News and Events


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TCARC Ham Basic Course 2010.

Start date January 16th, 2010
See training area for more details.

Please Contact VE9MCD or VE1VON

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Club Upcoming Events

February ->
Club Speaker Gord Skiffington VE1AJF
March ->
Club speaker Stephen Conrad VE9SC Talk on Packet and Telenet
April ->
Club Speaker Canadian Red Cross Talk on Family preparation for disasters (72 hour preparation)

Repeater Modification News

New functionally to the VE9TCR repeater

The local weather forecasts and conditions are now available on the 147.345 repeater. They can be accessed using the following DTMF codes:

400 - Hourly observation
401 - Forecast
402 - Outlook
403 - Fundy Marine forecast
404 - Northumberland Strait Marine forecast
55 - Time of day

The 147.345  and Fundy repeaters are now hard-linked. Both UHF link radios have been replaced at each repeater site. Users of the Fundy repeater can access the IRLP, forecasts and time-of-day.

Amateur Radio: From hobby to helping those in need By Robert Cherry, VE2AGE. Do you want to know more????

The link below is to one of several articles in the latest edition of SARSCENE magazine, a publication of Canada's Nation Search and Rescue Secretariat: http://www.nss.gc.ca/site/ss/magazine/vol16_3/articles/radio_e.asp. The SARSCENE e-magazine is distributed worldwide to untold thousands of subscribers, most of which are search & rescue practitioners, managers, organizers, suppliers, or supporters. This article shows Amateur radio in a positive light by highlighting emergency services provided by dedicated Ham operators.