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September-October TCA | septembre-octobre 2024 TCA


** Message from RAC President: September 2024
Message du Pr|-sident : septembre-octobre 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------ https://www.rac.ca/rac-presidents-message-september-2024/
RAC President Phil McBride, VA3QR RAC President Phil McBride, VE3QR/HP
3QR

Another summer is almost behind us. I hope everyone has been able to find
time to enjoy Amateur Radio in the great outdoors. RAC certainly hasnr
COt slowed down rCo thererCOs lots going on.

After Field Day and the RAC Canada Day Contest, RAC once again hosted yo
uth from across the world in Halifax, Nova Scotia for Youth On The Air (
YOTA) Camp. All told, more than 25 youth spent a week with their peers l earning, operating and forming new friendships that will last them a lif
etime.

I once again had the opportunity to attend the ARRL Board of Directors mee tings in Windsor, Connecticut. These gatherings are a great opportunity
for each organization to collaborate and learn what the other is doing fo
r the furtherance of Amateur Radio in each of our jurisdictions.

RACrCOs Annual General Meeting will be held online on Saturday, Oc
tober 5 at 3 pm Eastern Time. Due to the rising cost of rCo well eve
rything rCo the RAC Board of Directors decided it was prudent to go
with the virtual option this year. Details on how to sign up to attend th
e online meeting will be sent out via bulletin so please keep an eye on yo
ur inbox and subscribe to RAC bulletins if you havenrCOt already don
e so (https://www.rac.ca/rac-notifications/)

RAC has fielded a lot of queries about enforcement over the past few years
. We have a story about an incident which shows that bad behaviour on the
airwaves can land you in some pretty deep trouble. Check out Dave Goodwin
, VE3KGrCOs rCLRegulatory RounduprCY column on page 23
of the September-October 2024 TCA.

A report on Amateur Radio-related activities during the last solar eclipse
can be found on page 10, where David Kadzan, AD8Y, speaks to what t
he Case Amateur Radio Club accomplished during this extraordinary event.

A group of Amateurs answered rCLThe QO-100 Challenge from North Amer
icarCY issued by AMSAT-UK. Three teams of Amateurs from the United K
ingdom, the Netherlands and Canada travelled to St JohnrCOs, Ne
wfoundland in May 2024 and their combined articles describe the different
approaches, challenges and successes in the quest to access QO-100 from
Newfoundland (page 33).

I also recommend you check out Jason Tremblay, VE3JXTrCOs update o
n Community Services / Auxiliary Communication Service brief on page 45 to
find out about some of the exciting things RAC is involved in.

Finally, it is with mixed feelings that I announce my resignation as Pre
sident of Radio Amateurs of Canada, effective November 1, 2024. While
leading CanadarCOs national organization has been the pinnacle of m
y time as a Radio Amateur, my family has moved full-time to Boquete in P anamarCOs Chiriqu|! province. I have secured operating privilege
s as well as the call sign HP3QR.

There is a Parks On The Air (POTA) entity about an hour from our house tha
t has never been activated and I plan to fix that in early September. I al
so plan to become involved with the local expatriate communityrCOs e
ducational program and show youth in my area the wonders of Amateur Radio.

I would like to thank the RAC Board, Executive and volunteers for their
support during my time as President and previously as a Regional Director
. I would also like to thank you, the member, for the support your
COve given and continue to give to Radio Amateurs of Canada.

I look forward to hearing you down the band. For now,

rCo 73, Phil A. McBride, VA3QR/HP3QR
RAC President and Chair

Phil McBride, VA3QR Message du Pr|-sident :
septembre-octobre 2024

Phil A. McBride, VA3QR/HP3QR
Pr|-sident de RAC

LrCO|-t|- srCOach|?vera bient||t. JrCOes
p|?re que chacun et chacune drCOentre vous a r|-ussi |
trouver le temps de srCOadonner | son passe-temps favori, la
radio amateur, de pr|-f|-rence en pleine nature. Chez RAC, le
s activit|-s se sont succ|-d|- | un rythme acc|-l|
-r|-, car il y a |-norm|-ment de choses | faire.

