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Vol 9 No: 2: OTTAWA VALLEY MOBILE RADIO CLUB, INCORPORATED, ott~8I~ Ont. Feb 66

Editor: Ed JIIforgan, VE3GXg- 755:' Hamlet Road,.. Ott~w.a 8, Ontario, Camadao

CLUB EXECUTIVE

Pr'es-icfent: .Tack Whittingham, VE3.YC,Tel. 722..••.7076ViC"e Pres:: Henry Harley, VE3J3BE., T.el. NoneTe.crhnic-aI Mvis:er: Fred Ar-es.:eneault,. VE3FCK, 'reI 0 728-92:86SeC'-retary: :Bernie· B:es:t, VE.3SHp-. TeL,. 74-5.•...3151T're:8'StIrer: Hank Ball.a:ng- VE.}ErSF, TelI. 82.8-01.97

Publicity C-hstfrnan: llo.reenl:Mbr·gan~ VE}OGO, T:'el 733-1721pa;frt Vic.·ePres-t Emil Nilsson, VE:3C-QD,Ter. 0 733"-8775Acting Pas:t :Pres:: Glenn. Pack, VE3CG-P, T"el 0 72~-7944

POT HOLE.NET: Of'f'icial CIub' Net.. Meets: every Saturday & Sunday at lOAMloc.al time on 3760 Kc:S'. On 5aturda:ys: only, the Glub Spo.nsored· SWAP NETconducted, by 3YCand op.en to all ama:.teurs.::C'ollows:immediately af'ter the.role call ...

MONITORING FACILITY: VE3C-aO monitors'. 3760 Kaa. daily:fr rom approx. 8 .AMto 6 PMf'or local mobile or out of tO'wn traffic:o

NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING

PLACE::NRQ.' Sus:sex street? Ro-om3039, Otta.wa,. Ontario.

TIMK &. D~TK: 8 .00 PM~THURSDAY10 Fe'bruary 66

PROGRAM

BUSINESS:

TECHNICALDEMONS'TRATION:Heathkit SB100 SSE Trans:ceiver(by 3FCK)

REPORT ON 6 & 2' METERS·

OPEN TECHN lCAL FOR IDJI

aoFFEE. & COOKIES'

RAG CH:EW"

REPORT ON, TB LAs-or MEETINGThe la.st mee-ting wa:s held at CJOR to vie-w the vide,o tapes: o'n Amateur Radio

which were, produa:ect iiI Montreall. in co-operatfan with wi th the MARCo Prior tothe viewing we had a; t.our O'f the' srtudios' which 'W8:S' morl interesting. Th'erewars a verygoa-d turn-o-ut from our {nub as- V'?elI as: the OARC. TFleTewere numerotls

G.iYic: dignitarieer fro-mOtt:awa and ElISitvie.w:- in aot:t.endan~eo Mr. Jenkins:EMOao-a·rdinator -ror Ottawa area;· briefly addrea:s:ed: t.he multitude. Courte-ayor aJOH, coffee and' doughnuts: were B:ervecl at tile conclus,ions. of the eveningo

KEEP THEM. LETTERS COMING I

.Hank 3CSF aaz:. kae.ll tho-S'e c-heques for membership renewal coming •• He and hi-awi:rey Fran love to' re.c.-eive this;; mail. So kee.p them rO.lling int· .It does:Hank'S' heart goad to' say nothing of the CIun Oof'i"'ers::o' Edi to'rS' Notal The're:apons'e IImSC ueen gr~tiryfrrg.Tfie: S:O'Q;nerthe dUEr3.' are in? the s:ooner weean i'salle a new membership Iis.t.NET MANAGERFar the. r-e:.c.orcr,3CGOwa:&appointed, Net Manager by tha Executive and cOJnmenc-edher' cfutie-EF.in Dec:embero YO'ur co-op.eratic.n. fO.r NOS is:requeste.do

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AUCTIONAn attempt to 'hook the GEMStore for the Spring Auctia.n revealed. the :f'act thatthey no longer wish. to have Amateur Radio Aue.tio,ns held there., TheManagementwas very definite about this.. Do- no,t despair, the Ex.ecutive have found'another place which may even be more suitable... The Spring Auctio"n which willbe sponsored and op-erated' by Qur Club will be held April 30th at DO head quart-ers: on the Richmond-'Road (Former Ontari,o Hydro Building) This, location has:ample parking' e.Ios-e to' the actual roam and: has the advantage that we willhave more: p:rivacyo_ ,Anyone wishing to: donate items an b.ehalf of the. Club tobuild up our funds is:: most welcome to do aoo Further details will beavailable in f'uture issueg: of the Rambler'o So atart assembling your wares~We will need assis'tantS' a;s; auctioneers, handlers 9 recorders ete 0' if youwould like to serve in any of' the::re capacities, plea.soe contact your Executive.

