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OAKVILLE A.R.E.S. GROUP Newsletter
SEPTEMBER, 2007
SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST
Plans are now under way for our groups annual Simulated Emergency Test, (SET).
The September meeting will have some information on this, but of course
not all details will be released until the actual day of the test.
Please try and attend this meeting if you are intending on participating in the SET.
PACKET UPDATE
As reported last newsletter the Oakville KA-Node has been finished and
operating out of VE3OGP's QTH
awaiting final installation at the repeater site. It has a PBBS and will
also operate as a digipeater. The Oakville LAN will operate on a frequency
of 145.750 MHz.
The regional KA-Node,VE3HAL-7, is now operational from the same location,
pending finding a permanent location. These nodes will operate until
full function nodes can be built and coordinated into a full packet system.
***REMINDERS***
NEXT MEETING IS SUNDAY SEPT. 9, 2007, 1-4 p.m.
Red Cross, Oakville
OCT. 13, 2007
Hamilton ARC Hamfest 2007
http://www.hwcn.org/link/radio/
OCT. 27, 2007
York Region ARC Hamfest
www.yrarc.on.ca
SUPPORT YOUR A.R.E.S. GROUP, YOUR CLUB and the RAC.
PARTICIPATE!
"Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind." F. Scott Fitzgerald
George, VE3OGP, editor
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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ARES NEWSLETTER August 2007 07-31-2007 09:21PM
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OAKVILLE A.R.E.S. GROUP Newsletter
Communication between two parties only happens when the message is
Sent, Received, Understood and Acknowledged. Everything else is
just noise.
AUGUST, 2007
FIELD DAY
The final point tally that was sent to ARRL came to 4988. These break down to 4138 contact points and 850 in bonus points. There were 805 CW contacts and 459 Phone contacts. Congratulations to all.
PACKET UPDATE
The Oakville KA-Node has been finished and operating out of VE3OGP's QTH awaiting final installation at the repeater site. It has a PBBS and will also operate as a digipeater. The Oakville LAN will operate on a frequency of 145.750 MHz.
Future plans include installing a KA-Node on the same frequency in the Milton area. These nodes will operate until full function nodes can be built and coordinated into a full packet system.
ON THE WEB
W2IK has a series of web pages related to A.R.E.S., including his stories about the World Trade Center. There are some practical projects and ideas worth looking into. http://hometown.aol.com/alonestaryank/webpages.html
If you have any sites that you think might be of interest to other members just send me the link and I will put it in the newsletter.
INDUSTRY CANADA
Industry Canada has introduced new regulations regarding 'Radio Communications and Broadcasting Antenna Systems' (CPC-2-0-03 June 2007). These new regulations effect the Amateur Radio Service and are a MUST READ for all amateur radio operators. The official document release can be found online by visiting the Industry Canada Website.
A.R.E.S. MEETING
The following items were discussed at the July 28, 2007 meeting
Rick, VA3NV, started the meeting talking about Field Day and confirming the names of those who attended the event. He will include this information in his report to R.A.C. field services. Rick also mentioned a change in how R.A.C. will be providing A.R.E.S. I.D.'s. This story was mention in the latest TCA.
Next item was a quick report on the Halton radio group meeting. Of interest was the appointment of Mr. Nick Buczynsky as the Regions Community Emergency Management Coordinator.
The topic of the annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET) was the third item. The Oakville A.R.E.S. group will be running our own, sometime in the fall. Certain goals will be required to be met, including passing messages via packet. The actual scenario and theater of operations for the SET has yet to be determined.
George, VE3OGP, reported that the KA-node for Oakville was ready to be installed at the repeater site. There was some discussion about future work on the packet system.
To end the meeting, future Public Service Events were discussed. At this time there is the possibility of a Half Marathon in Oakville on the Labor Day weekend and providing help during Hell night in October. More info on these and others as it becomes available.
***REMINDERS***
NEXT MEETING IS SUNDAY SEPT. 9, 2007, 1-4 p.m. Red Cross, Oakville
SUPPORT YOUR A.R.E.S. GROUP, YOUR CLUB and the RAC. PARTICIPATE!