Apr|?s la Journ|-e sur le terrain et le Concours RAC de la F|-
te du Canada, nous avons de nouveau accueilli des jeunes de tous les coi
ns du monde venus participer au Camp -2 Jeunes sur les ondes -+ (Y
outh On The Air rCo YOTA) organis|- | Halifax, Nouvelle-
|ecosse. CrCOest ainsi que plus de 25 jeunes ont pu passer une s
emaine en compagnie drCOautres enthousiastes de leur |oge pour
|-largir le champ de leurs connaissances, utiliser des mat|-rie
ls et se forger de nouvelles amiti|-s qurCOils entretiendront pe
ndant tout le restant de leur vie.

JrCOai eu, une fois de plus, le privil|?ge drCOassiste
r aux r|-unions du Conseil drCOadministration de lrCOARRL
, qui se sont tenues | Windsor, Connecticut. Ces rencontres offre
nt | nos deux organisations lrCOoccasion de collaborer et dr
COapprendre ce que son homologue accomplit pour promouvoir la radio am
ateur dans son pays.

LrCOAssembl|-e g|-n|-rale annuelle de RAC aura lieu en l
igne le samedi 5 octobre | 15 h (heure normale de lrCOest). En
raison de lrCOaugmentation des co|+ts (de presque tout ce dont
on a besoin), le Conseil drCOadministration de RAC a d|-cid
|- qurCOil valait mieux avoir recours | lrCOoption
rCLvirtuellerCY cette ann|-e (voir page 64). Des d|-t
ails sur la marche | suivre pour srCOinscrire sur la liste des
participants assistant | la r|-union en ligne seront envoy|-
s sous la forme drCOun bulletin, crCOest pourquoi nous vous
encourageons | surveiller les messages d|-pos|-s dans votre
bo|<te aux lettres et | vous abonner aux bulletins diffus|-s
par RAC si vous ne lrCOavez pas encore fait (https://www.rac.ca/rac -notifications/)

RAC a re|ou de nombreuses demandes de renseignements sur lrCOapp
lication des r|?glements au cours des derni|?res ann|-es. Nous
publions un article sur un incident qui montre de mani|?re |-loqu
ente qurCOun mauvais comportement sur les ondes peut avoir de tr|
?s graves cons|-quences pour son auteur. Reportez-vous | la rub
rique de Dave Goodwin, VE3KG, intitul|-e rCLRegulatory Round
uprCY (Bilan des affaires r|-glementaires), | la page 23
du TCA de septembre-octobre 2024.

Un compte rendu des activit|-s li|-es | la radio amateur men
|-es en marge de la r|-cente |-clipse solaire figure | la
page 10. David Kadzan, AD8Y, d|-crit le projet men|- | b
ien par le Club de radio amateurs de Case | lrCOoccasion de cet
|-v|-nement extraordinaire.

Un groupe drCOamateurs a relev|- le rCLD|-fi QO-100 po
ur lrCOAm|-rique du NordrCY lanc|- par AMSAT-UK. Trois
|-quipes drCOamateurs du Royaume-Uni, des Pays-Bas et du Cana
da se sont rendues | Sainit-Jean (Terre-Neuve) en mai 2024, et les
divers articles qurCOelles ont r|-dig|-s constituent un ens
emble permettant de se faire une id|-e pr|-cise des diff|-rent
es approches utilis|-es, des d|-fis | surmonter et des succ
|?s remport|-s dans les tentatives entreprises pour acc|-der
| QO-100 | partir de Terre-Neuve (page 33).

Je vous recommande aussi de prendre connaissance de la mise | jour pr
|-par|-e par Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, sur les Services communau
taires/le Service auxiliaire de communication (voir page 45) et d|-cou
vrir ainsi les activit|-s passionnantes dont RAC srCOoccupe.

