR Box 73 VE9HC – Hugh Clark, of Hartland, NB, at age 76, on October 20, 2014. Moncton, NB E1C 8R9 VE9ZI – Bernard Malandain, of Paris, France, at age 93, on September 1, 2014. VO Bureau (B, C)* Rick Burke, VO1SA VY1CM – Les Boisvert, of Whitehorse, YT, at age 61, on September 9, 2014. Box 23099, Churchill Square St. John’s, NL A1B 4J9 VY2RJ – Bob Johnson, of Charlottetown, PE, at age 96, on October 30, 2014. VY1 Bureau (A, B) Note: In the above list an * indicates that a call sign has been reissued. Hugh Henderson, VY1HH Box 33062 The list of Silent Keys is prepared by volunteers at RAC Headquarters at [email protected]. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5 3 RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA / RADIO AMATEURS DU CANADA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE REGIONAL DIRECTORS DEPUTY DIRECTORS ATLANTIC Len Morgan, VE9MY MIDWEST Bill Boskwick, VE4BOZ QUEBEC Normand Pitre, VE2NHK ASSISTANT DIRECTORS PRESIDENT AND ACTING VICE-PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION AND ATLANTIC MIDWEST ALBERTA / NT / NU CHIEF FIELD SERVICES REGULATORY AFFAIRS TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Everett Price, VO1DK Derek Hay, VE4HAY Chris Cameron, VE8WD OFFICER OFFICER Paul Burggraaf, VO1PRB 6 Virginia Road 51 St. Hilaire Place Neal Sunderland, VA6NLS Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA 51 Greenspond Drive St John’s, NL A1A 3A8 Winnipeg MB R2J 4B5 Wally Gardiner, VE6BGL 85 Barrington Avenue 2047 Chalmers Road St. John’s, NL A1E 5Z9 Tel. 709‑738‑3508 Tel. 204‑257‑1420 Bill Till, VE5FN Winnipeg, MB R2M 2A6 Ottawa, ON K1H 6K4 Tel. 709‑745‑1999 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel. 204‑257‑1414 Tel. 613‑523‑4333 Email: [email protected] ATLANTIC Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Rino Deschenes, VE9VIC Note: please copy [email protected] (North‑Western NB) on all emails to VE4BAW. Francis Pitre, VE9FCP (Acadie‑Bathurst area) Jim Fisher, VE1JF (Annapolis Valley/ Fundy Shore) Please see Bill Glydon, VY2LI the Director’s (Western PEI) David Hildebrand, VE9AV Nomination (Fredericton and area) Notice Terry MacInnis, VO1TJM on page 16 (NL West Coast) Marc Morel, VE1MAM (Edmundston, NB) Vince O’Keefe, VO1SO (Avalon Peninsula) Naz Simon, VO2NS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS CORPORATE SECRETARY HONOURARY LEGAL COUNSEL ALBERTA/NWT/NU ONTARIO NORTH/EAST (Labrador) OFFICER Alvin (Al) M. Masse, VE3CWP Marcel D. Mongeon, VA3DDD J. T. (Mitch) Mitchell, VE6OH Vacant Peter Surette, VE1PJS George Gorsline, VE3YV 440 Maple Avenue Suite 374 10438‑139 Street (Truro and area) 118 MacPherson Avenue LaSalle, ON N9J 1P4 3‑35 Stone Church Road Edmonton, AB T5N 2K5 Scott Wood, VE1QD Toronto, ON M5R 1W8 Tel. 519‑734‑0026 Ancaster ON L9K 1S4 Tel. 780‑446‑8958 (Halifax and area) Tel. 416‑921‑4214 Email: [email protected] Tel. 905‑390‑1818 Email: [email protected] Sheldon Donaldson, VE1ARG Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] (Yarmouth‑Shelburne area) BRITISH COLUMBIA / YUKON Lou Beaubien, VE7CGE (Burnaby, BC) Please see Carl Bertholm, VE7CLC the Director’s (Kelowna, BC) Nomination Al Munnik, VE7RMP Langley, BC Notice Ron McFadyen, VY1RM on page 16 (Whitehorse, YT) Frank Merritt, VE7FPM (Nanaimo, BC) For RAC Membership Inquiries and Change of Richard Thompson, VE7XT Address please contact RAC HQ at: [email protected] (Victoria, BC) Ross Wilmot, VA7NRW Join RAC or renew your membership at: TREASURER BRITISH COLUMBIA/YUKON ONTARIO SOUTH (Surrey, BC) Dorothy Brown, VA7DBR William (Bill) Gipps, Vacant https://www.rac.ca/en/rac/membership/form/ 12542 24A Avenue VE7ISV/VE7XS MIDWEST Surrey, BC V4A 8H9 9362 – 206A Street Richard Holder, VE4QK Find us at @RACTWEETS on Twitter Email: [email protected] Langley, BC V1M 2W6 Doug Pfaff, VE5DCP Tel. 604‑328‑0111 Mobile Bill Till, VE5FN or search for “RAC” on Facebook. Email: [email protected] ONTARIO NORTH/EAST Allan C. (Al) Boyd, VE3AJB Paul Caccamo, VA3PC RAC SECTION MANAGERS: WE NEED YOUR HELP Dave Hayes, VE3JX Dan Howard, VA3MA ALBERTA MARITIMES ONTARIO EAST Don Tambeau, VE3HOL Garry Jacobs, VE6CIA Craig Seaboyer, VE1DSS Michael Hickey, VE3IPC Volunteers ONTARIO SOUTH 45 Selkirk Blvd. 136 Ohio Lake Road, RR 1 2768 Chartrand Road needed Keith Baker, VA3KSF Red Deer, AB T4N 0G4 Antigonish, NS B2G 2K8 Lefaivre, ON K0B 1J0 We are actively (Sarnia) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] looking