Burnaby Amateur Radio Club VE7BAR

Wanted:

1) A Hustler model MO-2 folding mast.

2) A Hustler 80 meter antenna coil

Contact: Doug - VA7CA at doug.va7ca@gmail.com

We received the following announcement from Tom W5KUB ...

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We are 24 hours away from our live dayton hamvention broadcast. Help us spread the word to anyone interested?

This will be our 10 th year to broadcast Dayton Hamvention . Our viewers have grown to about 50,000 in over 150 countries during the last Hamvention broadcast. Hamvention is May 20-22 but we actually go live TOMORROW at 1300 UTC Wed May 16th as we pull out of our driveway and broadcast the 550 mile drive live. The video site is http://w5kub.com and we are on 365 days a year when not broadcasting a live ham event. Over the years we have had special guests on the broadcasts.

We have over $8000 in prizes to give out again this year to lucky viewers. Some of our prizes are weather stations, Heil headsets, Comet CAA-500 antenna analyzers, AlphaAmp watt meters, D-star radios, yasue HTs, TenTec desk mics, G5RV antennas, and much more. After hamvention, we will be broadcasting our 550 mile trip back to Memphis on Sunday afternoon. We have installed a new Ka Band internet satellite uplink this year in our fleamarket space so we will be broadcasting High Def video this year. This is a first for us.

Log into the chat room and talk directly to us, ask questions to those we are interviewing or just chat with each other.

Dayton Hamvention is Fri, Sat, Sun May 18,18,20

We also will broadcast the 550 mile drive (10 Hours) from Memphis, Tn to Dayton Ohio Wednesday may 16 we will be setting up our fleamarket space and the satellite uplink on Thursday May 17 and will broadcast that. We will start giving out prizes on Wed morning.

Go to http://w5kub.com for all the fun. Also join us on our facebook broadcast page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/279273778772594/

Thanks, Tom W5KUB

The results are in from the weekend fox hunt out in Surrey ...

Advanced:

• 1st Grant Van Skiver VE7GVS, 5TXs + MicroFox, 74min 10sec
• 2nd John MacConnachie VE7GED, 4TXs, 61min 50sec
• 3rd G. D. (Joe) Young VE7BFK, 3TXs + Microfox, 62min 20s sec

Out of time:

• Mike Zavarukhin VE7ACN
• Lou Beaubien VE7CGE

Novice:

• 1st & 2nd Dan Grimard VE7DHS & Donna Grimard VE7CXG , 1TX, 88min
• 3rd John Brodie, VE7XB, 1TX, 100min 30sec
• 4th Bhim VE7BIM, 1TX, 105min
• 5th Anton VE7SSD, 1TX, 110min
• 6th Jeoff VE7HIG, Beacon only, 82min
• 7th Kapila VE7KGK, Beacon only, 102min

Out of time:

• Anton Zavarukhin
• Ted VE7LEE
• Brett VE7GM

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The Burnaby Amateur Radio Club is hosting a special event this coming June 16 - 17 weekend. We are celebrating the C.W. Parker Carousel's 100th Anniversary, at Burnaby Village Museum. We have obtained a special call sign for this event ... CG7CWPC.

The station will be set up outside the Carousel pavilion on June 16th and 17th. We will be operating between 8am to 5pm (pacific), both days. Gate admission for the Museum is free during the summer season so bring the whole family!

We would like to get as many amateurs to come out and volunteer an hour or two for this special event. This would be a great opportunity for new and inactive radio amateurs to work the station to obtain some experience and get back on the air. It also might be a good warm-up practice for Field Day.

We are looking for station managers, operators, loggers and amateur radio spokespersons to explain what amateur radio is and what we are doing. Two HF stations and one VHF station will be in operation.

There will be hands-on table for visitors to try their hand at CW with a key or paddles connected to a CW practice oscillator and display monitor. We will also be handing out information about local amateur radio clubs and contact points.

Assistance with set-up and tear-down is also appreciated. If interested, please contact Eric VE7EES at ve7ees@rac.ca for details.

Following is a link to help you find the CW Parker Carousel.
http://www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca/EN/main/visit/directions.html

If you are interested and able to commit an hour or two to help out with this event, please see the following link to our calendar and reserve a time slot.
http://www.keepandshare.com/calendar/show_month.php?i=2108820&cat=0&fcli...