Enfin, crCOest avec des sentiments mitig|-s que jrCOanno
nce ma d|-mission du poste de pr|-sident de Radio Amateurs du Cana
da, | compter du 1er novembre 2024. Il est certes |-vident que
mon accession | la direction de la principale organisation nationale
du Canada a constitu|- le point culminant de mon parcours de radio am
ateur, mais il se fait que ma famille a d|-m|-nag|- pour s
rCOinstaller | plein temps | Boquete, dans la province d
e Chiriqui au Panama. JrCOai fait le n|-cessaire pour jouir des
privil|?ges drCOop|-rateur, ainsi que pour obtenir lr
COindicatif HP3QR.

Il y a une entit|- de Parcs sur les ondes (Parks On The Air rCo
POTA) | environ une heure de route de chez nous qui nrCOa jama
is |-t|- activ|-e, et jrCOai lrCOintention de re
m|-dier | cette lacune d|?s le d|-but septembre. Je compt
e aussi participer au programme drCO|-ducation administr|- p
ar la communaut|- locale drCOexpatri|-s pour aider les jeune
s de la r|-gion | d|-couvrir les merveilles de la radio amate
ur.

JrCOaimerais remercier le Conseil drCOadministration de RAC,
son Ex|-cutif et les b|-n|-voles du soutien qurCOils m
rCOont accord|- pendant mon mandat de pr|-sident et, au co
urs de la p|-riode qui a pr|-c|-d|-, pendant mon mandat
de directeur r|-gional. Je souhaiterais aussi vous remercier, vous
les membres, de lrCOappui que vous mrCOavez fourni et que v
ous continuez drCOaccorder | Radio Amateurs du Canada.

Je suis impatient de reprendre mon dialogue avec vous un de ces jours sur
les ondes. Meilleurs 73.

rCo 73, Phil A. McBride, VA3QR/HP3QR rCo Pr|-sident de
RAC

rCo Traduction par Jacques Roland, VA3DLZ. Merci Jacques! https://www.rac.ca/rac-auxiliary-communications-communicator-course/
Important Update: We have received a great response to the bulletin about
the RAC Auxiliary Communications (Aux-C) Communicator Course that was iss
ued on August 23. Thank you for your feedback and your questions. Here is
some additional information.

Radio Amateurs of Canada is actively engaging in discussions with various
Emergency Management Agencies and non-governmental organizations to facil itate future training programs in Canadian provinces and territories. Thes
e initiatives have the potential to significantly enhance our emergency co mmunication capabilities.

RAC has secured funding within the Province of Ontario to initiate a pilot
program in this region. The course which is being scheduled to take place
in Sudbury on September 7 and September 8 is a pilot course that will be
used to help us develop courses in other regions if our discussions in ar
e successful.

RAC will ensure timely notifications are sent to the targeted areas and th
at the RAC website is continuously updated to reflect these developments.
Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director
TCA Editor rCo
marcom@rac.ca (mailto:marcom@rac.ca)

Copyright -- 2024 Radio Amateurs of Canada,
All rights reserved.

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November-December TCA | novembre-d|-cembre 2024 TCA


** Message from RAC President: November 2024
Message du Pr|-sident de RAC : novembre 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------

Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VESEM rCo RAC President and Chair RAC President
Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM

It is my honour to address you as the new President of Radio Amateurs of C anada.

I want to take this opportunity to thank former President Phil McBride,
VA3QR, for his hard work and dedication to RAC and to Amateur Radio in
Canada.

First, let me tell you a bit about myself. I was born and raised in Mont
real, Quebec. After graduating high school my family moved to the Town o
f Little Current located on the northeastern coast of Manitoulin Island in
Ontario. ItrCOs the largest community on the island.