for Jerry Beneteau, VE3EXT (Essex & Kent) BRITISH COLUMBIA/YUKON NEWFOUNDLAND- ONTARIO GTA new Section Doug Campbell, VA3DC Vacant LABRADOR Vacant Managers (Simcoe) Acting: Bill Gipps, VE7XS Vacant Acting: Allan Boyd, VE3AJB and other Doug Frame, VE3JDF volunteers. (Niagara) MANITOBA ONTARIO NORTH QUEBEC QUEBEC Stan Leschinsky, VE3TW Jan Schippers, VE4JS Vacant Vacant Please see Sheldon Werner, VA2SH/VA6SH (Greater Toronto Area) Wi2n0n2ip Sega,d MleBr A Rv2eMnu 1eP3 Acting: Allan Boyd, VE3AJB SASKATCHEWAN pages 59‑63 422L5a vPalal, cQeC S aHi7nWte‑ H1Pel3ene Gordo(nG Mreoyo‑Bgkru, cVeE)3DBP [email protected] ONTARIO SOUTH Vacant for the Section Tel. 450‑682‑0829 Vacant Reports. Email: [email protected] Acting: Allan Boyd, VE3AJB 4 FEEDBACK READERS WRITE TO THE CANADIAN AMATEUR THANK YOU 2) I know that today’s world has advanced THE FIRST 5-BAND CANADAWARD to the point where our technology is in a In the November‑ December 2014 issue of way getting left behind in the dust. TCA, I saw a document/and a letter that However, those modes will never be able caught my attention: to replace the camaraderie of the group • the final “Antennas & Transmission who faithfully check in to the nets, where Lines” column (since 2003) by David those you hear and haven’t met with face Conn, VE3KL to face yet give you a reason to go to the • Robert (Bob) Eldridge, VE7BS: next meeting or get‑together. In Memoriam 3) The Traffic or Emergency side of I knew Bob very well. I had corresponded communication can be replaced with the with him off and on during the past 20 modern mode “stuff” with no reason to years – a great guy and column writer. wait for the appointed net time, but that is no reason to throw out the baby with the David Conn, VE3KL, has certainly bath water and go from something to contributed significantly to TCA – a nothing and kill the social aspect of the regular column since 2003, which has nets. certainly required a lot of time to research and write. 4) One of these days, hopefully never, we may be relied on when some major I guess as he has said he intends to move communication crisis erupts, so the to other areas of his interests. Certainly practice of net control and checkin needs readers of TCA will miss his regular to become second hand to participants. columns – and look forward to future contributions published in TCA. 5) It is during the nets we check our equipment and, hopefully, the time when John Belrose, VE3CVV Ottawa, Ontario other hams would make you aware of any Bill Rohde, K3XA, has been licensed transmission problem you may have. THANK YOU since 1959. He enjoys HF and VHF So I ask you to participate in nets, being operation from his Virginia QTH, and In the Newfoundland‑ Labrador Section, respectful of the Net Controllers who give often chases new band QSOs and we have two province‑ wide HF Nets, the of their time to keep this aspect of the NL DXCC entities. Cod Jigger in the morning (9:30 am local radio alive. Also be respectful of other time on 7.085 MHz) and in the evening the participants, some of whom are new Since Bill’s retirement from a career in Evening Traffic net at 7 pm on 3.740 MHz. Amateurs and make the occasional error Federal Law Enforcement, he has I have heard some criticism of these nets as all of us did when we were newbies. focused his operating efforts toward with respect to content and necessity – achieving the most challenging If some aspect of the net causes you grief, with respect to the nets being outdated Operating Awards. During December discuss the matter privately with the Net and not needed in today’s advanced 2013 he completed a 40 metre QSO with electronic communication world of Controller Managers, Bill Butt, VO1WB, VY1JA to complete RAC’s requirements smartphones, tablets and other wireless for the Cod Jigger Net, or Lester Gould, for the 5 Band CANADAWARD. devices. VO1UG, for the Evening Net, and not in public. That hurts feelings and subtracts K3XA is the rfi st recipient of this RAC I have thought about this for a while and from the hobby. Award, completing contacts with each would like to offer this defence for and Canadian Province and Territory on the preservation of the nets. Remember, Amateur Radio is a hobby 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metre bands. The that is to be enjoyed, in which you can 1) These nets have been a part of our contacts spanned the