RAC Bulletin 2014-10-18

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for October 18, 2014

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL NEWS

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

1. OPN Frequency Change

Effective November 2, the Ontario Phone Net will switch back to its
wintertime frequency, 3.745 MHz. The net meets every day at 7 pm
Eastern Time. All stations are welcome.

The Ontario Phone Net is also seeking Net Control Stations to take
shifts on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday. If you would
like to help out, please contact Shawn VE3PSV on the Ontario Phone
Net or via NTS message, or any OPN Net Control operator.

-- Shawn Gartley, VE3PSV, OPN Net Manager

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2. York Region Hamfest

The York Region Amateur Radio Club will hold its 38th annual hamfest
on Saturday, November 1, at their old venue, the Markham Fairgrounds,
10801 McCowan Rd, in Markham. General admission at 9 am; talk-in on
VE3YRA repeater, 145.350(-) 103.5 Hz tone. For more information
visit www.yrarc.org and click "Our Hamfest".

-- RAC Events Database

3. ARRL Adopts Mobile Radio Policy

The American Radio Relay League's Executive Committee has adopted an
updated Policy Statement on Amateur Radio mobile operation. The
policy cites Amateur Radio's 70-year history of two-way mobile
operation as evidence that such radio use does not contribute to
driver inattention. And it points out that Amateur Radio operation
differs from cell phone communication, in part because the device
need not be held to the face to listen, no text messaging is
involved, and mobile ham operators only need to pick up a microphone
to make "brief and infrequent" transmissions.

-- ARRL Web

4. JOTA founder passes away

The founder of Jamboree-on-the-Air, Les Mitchell, G3BHK, died on 6
October. Les started JOTA in 1958, after launching the idea a year
earlier at the World Scout Jamboree. That was the first year the
Jamboree had an amateur radio station on site, and it has had one
every year since.

-- RSGB News

5. B-64 Balloon Still Floating

The B-64 balloon, launched by Leo Bodnar M0XER on July 12th from the
United Kingdom, is still aloft and on air transmitting on 434.500
MHz, using both Contestia 64/1000 and APRS. On October 3rd, Phil
Heron MI0VIM reported decoding data from B-64 while it was over the
North Atlantic ocean, coming up to the 6th time it would pass the
U.K. on its continuing journeys around the world. You can see its
track at tinyurl.com/b64-continues-journey.

-- Amateur Radio Newsline

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V__3____ returning the frequency to net control.