Newsletter of the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Rambler Incorporated

Oct 2017 Edition 55 Page: 1 Celebrating our 60th Anniversary Season of Continuous Service to Ottawa President's Ramblings In celebration for this anniversary INSIDE season of the Club, we are having ow! The Club is away OVMRC promotional mugs made and running for another President’s Ramblings...... 1,3 up as well as custom shirts season. We’ve signed VE3MPC Changes ...... 3 W OVMRC members can order. The up over 40 candidates for the Contest Calendar...... 4 shirt will have your name and call Course. Our Restaurant Gatherings...... 4 sign embroidered as well as the candidates’ interest in amateur OVMRC logo. We hope to have a Cross Canada C4FM Weekly Net...... 4 radio include communications for sample of the shirt along with OVMRC Repeater Nets...... 4 sailing on the high seas, a Pilot pricing info at our October meeting. 2 Metre Nets...... 4 wanting to do APRS from his OVMRC HF Nets...... 4 plane, IT Professionals, Engineers This year the Carp Fleamarket and Letter to ISED Canada...... 5-6 and Technologists wanting to was bigger and better than OVMRC Net Activity Report...... 7 explore the world of Software ever before and a great success. Meeting Minutes...... 8-10 Defined Radio , several Credit is due to the team of OARC Membership Form...... 11 folks interested in “preparedness” folks that made it happen helped of and having amateur radio as a fall course by several OVMRC back if and when traditional members. We (the OVMRC) had a communications fail; others are promotion table with our old Meeting Dates interested in “home brewing”; VE3TWO equipment for sale. others want communications Unfortunately, there were no takers. th support for their Search and Rescue We did however sign up a few Club Wednesday, Oct 18 and public service activities; while memberships. The actual 7:30 P.M. others just want to learn something fleamarket was followed by the General Meeting new and interesting. As usual, our Radio Amateurs of Canada Annual candidates this year span ages from General Meeting. Besides the Aviation Museum Avro Arrow Class Room their 20’s to 60’s with some just requisite RAC business of retired while others about to enter approving the budget, there were Speaker: Brian Grifin, VA3BGO their working careers. two wonderful presentations at the Topic: Vintage Radios meeting, one to do with the C3 A reminder to all, this is the Club’s th Expedition WSPR project Wednesday, Nov 15 60th Anniversary Season from its by Barrie Crampton, VE3BSB and 7:30 P.M. founding in 1957-58. To see what the other by Ron McFadyen, now General Meeting the Club was all about back then, I VE3YXY of Stittsville but recently invite folks to visit the Club’s Web retired from a CBC broadcasting Aviation Museum Avro Arrow Class Room site and look at some of the early career in Whitehorse, Yukon. Ron’s issues of the newsletter bulletin talk was all about the Yukon Speaker: Marc Bélanger, VE3BOE archived at: Amateur Radio Association and Topic: Design and Construction ovmrc.on.ca/newsletter/back- their Territory wide linked repeater of his Tilt-Over Tower issues/1950s/ network (Continued on page 3) Page: 2 Oct 2017 OVMRC Executive and Officers OVMRC Life Members Sponsors 2017-2018 The OVMRC acknowledges the fol- Ernie Jury, VE3EJJ President:: Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC lowing organizations for their support Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG [email protected] of our activities: Ralph Cameron, VE3BBM Vice-President: Barry Allison,VE3NA • KENWOOD ELECTRONICS Doug Carswell, VE3ATY [email protected] CANADA INC., Doreen Morgan, VE3CGO Treasurer: Nicole Boivin, VE3GIQ Mississauga, ON [email protected], • METAL PROS, Secretary: Frank Fullum, VE2KOI “The Small Quantity Metal Shop” OVMRC Repeater [email protected] Ottawa, ON VE3TWO Web site: www.metalpros.com 147.300 Mhz (+) 100 Hz tone Standing Committee FM & Yaesu System Fusion Digital Chairpersons RADIOWORLD TORONTO Operation Web site: www.radioworld.ca Amateur Radio Training & Accredited Examiner: OVMRC Call Signs Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC Visit the OVMRC Store VE3JW [email protected] at Membership: VE3RAM http://www.cafepress.ca/ovmrc Tom Mercer, VE3LJS [email protected] The Rambler is the official newsletter of the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club Incorpo- Radio Operations: rated and is published 10 times a year Ken Evans, VE3EKN (monthly, except for July and August). [email protected], Opinions expressed in the Rambler are Newsletter Editor: those of the authors and not necessarily Ottawa Valley Mobile those of the OVMRC, its officers or its mem- Robert Cherry, VA3AOD Radio Club, Incorporated bers. Permission is granted to republish the [email protected] contents in whole or in part, providing the PO Box 41145 Newsletter Production: source is acknowledged. Commercial use of Ottawa, ON K1G 5K9 the contents is expressly prohibited. Bill Hall, VA3WMH [email protected] www.ovmrc.on.ca Submit articles to the editor or by e-mail to: Webmaster: Robert Cherry, VA3AOD Darin Cowan, VE3OIJ [email protected] [email protected] Repeater Trustee: Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC [email protected] OVMRC Affiliations Events Chair: John McGowan, VA3JYK [email protected] Oct 2017 Page: 3 (Continued from page 1) with For December, there will be not a ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt- which he was heavily involved and regular meeting; instead, on gst.nsf/eng/h_sf11244.html promoted. I plan on having Ron Wednesday, December 20th, give a presentation at the OVMRC So that’s about it for my Ramblings reservations have been made for an for this month. sometime in the new year. OVMRC Christmas dinner Our September meeting featured gathering at KS on the Keys See you all at the October meeting restaurant. John, VA3JYK is Barry Allison, VE3NA giving a de Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC organizing this event and circulated video presentation on the preparing [email protected] of the “kits” for last year’s “J-Pole” a signup sheet last meeting; if you antenna club project. His video plan on attending, please let John production included Peter Carss, know as soon as possible. VE3XEM die threading the rods In the September Rambler, I wrote VE3MPC Changes with his metal lathe. Barry showed an article about the Public This Repeater now requires a his techniques for accurate drilling Consultation to do with the 100 Hz CTCSS tone to access. of the angle bracket. It “Proposed Revisions to the demonstrated that the preparation of Canadian Table of Frequency A couple of weeks ago, repeater 35 kits for sale to Club members Allocations (CTFA)”. On behalf of VE3MPC in Orleans had the was no trivial affair. Bravo Barry! the Club, I prepared a letter of CTCSS encoder/decoder switched- on with a 100 Hz tone to counter th response to send to the Department For our October 18 meeting we commenting on changes proposed interference from and by users of have invited Brian Griffin, affecting the Amateur Service. repeater W2UXC in Plattsburg, NY VA3BGO to give a talk about his Following the reading the letter at that shares the same frequency passion for old time radios. Brian the September meeting, a motion channel. The Plattsburg repeater is a member of the Ottawa Vintage and approval by the OVMRC uses a tone of 123 Hz. It will now Radio Club which is an association membership was obtained to send be necessary to program in a 100 of collectors and historians of this correspondence; this was done yesteryear radio and broadcasting. Hz CTCSS tone for VE3MPC to the following day and I’ve included access the repeater. Your radio Many members have collections of a copy in this issue of the Rambler. vintage radio sets and associated should also include Tone Squelch Our letter mainly focuses on an (TSQL) setting so it only un-mutes books, magazines and artifacts. It issue with regard to the limits on should be interesting what Brian on VE3MPC and is not open to co- radiated power to be allowed on the channel interference and intermod. has to tell about the Vintage Radio new 60 metre, 15 kHz wide, Club and his passion for old time amateur allocation. I might add, radio. through Radio Amateurs of Canada For the November meeting, we membership on the Radio Advisory have Marc VE3BOE lined up to Board of Canada, the RABC will give us a presentation about his also be responding to the tower construction project. We Department as will RAC directly, have been following with great and likely, both will voice similar interest over the last few months, commentary about the new the progress of Marc’s design and proposed 60 metre amateur construction of his 56 foot fold- allocation. Following the over self supporting tower. Marc’s consultation period at the end of tower will have several beam October, the Department should antennas on top and will be cable post all responses on their web page winched from horizontal to vertical for all to see and read. It will be position for easy access to the interesting to see what other antennas for maintenance and amateur radio clubs and adjustment if needed. organizations respond to this consultation by ISED. When posted, these should appear at: Page: 4 Oct 2017 Contest Calendar OVMRC Repeater VE3TWO : For all contest information goto: hornucopia.com/contestcal/ 147.300 MHz +600 kHz, 100 Hz Tone and Yaesu C4FM Digital Voice Oct 28-29 — CQ WW DX Contest, SSB, cq-amateur-radio.com/ VE3TWO Scheduled Nets: Nov 4-5 — ARRL Earth-Moon-Earth Contest, arrl.org/eme-contest • Wednesday Evenings, 9 PM, Across Canada Net, Nov 4-6 — ARRL Sweepstakes Contest CW, C4FM Digital Voice facilitated by Denis, VE3BF. cq-amateur-radio.com/ • Thursday Evenings, 8 PM, Club Net on FM conducted by Ken, VE3EKN. Informal Amateur Radio • Sunday Evenings, 8 PM, Ottawa C4FM Digital Restaurant Gatherings Voice Round Table Net. (All are welcome) • QCWA Chapter 70 breakfast gathering every Tuesday morning at 7:30 to 10 am, Summerhays Other Local 2 Metre Repeater Grill, 1972 Baseline Rd., Nepean Nets: (all check-ins welcome) • Orleans Coffee gathering every Friday morning • Rubber Boot Net, VE3MPC 147.150 +, work day at 9 AM, McDonalds, 2643 St. Joseph Blvd, Orleans mornings at 7:30 AM conducted by Mike, VA3TJP