period of 1979 to continue the friendships you have made culture for quite a while now. over the years and start new ones. 2013. I remember as a young boy in Deer Lake in the fifties and sixties, visiting a friend at Charlie Marsh, VO1VZ Bill is an Associate Member of RAC and his house and watching him checkin, in NL Section Bulletin Editor an ARRL Life Member. CW, to the Evening Net and Congratulations Bill! thinking to myself, one day I’m going to do that. DEADLINES FOR TCA I guess that, and March-April 2015: January 15 the fact my father was a Canadian May-June 2015: March 15 National Telegraph July-August 2015: May 15 (CNT) operator influenced me to September-October 2015: July 15 get in to the hobby in 1993. November-December 2015: September 15 5 AROUND THE CORNER... People, Places, News and Events on the Canadian Amateur Radio Scene Don Dashney, VE3JM and George Spencer, Acting Section Manager VE3AGS, Appointed to Hall of Fame Ontario North, South, GTA The Board of Trustees of the Canadian I am pleased to announce that Allan Boyd, Amateur Radio Hall of Fame is pleased to VE3AJB, has indicated his commitment appoint Don Dashney, VE3RM (SK) of to RAC by accepting the role of Acting L’Orignal, Ontario and George Spencer, Section Manager for Ontario North. VE3AGS (SK) of Jordan (St. Catherines), In addition, Allan will continue in his role Ontario to the Hall of Fame for 2014. as Chair of the Ontario Section Managers The families of the two appointees will Council and he will also serve, in an receive this posthumous award in early Acting role, as the Section Manager for 2015. A summary of their contributions to the Ontario South and the Ontario Amateur Radio will be published in an Greater Toronto Area (GTA) sections until NEW RAC MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGE upcoming issue of The Canadian Amateur such time as these positions are filled. RAC is pleased to announce that it has magazine. Both appointees are Silent You will recall that Allan was the Section recently reached a deal to provide RAC Keys. Manager for the Ontario section before members with a 10% discount on books The appointments are to recognize the creation of new sections in Ontario. purchased from the Radio Society of Amateurs for outstanding achievement Great Britain (RSBG). I want to thank Allan for his continuing and for sustained service to Amateur support of RAC. He has been a pillar of To take advantage of this discount go to Radio in Canada, or Amateur Radio at RAC for over a decade. http://www.rsgbshop.org/ and pick your large. The Board of Trustees consists of book and when filling out the checkout an Amateur Radio representative from Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW screens use the phrase “RACdiscount” in each province of Canada, appointed by Acting Chief Field Services Of ficer the field marked “Discount or Voucher”. the Directors of Radio Amateurs of Canada. Winnipeg RAC/ARES Emergency Your cost of the book (but not carriage) Coordinator VE4MBQ Receives will show a 10% discount. Ed Frazer, VE7EF RAC Membership Recognition Award Chair, Board of Trustees PRIVILÈGE POUR LES NOUVEAUX After over a decade of providing Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame MEMBRES DE RAC leadership during numerous floods and Radio Amateurs of Canada storm events in the Red River Valley, RAC est heureux d’annoncer qu’il a RAC Insurance Coverage Jeff Dovyak, VE4MBQ, received the récemment conclus une entente à l’effet RAC Membership Recognition Award. de faire avoir aux membres de RAC un For well over a decade the Radio escompte de 10 % sur l’achat de livres de Amateurs of Canada has been seeking Jeff was nominated by his peers from la Radio Society of Great Britain (RSBG). out insurance for af filiated Amateur Radio RAC/ARES Winnipeg due to his clubs. Many clubs view this service as dedicated service in providing leadership, Pour pro fiter de cet escompte, allez à one of the major bene fits that RAC especially during the annual Manitoba http://www.rsgbshop.org/ et choisissez obtains for its members. From time to flood season. votre livre, puis au moment de remplir le time RAC has gone to the market to find formulaire, pointez la phrase “Escompte Jeff provides leadership in working the best cost/bene fit for its members. RAC (RACdiscount)” dans le champs closely and effectively with such entities indiqué “Escompte (Discount) ou