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." JAPANESE PROVERB
George, VE3OGP, editor
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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| ARES NEWSLETTER JULY 2007 06-28-2007 08:15PM |
OAKVILLE A.R.E.S. GROUP Newsletter
JULY, 2007
FIELD DAY
Field Day has come and gone and I must say it was a success. While we haven't got all the numbers tallied, I think we did quite well. There were a total of 15 participants, of which, 9 were members of the A.R.E.S. group. The site also had 3 visitors.
A big thanks to all.
I would also like to thank Mike Cauterman (VE3QSK), Greg Foster (VA3GGF), Harry Kosterman (VA3EC), and Derek Latremouille (VE3DDL). These individuals provided their station equipment for the event.
Set up went well, with the site providing us with a few challenges to keep it interesting. The weather was clear all weekend and the band propagation seemed to cooperate. I hope to get some pictures posted on the O.A.R.C. web site later on.
ON THE WEB
An interesting site to hit is the www.hard-core-dx.com
I found the section on grounding very good. Check it out. ( /nordicdx/antenna/ground )
If you have any sites that you think might be of interest to other members just send me the link and I will put in the newsletter.
***REMINDERS***
NEXT MEETING IS SUNDAY JULY 29, 2007, 1-4 p.m.
33rd ONTARIO HAMFEST JULY 7, 2007 MILTON, ONTARIO www.barc.ca
SUPPORT YOUR A.R.E.S. GROUP, YOUR CLUB and the RAC. PARTICIPATE!
"Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words" - T.S. MATTHEWS
George, VE3OGP, editor
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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| ARES NEWSLETTER JUNE 2007 05-28-2007 08:15PM |
OAKVILLE A.R.E.S. GROUP Newsletter
JUNE, 2007
A.R.E.S. MEETING REPORT
NETS
A.R.E.S. Members and other interested operators are reminded of the formal net onMondays at 8:00 p.m.
If the regularly scheduled NCS has not opened the net by 5 minutesafter the regular start time any other operator on frequency should assume the NCS status and begin running the net for the duration.
The National organization is asking that all local A.R.E.S. groups try to have a H.F. Net Representative who would check in at least once a week,(more if possible ), to the Ontario Phone Net on 80 Mts.
The net runs 365 days a year on or around 3.7425 Mhz. Check in time would be around 7:15 local.
Any one interested should contact Rick, VA3NV, E.C. at radio62a@hotmail.com.
CANWARN
A discussion was held concerning CANWARN in the Oakville area.
Rick gave a brief history of the weather reporting group and asked if the Oakville A.R.E.S. members were interested in reestablishing and participating in CANWARN, noting that many members of A.R.E.S. already have taken the training.
More info on CANWARN can be found at these web sites:
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/canwarn/home-e.html and
http://emoares.org/canwarn.shtml
RED CROSS BUILDING
The new Red Cross building poses some challenges for our A.R.E.S. group, so members attending the meeting discussed some ideas related to setting up a station during an emergency.
Topics included antenna placement, power concerns, instructions and storage of equipment.
Some excellent ideas were suggested which will be followed up at later meetings.
OTHER UPDATES
Members attending this meeting were asked to fill out new A.R.E.S. information sheets so that the groups resource info may be kept up to date.
The I.D. badges were not given out at this time but hopefully will be available at our next meeting.
The old O.A.R.C. packet TNC was delivered to VE3OGP and hopefully a digi/KA-Node will be set up soon at the repeater site.
This will serve the Oakville L.A.N. until a proper node system can be built and integrated into a Halton L.A.N.
A sample Powerpole connector was passed around the room so members could see how this system goes together.
We are still trying to find a supplier that will give a discount on a bulk purchase of these connectors.
HANDOUTS
The following Handouts were made available at the meeting:
Guidelines for the Amateur Modified “Go Kits”
EMCOMM EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST and
NVIS: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
FIELD DAY
Field Day is at the end of this month, June 23 and 24, 2007.
Operators are needed, as this is a 24-hr. event.
