North Shore Amateur Radio Club

October, 1994

Amateur Radio Classes

Starting Soon

The annual, fall classes for prospective,new amateurs begin on Thursday,October 20 th at 19:00 hours atEastdale Collegiate in Oshawa. Thetentative room number is 101 or 103 (tobe determined.)

The club would like to extend its sincerethanks to George Burns, VE31NB, forall the time and energy he has devotedto teaching CW to the classes for newAmateurs over the past seven or eightyears. He is now retiring from this duty,after lengthy service.

Our new CW instructor this year isCharlie, VE3EHA. Hats off to Charliefor taking up this important anddemanding volunteer job!

Elections Coming Up

Election of club officers for 1995 will takeplace at the November meeting. Asannounced in last month's SPARKS, thepositions of Vice President andTreasurer will be vacant.

A volunteer is also needed for theunelected, but extremely important co-ordinator role of Program Director.And finally, a Corn Roast Co-ordinatoris also required, if this now-defunctevent is to be revived in 1995.

"Spring Cleaning"in October?

Earl, VE3AZT, is cleaning out his shack,and selling off (in his words)"everything." The number of items isapparently mind-boggling, and far toolengthy to list one by one in the SwapShop. He invites you to give him a callon land-line or repeater, to find outwhether he might have anything ofinterest to you.

WANTED:Digipeater Sponsor

Casey, VA3KC, is looking for localsponsors to assume ownership /responsibility for the VE3USH packetnode.

If interested, please contact Casey onthe land-1'ne for details at 905-623-0264.

North Shore Amateur Radio Club, Inc.P. O. Box 171

Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7L1

Club Events Station: VE3NSRRepeaters: 2m VE30SH 147. 120 MHz (+)

70 cm VE3NAA 443. 000 MHz (+)

SWAP SlhCP

By Walter Beach, VE3FJCtel. 263-2338

Please direct all Swap Shop business toWalter by landline or repeater.

For Sale: Joe, VE3FVH2-m antennas (2 units) KLM long-boomers,

13LBA. $100 each.70 cm J-beam antenna, MBM 88 element, $100.

For Sale: Casey Coley, VA3KC,905-623-0264

Drake Twins HF rig - C-iine R4C, T4XC,AC4, MS4, mint. $500.

Drake L4B 1kW linear amplifier, mint. $1,000.

For Sale: Len (SWL), 723-6970RS scanner 2022 - 200 memories, clean

with manual, $150Active antenna for above. $50

For Sale: Mike (905) 686-9894 (after 5 PM)Yaesu FT7479x all band HF transceiver c/w

pyramid 35a power supply. Purchased inOct. 89, hasn't been used in 3 years. $950

loom IC-245 2m transceiver with 3a powersupply. Also has 1C rm2 digitalkeypad. 10w output. $125

Daiwa IA-2065 2m linear amplifier 10wto 50w. $150Oskerblock all band SWR meter. $50MFJ 901 manual antenna tuner. $50

Heathkit micromatic keyer/sender. $65Heathkit 10-103 oscilloscope (old model) $50

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Contributions to the newsletter are alwaysgratefully received. (The more the merrier!)

Kindly note that we need all submissions

two weeks before the meeting,

because that's when we go to press. Ittakes two weeks to print, fold, stuff, stamp,and mail all the copies, and to give the Post

Office enough time to deliver SPARKS toour members before the upcoming meeting

that is advertised in each issue.

Thanks for your understanding!

Exerpts from SeptemberNSARC Minutes

The meeting was opened at 19:40 by Robert, VE3VKM.

FINANCE. Laird, VE3LKS, reported a balance of$6391. 71, with $1 500 dedicated to the flea market.

REPEATER COMMITTEE: Ralph, VE3CRK, gave aprogress report on the new repeater site and noted testresults using a HT produced excellent results. He alsoasked for help in cleanup and removal of buildingmaterials from the site.

ONE: Ralph, VE3CRK, reported that 10 membersrepresented NSARC this year.

HAM CLASSES: JOHN, VE3SII, announced thatclasses for 1994-95 will begin on October 20th. (Detailselsewhere in SPARKS).

JOTA: Riis, VE3UEA, showed a flyer he had producedto promote this year's event, which will be a 48-hoursession on Oct. 15/16. He estimated a turnoirt of 200 to

300 people, and is trying to organize packet radio,satellite communications and project building such asantennas,

FLEA MARKET: George, VE31NB, explained the needto increase the amount dedicated by the club to the fleamarket float to $1500. He proposed a motion, secondedby Len, VE3SVD, that the amount forwarded to the fleamarket be increased from $500 to $1500 ... CARRIED.

Len, VE3SVD, told the membership that he had visitedRussell, VE3ATT, who was in ill health. He proposed amotion, seconded by Winston, VE3WFS, that Russell bemade a Life Member of NSARC. ... CARRIED. Acertificate is to be presented by Robert, VE3VKM, andLen, VE3SVD, at Russel's home. Len produced acheque from Russell, VE3ATT, for the amount of$1000, to be donated to the repeater fund, which wasgratefully accepted by the club.

Glen, VE3LIZ, announced that Keith, VE3GDF, is ill. Areplacement is needed during his recuperation.

Len, VE3SVD, asked the membership if they would beinterested in operating the VE3USH digipeater under thesponsorship of Casey, VA3KC.