• QRP Group Dinner meeting, 2nd Wednesday • Phoenix Net, VE3MPC 147.150 +(now with every month, 5 PM, Newport Restaurant, 322 100Hz tone), Tuesday evenings at 8 PM conducted by Churchill Ave N., Ottawa Pete, VE3XEM • Phoenix Net monthly Breakfast gathering, usually • QCWA Chapter 70 Net, VE3MPC 147.150 + the second Saturday every month at 9 AM, T-Basil (now with 100Hz tone), Monday evening at 7:30 pm Restaurant, 2440 St Joseph Blvd, Orleans. (get on conducted by John, VE3ZOV Pete VE3XEM’s mailing list for monthly reminder) • Capital City FM Net, VE2CRA 146.940 Mhz, – (100 Hz tone), Monday evenings at 8 PM • Champlain Mini Net, VE3STP 147.060 – (114.8 Hz tone), every evening at 6:45 PM

OVMRC HF Nets • Pot Hole SSB Net, 3760 kHz, every Sunday morning at 10 AM conducted by Ernie VE3EJJ or Glenn VE3XRA • Pot Lid Slow Speed CW Net, 3620 kHz, every Sunday morning at 11 AM conducted by Roger VE3XRR Oct 2017 Page: 5 Page: 6 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 Page: 7 Page: 8 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 Page: 9 Page: 10 Oct 2017

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