Please contact the Field Day Coordinator, VE3OGP, if you are interested in participating.
This year it will be held at the Halton Region Building on Bronte Rd., just north of the QEW.
We have the upper north parking lot, right beside the golf course, set aside for us.
***REMINDERS***
NEXT MEETING IS SUNDAY JULY 29, 2007, 1-4 p.m.
CENTRAL ONTARIO HAMFEST JUNE 9, 2007 FERGUS, ONTARIO
www.hamfest.on.ca
33rd ONTARIO HAMFEST JULY 7, 2007 MILTON, ONTARIO
www.barc.ca
"If I can't understand what you are sending we ain't communicating..."
Gunny Cotton's Rules of Radio Communication.
George, VE3OGP, editor
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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| ARES NEWSLETTER MAY 2007 04-29-2007 06:15PM |
OAKVILLE A.R.E.S. GROUP Newsletter
Communication between two parties only happens when the message is
Sent, Received, Understood and Acknowledged. Everything else is
just noise.
MAY, 2007
Hopefully spring has finally sprung and for most of us Hams our attention turns to
the outdoors and, in particular, to the sky above and ANTENNAS! That being said,
I got an e-mail from Mike,VE3QSK, about his adventures in planning an H.F. antenna
for his marine mobile. Included was link for a site that had everything you would want
or need to know on how to install a mobile radio in your car. Topics include grounding,
wiring power, noise problems, antennas, coax , safety, etc. One page has pictures of other
hams installations and ideas. Well worth the browse, www.k0bg.com/
POWERPOLE UPDATE
The technical specs and assembly instructions are now up on the O.A.R.C. web page. It has
been suggested that if enough of the A.R.E.S. members want to get these connectors that
perhaps a bulk purchase might be arranged. This will be discussed at our May meeting.
http://www.oakvilleamateurs.net/ARES.html
Previous newsletters are also posted on the site now.
NET
A.R.E.S. members are reminded about the new time of 8:00 p.m. for the Monday night
A.R.E.S. net. Rick, VA3NV, E.C., also asks for members to volunteer as net controllers.
ARE YOU PREPARED?
The week of May 6 to May 12, 2007 is Safety Week in Canada. Both the Federal
and Provincial governments have web sites related to this topic emphasizing
Family preparations for a 72 hr. emergency. Check out both sites at
www.getprepared.ca/
or
www.epweek.ca/index_e.asp
REMINDERS
*Next A.R.E.S. Meeting is Sunday May 20, 2007. Located at the Oakville
Red Cross, 1400 Cornwall Rd., Unit 15., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.*
**Dayton “3 Days in May”, May 18. 19. and 20.**
***Field Day June 23 and 24, 2007***
“Noise is any sound signal which interferes. Noise is the destroyer of things we want to hear.” -R. Murray Schafer
George, VE3OGP, editor
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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| ARES NEWSLETTER APRIL 2007 04-10-2007 06:30PM |
Hello,
Welcome to our 2nd issue of our newsletter. I hope that the information provided helps all our A.R.E.S. Members.
OAKVILLE A.R.E.S. GROUP NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2007
In the recent March/April TCA, Public Service/ARES Section, Bob Cooke,
VE3BDB, called for A.R.E.S. members to start taking photos of their participation
in A.R.E.S. activities.
What a great idea! If you don't have a camera phone then
maybe the last piece of equipment to go in the mobile should be your old camera.
Aside from the P.R. side of it, in a real emergency, accident or disaster those photo
shots may provide follow up investigators with that tiny bit of evidence they need in
their review.
Never underestimate the amount of information that the pros can get
from a simple shot. Who knows…you might get to be famous!
A.R.E.S. MEETING REPORT
A.R.E.S. Net
For years the Oakville A.R.E.S. Group has been operating an informal Net on Mondays at
7:00 p.m. At our meeting on March 18, 2007 it was suggested to move the time to 8:00
p.m., giving people more time to get home etc. Also the format of the Net will be changed to
a more formal mode to enhance the groups training and Rick, VA3NV, requested members
to takes turns running the Net on a scheduled basis.