If you are unable to access either of these links, please contact Eric VE7EES at ve7ees@rac.ca or Lianne VE7PNJ at ve7pnj@gmail.com

KENWOOD TS-510, PS-510, VFO-5D needs restoration $50.00

KENWOOD TS-520, both filters, nice cond, bench tested $200.00

KENWOOD TS-820S, both filters, bit of surface rust on cabinet top cover, balance in nice cond, bench tested, new bandswitch coupler installed. $200.00

KENWOOD TS-820S, both filters, nice cond, tested $250.00

My current station:
KENWOOD TS-820S
VFO-820
SP-820
AT-230
All in nice shape and used regularly and would like offers on the package.

The following available with radios or after radios sold:
Two MC-50 mics, one excellent, one with lots of use
Six spare pairs of 6146/6146A tested in the TS-520
Five spare pairs of 6146B/6146W tested in TS820S
Fifteen new spare 12BY7A drivers

I am interested in hearing from anyone that would be interested in a package deal.

Pictures available and testing available. Local pick up only please contact:
Barry VA7GEM
email: bc4gems@yahoo.com

Save the date! The Burnaby Amateur Radio Club annual Fox Hunt will be on July 14th. More details to follow.

Volunteers are needed for the New Westminster Hyack International Parade. Operators assigned to the assembly area and parade officials will start communications at 08:00 and those assigned to points along the parade route will start a little later. The event starts at 10:30 with the Vancouver Police Motorcycle Drill Team and the parade follows. We are usually all done by around 13:00.

About 25 operators are needed for this event. Assignments will include such things as assembly area, judging, shuttle buses, police, with various Hyack and parade officials, P.A. announcer, dispersal etc. The parade committee also counts on us for communication at many of the intersections along the parade route and would appreciate any help we can provide with the actual manning of the traffic barricades.

As always, new hams are very welcome. No experience is necessary, we can certainly buddy up any brand new hams with an experienced operator. All that is required is a handheld, (and hopefully a spare battery!)

Further details will be supplied to volunteers as the events draws closer. More info can be found on the Hyack website at www.hyack.bc.ca

Thanks in advance for your help,

Ken Clarke
VE7BC
kenjclarke@shaw.ca

SARC is sponsoring a bus trip to this year's Sea-Pac Hamfest in Seaside, Oregon.

Our itinerary is for a 7 a.m. departure on Friday, June 1st, leaving from pick-up spots in Surrey and possibly additional locations, depending on demand.

We'll arrive in Seaside mid-afternoon for hotel check-in, with time to relax before the Sea-Pac spaghetti dinner.

Sea-Pac offers a full slate of events on Saturday, including seminars, the famous Flea Market and vendor displays.

While hams are attending Sea-Pac events, family members (kids welcome) can enjoy a coach tour of local sights in nearby Cannon Beach and Astoria, enjoy the beach and tax-free shopping in picturesque Seaside.

After dinner in town or the Sea-Pac banquet, the group will leave late evening and arrive back home early Sunday morning.

SARC's package price includes transportation and registration for Sea-Pac events.

Sea-Pac organizers have arranged for hotel discounts with a few local hotels: Seaside Microtel Inn and Best Western Oceanside Resort.

Please don't delay in making hotel reservations, as rooms sell-out very quickly for Hamfest each year.

Yes, you’re welcome to bring other family members on this trip.

Book your spot on the trip today by going to SARC's website at www.ve7sar.net, choosing your registration options and arranging payment by credit card or PayPal.

Meetings are held on the first and third Friday of every month (except July and August). Everyone is welcome to attend.

During the re-construction of the Eastburn Community Centre our meetings will be held at the Tommy Douglas Library, 7311 Kingsway, Burnaby. The library is located on the north side of Kingsway, just west of Edmonds Street. We have the room booked from 7pm to 8:45pm. The business meetings will start no later than 7:30pm.

Upcoming Meetings:

• May 4, 2012 - Social meeting - Antenna Tower removal presentation by Ron, VA7AUZ
• May 18, 2012 - Business meeting
• June 1, 2012 - Social meeting
• June 15, 2012 - Business meeting
• July & August - Summer break - no meetings