Ray, VE3SJX, approached the club with a similarproposal on behalf of a local businessman who is willingto provide a tower, hard-line and computer for a locationin South Oshawa in exchange for expertise in setting upa communication system on the business premises.Both proposals will be considered at the next executivemeeting.

Ralph, VE3CRK, explained the situation regarding thepresent and future location of VE3NAA. It will remain inits present location for the foreseeable future.

After the break, Al Lowry, VE3AL, made a presentationon antennas and feedlines, also displaying an assembledintermod filter of his own design.

37 people attended the meeting, which closed at 10:15.

Help Us Make YOUR Club Better!Your club, the North Shore ARC, has manyactivities on the go at the present but thatdoesn't mean we can not have more!

- Weekly Net and code practice> Field Day- Sermon on the Mount- Corn Roast

- Christmas Party- monthly newsletters> Jamboree On The Air (Scouts)- Guides On The Air (Guides)> Canoe the Nonquon- Canadian National Exhibition

and MORE!Even with all this excitement there is still room

for improvement. The following are someideas that have come up as possible additionsto our burgeoning list.

Elmering!

Dxpeditions!Let's contact a Provincial Park and see if theywould appreciate an Amateur Radio weekendand have it open to all campers to come andenjoy. Provincial Parks quite often havespecial facilities for such events. Better still,find a Provincial Park on an island such asManatoulin and we double as an Island On

The Air station which would bring so manycontacts we would need a Pentium computerto keep up with the logging. Maybe you havesomething else in mind like a trip up to MooseFactory or operating from a yacht on one of theGreat Lakes?! Let your mind go wild and let'ssee if we can't put together a expedition fornext summer.

Kits 8c Projects!How many kits have you put together lately!?Maybe we should try to put together a "Kit &Project" night that would meet a couple oftimes a month. Get together and buildantennas, receivers, transmitters, filters,dummy loads, etc. and have fun at the sametime.

Ever wonder why so many of the students thattake the course don't bother to renew theirmembership? Even though we have excellentinstructors that teach these students all the

theory, regulations, and code, they can't teachthem hands-on use of equipment (nor shouldwe expect them to... they already give willinglyone night a week for over half a year to teach!)or introduce them to all the members of the

club so that they can make new friends. Well,what about sitting in on some of the classesand chatting with the students before and afterthe class and during the break time. Be thereto answer questions and extend an invitation tocome over and sit in your shack and operateyour equipment while you are teaching themproper operating procedures. Who knows, youmay strike up some great friendships andbecause of YOU our membership roll mightgrow!

Special Events!This is one that may take a bit of research butwhat about finding some place or annual eventin the NSARC area that is celebrating aspecial anniversary and set up a special eventstation. Recently a few amateurs set up astation at a local fair and had a great timeshowing people the joys of our hobby. This isalso another way to get people interested inradio.

Caution!All the above suggestions can be lots offun and maybe even a bit addictive! Maybeyou have some even better ideas that youwould like to try. Please, let us know at theclub meetings or by mail of any suggestionsyou have. Now we realize that not everyone isgoing to want to do everything, but the morevariety of activities we have going the betterchance we have of getting everyone involvedin our club. Help us make YOUR club better!

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Club Meetings

NSARC meetings are the secondMonday of each month. We meet atthe Arts and Resource Centre inOshawa on Queen Street (except duringJuly and August. ) Meetings beginpromply at 19:30 hours local time.SWLs, visitors and guests are aiwaysmost welcome to attend!

Net and Code Practice

Club net every Thursday at 19:30hours local time, with CW practice(starting slow and working up) at 20:30.More net for the nightowls starting at21:30.

Next Meeting:

The next club meeting will be onMonday, October 10 th.

Lots of entertainment and learningthis time, as Laird, VE3LKS, will be

presenting a fascinating (andpractical) technical presentation on

HOW YOUR PERSONALCOMPUTER WORKS. AND

HOW TO UPGRADE IT

This is going to be a reallyexceptional meeting - so try not to

miss it if you can help it!

President:

Robert O'Toole, VE3VKM 576-4264Vice President

Casey Coley, VA3KC 623-0264Treasurer

Laird Solomon, VE3LKS 434-7339

SecretaryGeorge Day, VE3UEH 432-1368

Program DirectorPeter Johns, VE3WWZ 723-9049

Co-ordinators

A. R. E.S.Margaret Jeffery, VE3BNN

Special Events Co-ordinatorRalph Day, VE3CRK

SPARKSEditor:Neil McAlister, VA3NH tel.

fax.Publisher

Glen Goslin, VE3LIZSwap Shop:Walter Beach, VE3FJC

Historian

Mike Sherba, VE3DKW2-meter Net Control

Roy Miller, VE3AAF2-meter Net Code Senders

Jim Tower Jr, VE3UQZJim Tower Sr, VE3SVMRick Gibson, VE3ASHLaird Solomon, VE3LKSDave Hefford, VE3AJY

RegistrarKeith Wyard-Scott, VE3GDF

Get Well CardsAnne Jones, VE3KWI

Nonquon Canoe RacesGlen Goslin, VE3LIZ

Field DayTom Rogers, VE3BTR

Instruction

John Nicholls, VE3SIIAuditor

Rick Gibson, VE3ASHLists and Labels

Paul Dale, VE3LHZJ. O. T. A.

Tom Rogers, VE3BTR

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324-0638

725-1545

640-5549

683-2495

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