#1 FEEDBACK
GREY-BRUCE-HURON RADIO CLUB NEWS
Editor Bill VE3EFX NOVEMBER 1973
Executive
President Jim Vamplew VE3CRV
Vice Pres. Dick Shave VE3BIS
Sec.Treas. Jack Avis VE3DTS
The first meeting of the club on Thursday October 18 in the Georgian College, Owen Sound, was attended by 14 hams 3 CBers and 1 ex ham. CRV, BIS, DTS were elected to office and plans for the installation of a 2m repeater in the area are underway. A weekly net on 3.783mcs was proposed and this will be on Sunday mornings at 9:30 A.M. When the repeater is in operation and club members are able to get on 2m the net may be switched to that mode.
As Radio Society of Ontario Delegate for this area I am most interested in getting the licenced amateurs in the club to join this organization. Current membership is around 1300 in Ontario and I note that of the amateurs attending the first club meeting only 8 were RSO members. The annual fee is $5 and if anyone has questions with regard to the RSO I will be happy to answer them at any time.
Club meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each month I plan to get the newsletter out by the second Thursday so if anyone has anything for "Feedback" it has to be in my hands two days before that day. For Sale, Want Ads, guest editorials, news and views are welcome.
The Thunder Bay Award is a worthwhile addition to the shack and is not too difficult to qualify for. Thunder Bay stations are on the air every night at 00.15 Z on 3.750mcs when the North West Ontario Net comes on.
Since the first Apollo space flights, the amateur station located at Cape Kennedy has put out special certificates for contacts made on the day an Apollo flight was launched. This practice has continued through the SKYLAB launches and if you haven't got in on this activity, there is a chance to qualify for the SKYLAB Crew 111 Award if you work WB4ICJ.on Sunday November 11TH. The station comes on the air after the launch vehicle lifts off and normally operates on 14.34Omcs. Usually when the going gets rough on the frequency they start to call stations by areas and on the previous SKYLAB launches I have made contact within an hour of the launch. So far my awards for the Skylab laboratory launch and the first crew launch have arrived
SPECIAL NOTICE: On the club net it was discussed and voted to change the name of the club to the "Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club". This decision took place after the first page of "Feed Back" had been printed so the original club name remains on this issue.
Included with this issue is a list of the people who attended the first club meeting and a copy of the information required by "JAN CRYBTALS" when ordering crystals for your 2metre gear.
It was decided that club membership fees would be $3 for full membership $1 for Associate membership and all Whitecaners, Pensioners and Students would pay $1 for full membership per annum.
Two swap nets currently operating on 80 metres are run by the London Amateur Radio Club on Sundays at noon on 3.750mcs. and one run by the Muskeg Swap Net on Mondays at 19:30 on 3.755mcs. These nets are well received in this area and carry a lot of gear for sale or swap.
The Bluewater Amateur Radio Club net meets on Tuesday at 7 P.M. on 3.745mcs Club meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month in Goderich. The Goderich repeater is on 146.43/147.03 with good coverage up this way.
Code practice for beginners is sent Monday through Thursday on 3.700mcs and 146.43mcs through the Goderich repeater at 8 P.M. till 8:10 P.M
THUNDER BAY AWARD
Requirements:
(1)- For VE/VO -
eight (8) different Thunder Bay stations must be worked, or heard for
SWL’s since January 1, 1970.
(2)- For all others -
five. (5) different Thunder Bay stations must be worked, or heard for SWL’s,
since January 1, 1970.
(3)- All contacts must be with different
stations.
(4)- Contacts may be on mixed modes or
bands.
(5)- No QSLs are required, only the full
log information on stations worked or heard.
(6)- Send one (1) dollar Canadian funds,
or ten (10) IRCs to:
LAKEHEAD AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
AWARDS C0MMITTEE
P.O. BOX 571
Station II
THUNDER BAY, Ontario.
NOTICE: Next club meeting will be held in the CIAG building computer room
at 2ND Ave.W and 9TH Street. Time 7:30 P.M. Thursday November 15. Coffee
and doughnuts will be available after the business has been conducted.
It is suggested that all members planning to attend club meetings should check Ontars at around 5:45 on the night of the meetings in case bad driving conditions make it necessary to cancel the meeting at the last minute. Once the repeater is in operation it will be handy for last minute weather checks around the area also information on road conditions meeting nights.
A revision of the Full membership qualifications and Associate membership at $1 for pensioners, students etc. will be discussed at the meeting as the situation is not too clear at this time.
The repeater antennas may be going on a privately owned tower 1 mile west of the Dept. of Highways tower at Woodford. Permission to use this location may be easier to obtain and the elevation of approximately 1250' would appear to be satisfactory.
Dick VE3BIS, in discussion with the repeater council was informed that channels 34/94, 31/91 and 25/85 are available for our repeater. The 2m operators at the meeting November 15 will be asked to decide which pair the repeater should be put.
Anyone wishing to buy 2m equipment should make their requirements known so that they can be kept informed of what becomes available. Dick VE3BIS has a line on some gear that may be available in Sault Ste. Marie. We hope to get two or three sets at a very good price for club members.
NOTICE: Recipients of this issue of "Feed Back" who do not join the club either as a Full or Associate member before the December issue will not be kept on the mailing list.
Bill Hardie
VE3EFX
Box 190 Tiverton
ATTENDANCE AT INAUGURAL MEETING OF
THE GREY-BRUCE-HURON RADIO CLUB
AT GEORGIAN COLLEGE OCTOBER 18 1973
VE3CRV Jim Vamplew 376-4951 Owen Sound
VE3BIS Dick Shave 797-2401 Southampton
VE3DTS Jack Avis 534-0151 Wiarton
VE3EFX Bill Hardie 368-7822 Tiverton
VE3DXO Dave Dixon 986-3082 Markdale
VE3FOT Harvey Smith 924-2188 Flesherton
VE3BFZ Bill Cowan 832-5702 Port Elgin
VE3FOT Bill Baker 353-5830 Paisley
VE3DQA Cy Weaver 364-2843 Hanover
VE3EEN Hans Dornbusch 832-5060 Port Elgin
VE3GVD Bob Pattison 524-7783 Goderich
VE3AIU Fred Bissit 524-7232 Goderich
VE3BSF Yern Bohlender 363-3027 Chesley
VE3DIQ Bill Dowkes FR6-1921 Owen Sound
XM5856 Mike Slack 371-1456 Owen Sound
XM5678 Peter Bowers 376-4917 Owen Sound
XM52720 Bill Cox 924-2954 Flesherton
John Machnacky 445-3093 Collingwood