We are pleased to advise that through our as the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba Voucher”. Le prix de votre livre (mais non broker AON we have new a carrier Emergency Measures Organization, the le transport) indiquera un escompte (Intact Insurance) and that costs will not Prairie and Arctic Storm Warning Centre de 10% increase for 2015. Currently, insured and other provincial and municipal clubs have received renewal forms and agencies. will be invoiced upon receipt of the forms This recognition is by our of fice. overdue and Jeff has This program is primarily run by RAC indicated that he looks volunteers and RAC would like to thank forward to more decades Jerry, VE3EXT, for his expertise and hard providing service to work in working with our broker to get the Manitoba and its best deal for RAC clubs. communities. Glenn MacDonnell, VE3XRA In the photo Jeff is the RAC Vice-President handsome one on the right. Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW RAC President and Chair 6 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT / UN MESSAGE DU PRÉSIDENT WWeellccoommee ttoo 22001155.. WWee aarree nnooww BBiieennvveennuuee eenn 22001155.. NNoouuss ssoommmmeess mmaaiinntteennaanntt àà mmii‑‑cchheemmiinn ddee llaa midway through the second deuxième décade du 21ième siècle. decade of the 21st Century. Je pense au passé et je regarde vers l’avenir. La radio est I was thinking about the past and incontestablement une des nombreuses technologies que l’on pondering the future. Radio is rencontre souvent dont l’histoire s’étend depuis le 19ième jusqu’au arguably one of the most 21ième siècle. ubiquitous technologies with a history that stretches from the late Sur le plan de la technologie, sa contribution est virtuellement 19th to the 21st century. impossible à évaluer (je veux dire par là qu’elle n’est pas reconnue comme telle et prise pour acquise). La radio est d’abord un solide As a technology its contribution is Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW soutien pour d’autres technologies et non l’heureux instrument de 204-257-1414 virtually invisible (and by that I communication entre humains comme on le prévoyait au temps de [email protected] mean unrecognized and taken for Marconi et de Tesla. granted). It is a profound and pervasive enabler of other technologies and not “merely” a vehicle of inter‑human Je ré fléchissais à ce qui pourrait être perçu comme le meilleur communication as envisioned in Marconi’s and Tesla’s time. développement et la plus belle réalisation radio en 2014. Le fait que presque tout s’adresse à tout sans recourir à toutes ces I was pondering what would be perceived as the greatest connections filaires? Le fait qu’il est presque impossible dans une radio achievement or development of 2014. The fact that grande (et pas si grande) ville de ne pas recourir au sans fil, à almost everything talks to everything else without all those l’internet, au radar dans les voitures? (Le radar est utilisé pour la connecting wires? The fact that it is almost impossible in a radio détection et le tracé des déplacements, mais je sais que big (and not so big city) not to have wireless Internet? Car vous savez tout cela!). Un commentaire en aparté : Les Australiens radar? (Radar stands for radio detection and ranging but I avaient raison d’utiliser le terme “sans fils – wireless” comme dans know you knew that). A side comment: the Australians were right in continuing to use the phrase “wireless” as in “Wireless Institute of Australia”. Le terme était boiteux et suranné “Wireless Institute of Australia”. That phrase was clunky and au temps de ma jeunesse; maintenant il est excitant et dans le vent archaic when I was a kid and now is sexy and hip (or is “hip” (à moins que le mot excitant soit maintenant devenu boiteux et now clunky and archaic?). surannée?). What about the fact that we have seen the surface of a Que dire après avoir vu la surface d’une comète? Je pourrais comet? I would argue that the Rosetta/Philea mission avancer que la mission Rosetta – Philea a mis en évidence illustrated the value of radio and grabbed the public attention l’importance de la radio et ainsi capter l’attention du public (et pour (heck, for a brief shining moment it beat a naked Kardashian un bref moment éclipser une « Kim Kardashian » nue sur internet in hits on the Internet – maybe there is hope for the human – peut‑être