This is an excellent training opportunity for A.R.E.S. Members and can been done from the comfort of your home QTH.
Contact Rick at radio62@cogeco.ca for more info and to schedule a time.
COURSES
Continuing on the topic of training possibilities our E.C. announced that in the near future
the Oakville A.R.E.S. Group will once again offer the Basic and Intermediate A.R.E.S.
Training Courses. Some revisions are required and when done the dates will be announced.
A.R.E.S. I.D.'s
Halton Region is currently in the process of updating all of their I.D. cards, including those
volunteer radio cards issued to A.R.E.S. Members. This prompted a discussion at the
meeting as to what type of I.D.'s our group should be carrying. It was decided to go with the
RAC/A.R.E.S. Photo cards and the new Halton Region cards, ( when they are available ).
Next meeting we hope to issue the cards to those who need them. The A.R.E.S. info sheets
will also be updated at that time , so please plan on attending the May meeting.
RED CROSS
With the March meeting being held in the new location of the Oakville Red Cross,
it gave the attendees the opportunity to see the limitations of the facilities from a radio
operator's point of view. No permanent station can be set up and antennas can not be
mounted on the building. Space is very limited, so all equipment will have to be stored until
required. There is no provision for back up power generation on site at this time.
The group discussed various solutions and ideas for some of the problems. More on this as it
develops.
POWERPOLE CONNECTORS
The group discussed standardizing the 12-volt D.C. power connectors. The use of the higher
current capable Anderson Powerpole 15/45 system was presented and after some
discussion it was decided that we adopt this type of connector. A technical specification will
be drafted giving the part numbers, assembly instructions and alternate sources.
Other A.R.E.S. groups have done something similar.
***REMINDERS***
NEXT MEETING IS SUNDAY MAY 20, 2007, 1 -4 p.m.
OAKVILLE RED CROSS
HAM-EX 2007 FLEAMARKET SAT. MARCH 31, 2007, 9a.m.- 1p.m.
BRAMPTOM FALL FAIRGROUNDS
www.ham-ex.ca
CENTRAL ONTARIO HAMFEST JUNE 9, 2007
FURGUS, ONTARIO
www.hamfest.on.ca
33rd ONTARIO HAMFEST JULY 7, 2007 MILTON, ONTARIO
www.barc.ca
SUPPORT THE RAC AND THE OAKVILLE A.R.C.
JOIN TO-DAY
"Communications without intelligence is noise, intelligence without communications is irrelevant"
-- General Alfred M. Gray, USMC
George, VE3OGP, editor
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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| HELL NIGHT AND HALLOWE'EN - 2006 10-30-2006 09:00PM
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Hello,
NCS will operate from the Region of Halton Emergency Operations Centre on Bronte Road in Oakville. The EOC station should be on the air about 6:45 pm. both evenings. VE3OAK UHF repeater - 444.325 MHz. - will be the main frequency for ARES and amateur radio operators. The OAK VHF repeater - 147.015 MHz. - will also be monitored for those who don't have 70 cm. radio capabilities.
Oakville REACT personnel should operate on their normal VHF commercial frequency. The REACT control station will also operate from the Region of Halton EOC.
When you first come on the air, check in with your control station for you patrol area assignment.
A few notes regarding Hallowe'en and Hell night operations:
1) Check in with the NCS every 20 minutes or so and advise them of your status.
2) Do not place yourself in dangerous situations. Stay in your car; do not drive into an area that you have to back out of.
3) Report any suspicious activities that you observe. Keep your eyes open for groups of teenagers who act suspiciously.
4) Keep an eye on churches, schools, graveyards, malls and other targets in your patrol area.
5) If you need to step out of your vehicle for coffee, or for other reasons, advise your control
station of your location and how long you expect to be off the air. Once back in your vehicle, advise your NCS so that they know you are safe and back on the air.
Remember; even though things may seem slow at times, we are providing a valuable service to the Halton Police Service and our communities.
Thanks again for your assistance.
Rick Harrison, VA3NV
Emergency Coordinator
Oakville ARES - Oakville ARC
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