About Us

 

           Our  Executives 2010 / 2011

President

Yvon Hachey

VE1VON

Vice President

Stephen  Conrad

VE9SC

Secretary

Jeff Steeves

VE9JJS

Treasurer

Bob Oke

VE1YM

Director

Jean-Guy Landry

VE9BUF

Director

Danny  King

VE9DDK

Past President

Ola Bourgeois

VE9OLA

        Our Members     
         
        Last update: 2010-06-08  

 

VE9GDE

Estey, Gerald

VE9GFD

Dewar, George

VE9GLB

Leblanc, Guy

VE9JJS

Steeves, Jeff

VE9JR

Robichaud, Eric

VE9JTH

Thebeau, Julie

VE9LEV

Levesque, Jean-Guy

VE9LOU

Porelle, Louis

VE9MCD

McDonald, Angus

VE9NCW

Winsor, Craig

VE9OLA

Bourgeois, Ola

VE9QED

Cochrane, David

VE9ROG

Albert, Roger

VE9RWS

Sullivan, Rick

VE9SC

Conrad, Stephen

VE9SF

Frost, Steve       

VE9SMA

MacIntosh, Steve

VE9WT

Cameron, Bob

VE1AFH

Hannon, Jim

VE1AJF

Skiffington, Gord   

VE1AWJ

Landry, Laurie

VE1CKW

Bourque, Leonard

VE1CY

Courcy, Don

VE1GIS

Leblanc, Misha

VE1RV

Belliveau, Roger

VE1VON

Hachey, Yvon

VE1XL

Steeves, Dick

VE1YM

Oke, Robert

VE1ZE

Richard, Bernard

VE1ZX

Ross, Brad         

VE9AAI

Delhoughery, Jeff

VE9BGC

Cormier, Bernie

VE9BUF

Landry, Jean-Guy

VE9CAM

Leblanc, Cam       

VE9DDK

King, Danny

VE9FP

Porelle, Francis

OBJECTIVES

1. To promote friendship and goodwill among its members.

2. To promote a spirit of cooperation between amateur radio, long-, medium-, and short- wave listening and VHF/UHF listening enthusiasts for the betterment of all.

3. To establish an association that will sponsor meetings of a technical and/or social nature for its members.

4. To endeavors to maintain strong ties and an atmosphere of cooperation with other radio clubs or associations, be they national, provincial, or local and, although not mandatory, we highly recommend that our members maintain membership in these other radio clubs or associations.

5. To promote the operating proficiency and technical excellence of its members.

6. To be prepared to assist our community with Emergency Communications as needed in times of crisis.

7. To promote education in the field of Amateur Radio.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. Mobile Communication Vehicle – Tri-County Amateur Radio Club acquired an older van and refurbished it, then installed many types of radio equipment such as HF, VHF, transceivers and a packet station. After a couple of years of achieving our goal of building such a vehicle and using it at some community events, the cost of insurance and maintenance became too high for our small club and it was sold to allow Tri-County Amateur Radio Club to venture into other activities.

2. Red Cross emergency communications – Some of our members are also members of the Moncton Red Cross “Disaster Response Team” and operate their emergency radio equipment as needed.

3. Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue Group emergency communications and call-outs – For many years some our members operated Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue’s radio communications and administered their “call-out” system.

4. New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) exercises and activities – Our members have always been a part of any EMO exercises in our area, and are prepared to assist the EMO with emergency communications whenever called upon.

5. “Field Day” exercises –Our club members participate each year in the annual international Field Day exercises, in conjunction with other Amateur Radio Clubs, by operating a radio station. This helps to keep our members ready for future emergencies, and trains new members in the art of radio communications.

6. Club Amateur radio station – We built and maintained a club Amateur Radio station, when we had a Club House, consisting of HF, VHF, and UHF, plus a packet station, from which we were able to make contacts to many other stations in all parts of the world.

7. “Work Bench” Saturdays – When we had a club house, our Work Bench was quite active as a regular “teaching aid” for our members and new Amateurs alike as they continued their electronics education. Most Saturday mornings would see a large gathering of Amateurs listening, watching and participating as some of the “Old Timers” – VE1AJF, VE9SF, VE1BJM, and VE9TAG, to name a few – would guide the members through a repair job, modification, or building project.