y a‑t‑il de l’espoir pour l’espèce humaine après tout!). race after all!). Le vaisseau spatial Rosetta – Philea s’échappe de la gravité The Rosetta spacecraft and the Philea climbed successfully terrestre en mars 2004 et, dans le but de gagner assez de vitesse out of the Earth’s gravity in March 2004 and, in order to gain pour rejoindre une comète, doit exécuter des manœuvres de enough velocity to catch a comet, performed “slingshot” fronde à quatre reprise (la Terre en mars 2005; la planète Mars en maneuvers four times (Earth in March 2005; Mars in février 2007; la Terre en 2007 et de nouveau la Terre en 2009) et, February 2007; Earth in 2007 and Earth in November 2009) dans son vol bien calculé, éviter deux astéroïdes (Steins en and for good measure flew close passes to two asteroids octobre 2008, Lutetia en juillet 2010) avant de prendre la direction (Steins in October 2008, Lutetia in July 2010) before going de l’orbite de Jupiter, puis de cheminer vers le Soleil et réaliser son out almost all the way to Jupiter orbit and then falling rendez‑vous avec 67P, Churyumov‑Gerasimenko. sunward to rendezvous with 67P/Churyumov‑Gerasimenko. Rosetta se place alors en orbite autour de la comète et libère Then Rosetta went into orbit around the comet and released Philae. Hélas, Philae atterrit, après avoir effectué deux bonds dans Philae. Alas, Philae landed (after a couple of bounces) in the une aire ombragée où il devenait dif ficile aux cellules solaires de shade and its solar cells couldn’t charge its batteries but it recharger les batteries. Mais des photos et des données de la (she?) sent back photos and data from the surface of the surface de la comète avant que ne commence la période comet before going into hibernation. The comet is still falling hibernation sont envoyées vers la terre. La comète continue de se toward the sun and Philae may wake up and send more data in the spring. Good on ya, European Space Agency. diriger vers le soleil et Philae pourrait bien se réveiller le printemps prochain et envoyer plus de données. Bonne chance à l’Agence Now I know that you are ahead of me on where I am going. spatiale européenne. One of the absolutely necessary technologies for this mission is, of course, radio. All that chatting between and Maintenant, je sais que vous avez deviné où je m’en vais! Une des among Rosetta, Philae and Earth is by (gasp) radio. When technologies incontournables pour cette mission est, bien entendu, the subject of radio being an obsolete technology or an old la radio. Tout se bavardage entre Rosetta, Philae et la terre est man’s hobby comes up, I have a new talking point that is possible grâce à la radio. Quand on dit de la radio qu’elle est une sexier than talking about wireless speakers. Radio stretches technologie dépassée ou encore le hobby de personnes âgées, j’ai from Tesla to Rosetta and we Amateurs are proud parts of un nouvel argument plus excitant qu’une discussion à propos de that continuum. haut‑parleurs sans fil. La radio existe depuis Tesla jusqu’à Rosetta et nous amateurs sommes fiers de participer à cette pérennité. 7 NEW MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGE PRIVILÈGE POUR LES NOUVEAUX MEMBRES RAC is pleased to announce that it has recently reached a RAC est heureux d’annoncer qu’il a récemment conclus une deal to provide RAC members with a 10% discount on entente à l’effet de faire avoir aux membres de RAC un books purchased from the Radio Society of Great Britain escompte de 10 % sur l’achat de livres de la Radio Society (RSBG). To take advantage of this discount go to of Great Britain (RSBG). Pour profiter de cet escompte, http://www.rsgbshop.org/ and pick your book and when allez à http://www.rsgbshop.org/ et choisissez votre livre, filling out the checkout screens use the phrase puis au moment de remplir le formulaire, pointez la phrase “RACdiscount” in the field marked “Discount or Voucher”. “Escompte RAC (RACdiscount)” dans le champs indiqué Your cost of the book (but not carriage) will show a “Escompte (Discount) ou Voucher”. Le prix de votre livre (mais 10% discount. non le transport) indiquera un escompte de 10%. UPDATE ON PRESIDENT’S REPORT TO THE AGM MISE À NIVEAU DU RAPPORT DU PRÉSIDENT À L’AGM At the Annual General Meeting in Ancaster, Ontario in 2013, À l’Assemblée générale annuelle à Ancaster, Ontario, en 2013, I presented a report which contained 34 observations. j’ai présenté