RAC Bulletin 2015-08-29

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for August 29, 2015

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. WRC 2015 5MHz Proposal in Limbo

With the deadline to submit proposals to World Radiocommunication
Conference 2015 (WRC-15) now less than
2 months away, it’s still unclear how at least one agenda item of
importance to the Amateur Radio community
will fare. That is agenda item 1.4, which calls on the delegates to
consider a secondary Amateur Radio
allocation at 5 MHz (60 meters). In the US and in most other countries
that have privileges there,
ham radio has a set of fixed channels at 5 MHz — not necessarily the
same from one country to the next,
although most are common.

For the full story see ARRL Website > News.
-- ARRL News

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

2. London Amateur Radio Club Inc. Fleamarket

Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015
Location: HELLENIC COMMUNITY CENTRE. 133 Southdale Rd.W., London, ON
Times: 9am - 12pm
Cost: Admission- $8
Talk-in: VA3LON, 147.060 PL 114.8
Description: Sale of new and used radios, Free parking, Coffee and
muffins for small fee
Commercial Dealers and wheelchair access. See website for table
pricing details.

Email contact: larchamfest@gmail.ca
Webpage: http://www.larc.ca

-- RAC Events Database

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz Transceiver launched at Tokyo Ham Fair 2015

Icom Inc. had a huge amount of interest at the Tokyo Ham Fair 2015
with the unveiling of the IC-7300 HF/50/70MHz Transceiver.

The launch, which caught most people by surprise, saw the manufacturer
introduce
a new base station transceiver incorporating the latest RF direct
sampling system,
a first for an Amateur radio transceiver.

-- Full story at southgatearc.org

4. Repeaters in Spain now listed in the RFinder Directory

Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE) and RFinder are pleased to
announce a new partnership agreement effective 20 August, 2015. URE
has now joined as the latest federal member society of RFinder.

RFinder is a steadily growing worldwide repeater directory which has
over 50.000 repeaters in over 170 countries. An annual subscription
to RFinder provides access to repeater data through its collections of
Apps on Android and iPhone, RadioBuddy on iPhone, web, RT Systems and
CHIRP radio programmers.

-- Mike Kelly, VE3FFK (RAC HQ)

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