I finished post-secondary education and then joined the Ontario Provincial
Police (OPP) at the Manitoulin detachment where I served for 35 years inc luding as Community Services Officer and as the Northeast Regional Coordin
ator of the OPP Crisis Negotiator Team. I was its longest serving Crisis a
nd Hostage Negotiator with 13 negotiators serving under my direction at th
e time of my retirement as a Senior Officer on December 31, 2015.

I was first licensed as an Amateur Radio operator in the summer of 1987 wi
th the call sign VE3AJB and I joined both the Canadian Amateur Radio Feder ation (CARF) and the Canadian Radio Relay League (CRRL). I obtained my Adv anced certification with a 20 WPM Morse code endorsement in 1988 and was o
ne of only four Radio Amateurs on Manitoulin Island rCo together we
then decided to form what became the Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club. r
C?Since then the club has grown to 120 members and I have served in ma
ny Executive positions including as its current President.

In 1998, the Town of Little Current amalgamated with the Township of How
land, McGregor Bay and the Bay of Islands to form the municipality that
we now know as the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI)
. In 2018, I was elected as a Councillor and then as Deputy Mayor for th
e term 2022-2026.

I was appointed as an Emergency Coordinator with the Amateur Radio Emergen
cy Service (ARES) for the District of Manitoulin. Through my career as an
OPP officer I gained experience in emergency planning and was quick to es tablish an ARES emergency plan for all emergency responders and municipali
ties which are still in use today.

I joined Radio Amateurs of Canada at its formation in 1993 and I have held
several volunteer positions including: Net Manager for the ARES HF Net; O fficial Bulletin Station; Ontario Section Manager; Assistant Director, D
eputy Director (2015) and Director (2016); and Vice-President. I served fo
r three terms as Ontario Director and was instrumental in obtaining a perm anent exemption for licensed Amateurs under the Distracted Driving legisla tion. I continue to serve as the Ontario North Section Manager and have wo
rked closely with our Community Service Officer Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
, in launching the new RAC Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) Progra
m.

Phil McBride and I both started on the RAC Executive in January 2022. As P resident, Phil brought RAC into the 21st century with new business conce
pts and as his Vice-President I shared his vision of the future and was pl eased to work closely with him. In his rCL
PresidentrCOs Report to Members at the Annual General Meeting (https ://www.rac.ca/agm/) rCY in the November-December 2024 TCA he describ
es many of the exciting initiatives that we have been working on and will
continue to do so in the future.

As RAC President I look forward to working closely with the members of the
RAC Board of Directors and Executive as we continue to roll out the Auxil
iary Communication Service Program, expand our Youth Program and outreac
h activities, and continue to grow our membership. With that in mind I a
m pleased to welcome Kimberly Kostescu, VE3KKA, as our new Member Serv
ices Officer and Brent Taylor, VY2HF, as our new Vice-President. I am
also pleased to announce that Joel Brisson, VA3WBK (Ontario North/East
Director) and Hiroshi Takahashi, VE7LET (BC/Yukon Director) have been e
lected to the RAC Board of Directors and will begin their terms on January
1, 2025.

In addition to my volunteer efforts with Radio Amateurs of Canada, I mai
ntain many repeater systems for the Manitoulin area and enjoy HF and VHF/U
HF communications. I also serve as Net Control for rCLThe Friday Nig
ht CanNet Canadian D-Star & Multi-Digital NetrCY which averages abou
t 70 to 80 check-ins from all over the world. I also recently obtained an
additional call sign VE3EM and plan to get more active in contesting.

I am enjoying my retirement and especially the freedom to spend more time
with my wife of 41 years Judy and our two sons and three granddaughters.

rCo 73, Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM rCo RAC President and Cha
ir
https://www.rac.ca/tca/
RAC President Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM Message du Pr|-sident rC
o
novembre 2024

Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VA3EM
Pr|-sident de RAC

JrCOai lrCOhonneur de mrCOadresser | vous en tant q
ue nouveau pr|-sident de Radio Amateurs du Canada.