8. Basic and Advanced Amateur Radio Operator courses – The club conducted many Amateur Radio Operator qualifying courses and then our Industry Canada-certified “Delegated Examiners” tested the participants on their proficiency in both Basic and Advanced exams. Those who passed were given the appropriate qualifying certificate by Industry Canada.

9. Community event radio communications – Operators from Tri-County Amateur Radio Club and Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club assisted the Codiac RCMP with emergency communications and patrols during many community events. Some of these events are the annual Halloween “Pumpkin Patrol”, and the Santa Clause Parade, the M.S. Run, plus many other events.

10. Continuing education in emergency radio operators procedures – Members have attended some of the courses offered by the NS EMO group in Amherst, NS, and have passed on the information that they learned to other club members, the Red Cross (Moncton Branch - Communication Section), and Tri-County Ground Search and Rescue (Communication Section).

11. Amateur Radio Repeaters – Members have rebuilt and relocated the VE9TCR (Moncton) VHF repeater, built and installed the VE9TCF (Fundy National Park) VHF repeater with a UHF link to VE9TCR (Moncton), rebuilt the VE9SHM (Moncton) UHF repeater, installed an IRLP node on the VE9TCR repeater, and also installed an APRS node in Moncton.

Since it’s beginning, Tri-County Amateur Radio Club Inc. has never lost sight of its principle interests of helping our community in times of need and to pass on our knowledge of the technical side of Amateur Radio. We are always eager to assist any person who is interested in gaining an Amateur Radio Operator’s license and to aid those operators who wish to further their education in this field so that we can all “have fun and enjoy our hobby”.

 HISTORY Tri-County Amateur Radio Club Inc.

SIGNIFICANT DATES: Formed – Summer of 1992 Incorporated – 29 April 1994

CHARTER and or FOUNDING MEMBERS (Members who joined before 30 October 1993)

Gordon Skiffington – VE1AJF President

Camille LeBlanc – VE9CAM Secretary/Treasurer

Steve Frost – VE9SF

Steve Mallory – VE9SHM

Gilles Gaudet – VE9NW

Chris Steeves – VE9CS

Brian Maillet – VE1BJM

Pat Robichaud – VE1JPR

Stephen Conrad – VE9SC

Mike Sallows – VE9MK

Presidents;

1993/94 Gord. Skiffington VE1AJF

1994/95 Steve Frost VE9SF

1996/97 Glen McClusky VE9KY

1997/98 Angus McDonald VE9MCD

1998/99 Gord Skiffington VE1AJF

1999/00 Mike Embery VE1MY

2000/01 Rob Murray VE1JT

2001/03 Dave Hoare VE9FQJ

2003/04 Yvon Hachey VE1VON

2004/06 Donald Courcy VE1CY

2007/08 Bruce Clark VE9YM

2008/09 Steve Macintosh VE9SMA

Executives

94/95

Pres VE9SF

V/Pres VE9MCD

96/97

Pres. VE9KY

V/P VE1MY

Treas. VE9ATQ

Sec. VE1AJF

Dir VE9CAM – VE9LRM – VE9SF(Past Pres)

97/98

Pres. VE9MCD

V/P VE1MY

Sec. VE9OLA

Treas. VE9KY

Dir. VE9GFD VE9SF VE9CAM

95/96

Pres.

V/P

Treas. VE9NA

1999/2000

Pres VE1MY

V/P VE1JT

Treas. VE1YM

Sect. VE9SF

Dir. VE9RED, VE9MTB

P/Pres. VE1AJF

98/99

Pres. VE1AJF

V/P VE1JT

Treas. VE1AWJ

Sec. VE1JUS

2000/01

Pres. VE1JT

Treas VE1YM

2001/03

Pres. VE9FQJ

V/P VE1VON

Treas VE9JR

Secty. VE9GHW

Director VE1YM VE9OLA VE9DUF

03/04

Pres. VE1VON

V/P

Treas VE9JR

Secty. Valerie Russell

Directors VE1YM VE9SF VE9LRM

04/05

Pres.

V/P VE9EWR

Treas. VE9JR

Secty. VE9JLG

Directors VE9LRM VE9CS VE1YM