un rapport qui contenait 34 observations. De temps Occasionally, I review those observations to see if they are still en temps, je reviens sur ces observations pour voir si elles sont relevant (the complete President’s Report to the AGM can be encore pertinentes (le rapport complet du président à l’AGM found on page 5 of the November‑ December 2013 TCA and is peut être consulté à la page 5 du TCA de novembre – décembre available on our website at https://www.rac.ca/downloads/agm/ 2013. TCA est disponible sur le site web à https://www.rac.ca/ AGM2013_President_en.pdf). downloads/agm/AGM2013_President_en.pdf). Some of those observations were: Quelques unes de ces observations sont comme suit : 1) Outcomes in a volunteer organization are determined by the 1) Les réalisations d’une organisation bénévole sont time allocated by the volunteer and the skills of that volunteer. déterminées par le temps qu’un bénévole y alloue et sa compétence. 5) Members have the expectation of professional not amateur services from RAC and have no end of good ideas of what the 5) Les membres veulent des services professionnels, non des organization should do. services d’amateurs de la part de RAC et n’ont pas vraiment une bonne idée de ce que l’organisation devrait faire. 6) The usual suspects do all the work. 6) Les préposés habituels doivent accomplir tout le travail. 8) Volunteers can depart by giving you a one line email: “I am gone”. 8) Les bénévoles peuvent s’absenter en envoyant un courriel d’une ligne : “Je suis parti!”. 9) There will be someone that you can’t please no matter what you do. 9) Il y aura toujours quelqu’un à qui vous ne pourrez plaire, peut importe ce que vous ferrez. 31) People are happy to write you a memo about what they think is wrong but evaporate when the heavy lifting is required. 31) Les gens sont heureux de vous écrire pour vous dire ce qui ne va pas mais disparaissent quand arrive le temps de passer à 34) RAC is not a club; it is a national organization with a l’action. mandate to enhance Amateur Radio. Overall performance should be measured in whether spectrum is being enhanced 34) RAC n’est pas un club; c’est une organisation nationale dont and defended and whether Amateur Radio is growing or le mandat est de faire progresser le radioamateurisme. Le shrinking. rendement global doit être évalué selon que le spectre a été renforcé et défendu et que la radio amateur a progressé ou I was in management for about 25 years and I have learned only régressé. one thing about management since coming to RAC: a volunteer organization is not a professional organization and you have to Je suis dans l’administration depuis environ 25 ans et je n’ai modify your expectations accordingly. Everything takes longer appris qu’une chose à ce propos depuis que je travaille avec than you would like. Organization charts are the reverse of RAC : une organisation de bénévoles n’est pas une organisation organization charts in professional organizations – the person in de professionnels; vous devez revoir vos attentes en the lower box in the hierarchical organization chart of a voluntary conséquence. Tout prend plus de temps. Les organigrammes organization can delegate upward and the individual in the upper sont à l’opposé de ceux des organisations professionnelles – box cannot issue directions to the individual in the lower box. It une personne au bas de la pyramide d’une organisation de is the nature of the beast. (Bullet numbers 1, 6, 8 and 9). bénévoles peut commander à celle du sommet, et la personne au sommet ne peut exiger quoique ce soit de celle qui travaille à Hardly a new observation but I have noticed that the law of la base. Ainsi vogue le bateau! (Points 1, 6, 8 et 9). human nature has not been repealed. Every month I will get an email from someone suggesting a new activity or program for Une nouvelle et difficile observation m’a fait remarqué que la RAC and they will sometimes describe it as “easy” or “trivial”. nature humaine n’a pas changé. Chaque mois, je reçois un courriel de quelqu’un qui suggère une nouvelle activité ou It is amazing how easy things are when you don’t have to do it. programme pour RAC. Parfois il la ou le décrit comme facile et I will quote a certain Director who has been known to say simple. C’est surprenant comme les choses nous apparaissent “Someone has to do this – are you someone?” faciles quand on n’a pas à les réaliser! 8