JrCOaimerais profiter de cette occasion pour remercier notre pr|
-sident sortant, Phil McBride, VA3QR, de ses efforts infatigables
et du d|-vouement dont il a fait preuve | lrCO|-gard d
e RAC et de la radio amateur au Canada.

Pour commencer, permettez-moi de me pr|-senter bri|?vement. Je s
uis n|- et ai grandi | Montr|-al, Qu|-bec. Apr|?s l
a fin de mes |-tudes secondaires, ma famille est all|-e srC
Oinstaller | Little Current, localit|- situ|-e sur la c
||te nord de lrCO|Ale Manitoulin, en Ontario. Il srC
Oagit l| de la principale agglom|-ration qui se trouve sur cett
e |<le.

JrCOai achev|- mes |-tudes post-secondaires, puis me suis
enr||l|- dans la Police provinciale de lrCOOntario (OPP); a
ffect|- au d|-tachement de Manitoulin, jrCOy ai exerc|
- mes fonctions pendant 35 ans, notamment en tant qurCOagent cha
rg|- des Services communautaires et que coordonnateur r|-gional po
ur le Nord-Est charg|- de la liaison avec lrCO|equipe de n
|-gociation de lrCOOPP sp|-cialis|-e dans les interventi
ons en cas de crise. Ayant sous mes ordres 13 n|-gociateurs sp|-ci
alistes des crises et prises drCOotages, jrCO|-tais le n
|-gociateur poss|-dant les plus longs ant|-c|-dents |
ce poste au moment de mon d|-part en retraite en qualit|- drC
Oagent principal, le 31 d|-cembre 2015.

JrCOai obtenu ma licence drCOop|-rateur radio amateur |
lrCO|-t|- de 1987 avec lrCOindicatif VE3AJB, et
jrCOai adh|-r|- | la fois | la F|-d|-rati
on des radio amateurs du Canada (FRAC) et | la Canadian Radio Relay L
eague (CRRL). JrCOai obtenu mon homologation de niveau rCLqual
ifications sup|-rieuresrCY en prouvant mon aptitude | trans
mettre et recevoir 20 MPM en code Morse en 1988 et suis ainsi devenu lr
COun des seuls quatre radio amateurs pr|-sents sur lrCO|
Ale Manitoulin; ensemble, nous avons alors d|-cid|- de former
ce qui est devenu le Club Radio Amateur de Manitoulin. Depuis lors, le
club srCOest d|-velopp|- au point de compter maintenant 120
membres, et jrCOy ai occup|- de nomreux postes de dirigeant
, y compris celui de pr|-sident, fonction que jrCOexerce act
uellement.

En 1998, la ville de Little Current a fusionn|- avec le canton de Ho
wland, Baie McGregor et Baie des |Ales pour former la municipalit|
- actuellement connue sous le nom de Ville de Northeastern Manitoulin an
d the Islands (NEMI). En 2018, jrCOai |-t|- |-lu conse
iller puis maire adjoint pour le mandat 2022-2026.

JrCOai |-t|- nomm|- coordonnateur des interventions dr
COurgence aupr|?s du Service de radio amateur pour interventions e
n cas drCOurgence (ARES) pour le District de Manitoulin. Pendant tou
te ma carri|?re drCOagent de lrCOOPP, jrCOai acqui
s une certaine exp|-rience en mati|?re de planification des interv
entions drCOurgence, de sorte que jrCOai pu |-tablir rap
idement un plan drCOurgence ARES pour tous les intervenants charg|
-s des secours drCOurgence et pour les municipalit|-s; ce plan
est encore utilis|- | lrCOheure actuelle.

JrCOai adh|-r|- | Radio Amateurs du Canada lors de sa c
r|-ation en 1993 et y ai occup|- plusieurs postes de b|-n|
-vole, au nombre desquels chef du r|-seau HF ARES, responsable d
u bulletin officiel de station, chef de la Section de lrCOOntario
, directeur adjoint, sous-directeur (2015) et directeur (2016), et v ice-pr|-sident.

JrCOai occup|- le poste de directeur pour lrCOOntario pend
ant trois mandats et ai particip|- activement aux d|-marches about
issant | lrCOobtention drCOune exemption permanente pour
les amateurs titulaires drCOune license en vertu de la loi sur la c
onduite inattentive. Je continue drCOexercer les fonctions de chef d
e la Section Nord de lrCOOntario et ai collabor|- |-troiteme
nt avec notre charg|- des services communautaires, Jason Tremblay,
VE3JXT, lors du lancement du nouveau Programme RAC de services de commu nications auxiliaires (SCA).

Phil McBride et moi-m|-me avons tous deux commenc|- | si|
-ger | lrCOEx|-cutif de RAC en janvier 2022. En tant que
pr|-sident, Phil a propuls|- RAC dans le 21e si|?cle en lui
faisant adopter de nouveaux concepts de gestion, et en ma qualit|-
de vice-pr|-sident, jrCOai partag|- sa vision de lrC
Oavenir, de sorte que la possibilit|- de travailler en |-troit
e collaboration avec lui a |-t|- une grande source de satisfaction
pour moi. Dans son rCL
Rapport du pr|-sident aux membres assistant | lrCOAssembl
|-e g|-n|-rale annuelle (https://www.rac.ca/agm/) rCY (n
ovembre-d|-cembre 2024 TCA), il d|-crit plusieurs des initiative
s passionnantes que nous avons entreprises et que nous poursuivrons |
lrCOavenir.

En tant que pr|-sident de RAC, je suis impatient drCOengager u
ne |-troite collaboration avec les membres de notre Conseil drCO
administration et de notre Ex|-cutif | un moment o|| nous pou
rsuivons la mise en +ouvre du Programme de services de communications
auxiliaires, |-largissons la port|-e de notre Programme pour le
s jeunes et de nos activit|-s de vulgarisation, et continuons dr
COaugmenter notre effectif. Dans ce contexte, je suis heureux dr
COaccueillir Kimberly Kostescu, VE3KKA, notre nouvelle charg|-
e des Services aux membres, ainsi que Brent Taylor, VY2HF, notre nou
veau vice-pr|-sident. JrCOai |-galement le plaisir drC
Oannoncer que Jo|2l Brisson, VA3WBK rCo directeur pour le No
rd-Est de lrCOOntario rCo et Hiroshi Takahashi, VE7LET r
Co directeur pour la Colombie-Britannique/le Yukon) ont |-t|-
|-lus membres du Conseil drCOadministration de RAC et qurC
Oils commenceront leur mandat le 1er janvier 2025.

Outre les fonctions que jrCOassume comme b|-n|-vole au sein
de lrCO|-quipe de Radio Amateurs du Canada, jrCOassure
lrCOentretien de nombreux r|-seaux de r|-p|-teurs dans
la r|-gion de Manitoulin, et suis f|-ru de communications HF et
VHF/UHF. Je suis |-galement contr||leur de r|-seau pour r
CLThe Friday Night CanNet Canadian D-Star & Multi-Digital NetrCY
, qui re|ooit la visite drCOune moyenne drCOenviron 70
| 80 participants repr|-sentant toutes les r|-gions du monde
. JrCOai par ailleurs obtenu r|-cemment un indicatif suppl|-
mentaire (VE3EM) et ai lrCOintention de prendre une part plus active
aux concours.

Je profite pleinement de ma retraite et appr|-cie tout particuli|?
rement la libert|- de passer plus de temps avec mon |-pouse, Jud
y, ma compagne depuis 41 ans, nos deux fils et nos trois petites-fille
s.

rCo 73, Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM rCo Pr|-sident de RAC

rCo Traduction par Jacques Roland, VA3DLZ. Merci Jacques!
Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director
TCA Editor rCo
marcom@rac.ca (mailto:marcom@rac.ca)

Copyright -- 2024 Radio Amateurs of Canada,
All rights reserved.

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