EXCHANGE OF CLUB BULLE-TINSWe have been exchanging C.lub Bulletins: with a numb.er of Clubs for several yea'rsThe- Rambler is also. sen-t to. variaus magazines and i.ndividuals cannected withAma:teur Radico The. follawing is a. list of' recipients which reflects: our widedistributionMAGAZINES: & INDI~lDUALS73" G.Q, ~ST, Ontario SC1v1 VE3NGg Noel Eaton VE3C.Tg ottawa Radio Ins:pection

Office, RSO,. R<lll'Vv1andBeardow, VEjAML

CLUB BULLETIN EXCHANGES ETOHalifax Amateur Radio. Colub, ~ali:fax:. RoSol' Brandan Amateur Radio. Club, BrandanManitoaial' lforth Bay Am'ateur Radio Club, North Bay Onto~ Montreal Amateur RadioClub,. Montreal P'l, Scarborough Amateur Radio Club, Scarborough, Ont.,Lakehead .Amateur Radio Club" Fort William. Onto,. Renf"r-ew.Co-unty Amateur Club,Pembrake" Ont 0' Nartavm Amateur Radio' Club, Taronta, ant <>, Ni:agara PeninsulaAmateur Radio Club, S:t., Catherines, Ontq. The American Radio Club of' EICajon, EI Cajon, Calif'., S'eaway Vall.ey Radio Club, Cornwall Onto,'Hope I havent left anyone out.,. Thesie Bulletins are available at the Edi tor.' sCiTH if' anyane is int'erested in perusoing them. I must give credit to theseCrubs. on their very FE Bulle'tinS', Journals etcO! I WONDERIF OUR CLUB ISTHE- ONLY MOBILE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB IN CANADA AND IF NOT WHO ARE THE OTHERS?Your editor would appreciate any information on this acoreo

SPLATTER3,DQM Bill, despite the cold weather of late is ins'talling his; mabile in theValiant (Car That is) Sure gratifying to see. such d.evation and it will beniC'e to. hear you mobile again. Bill. J. -0 •• '~ 3BGXGib ha"s: installed his mabile_PoSo permanently so· that he can he mobile at any time, winter or summer FBGib -000- 3CGODore-en has: had a trip out West to VE4 land --The Wheat Cityto' be exact ---Unfortunately it was not a pleasure trip -~glad to' report thather f'ather is recovering ---Many thanks to the Brandon gang and to 3YCfor thedai ly patc,hes before and during her trip -000 - 3GXFjj' nas nouS'emaid·s Knee,dishpan hands- and various' other maladies: as' a result: or 3CGOstrip -00.-3CSF Hank was heard very weakly cralling into the NET--S'eems:he. was paking the.nase. of his mabile whip outO'f a: windO'w:in the apartment ~.,..-d.ont be chickenHank stick it out a bit fa,rther-o 00- 30.GP'Glenn s-:till working on his old mobile(AM) rig to ma,ke it compatible with 3SB --., c>"- 3CQDEmil now has his homebrewSSB transceiver w.·orking to his:- s.atisfaction--s.ounds FE OM-".0- 3ABCTommyatill belting out IO'rm.idable signal with K:N mobile -000- 3FCK Fred is havinga ball with the SEIOOwhich he is putting through endurance tests before turn­i.ngi t over to the lucky recipi.ent 2RC ----understand he is going to' build thematching SB200 Linear--you will be able to' view Fre~9shandiwork at thenext meeting- -:--he sure d:id a. ni oe jab an the SEIOO -.,. 0 Q- 3CDC'made anatheron.e of' his rare appearances; on the NET recently---gues's; he found the NET is::very cfis;criminatingas: to f·requency----S'SB ha:s rea1;:ty put o,ur NET on onef'req.uency - •••.•- JEST is' putting the finishing touche's.. to his 9 Me.f'il tertranscvr which he started last summer -"'0. .•- 3VI Ma.·chas: his:- Heath Apacheand SEIO on the bloak f'or sale ---wonder what he: has' in mind in lieu?3CLWAndre: and 3CGDArt are warking on a VHFRepeater for this area---dohope they will fiill us: in on the details at a future meeting - .•0 0- 3YC Jackis having wonderfUl time with hia Drake equipment and warking latS" af' DX --he has: even. been on aw' with it: "'--he sold the HWl2.and is: using the DrakeTR4 at home as: well: as: in the· e-ar ••:.•- •

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73 & Happy Mobiling' ---_·-c:U at the Ol.ub Mee:ting

the Net 90ntroI Station shouldor member of theEX~C'Utive for

QT-T'AU VALLEY MOB-1LE RADIO CLUBt lNQ:ORPORATiEDI

POT HOLE NET PROCEDURE

.ottawa, Ont •.1 Fee 66·

Past· exp.erience ha;a proven tha.tit ia nener-ic:lal for the Net Controlfitation to fnitia.te a; Q;SO on 3760 Kc:s:it 1 east 10 minutes prior to NetTime.. Thig; prac:tice will. ensure that the f'raquency is a·vadlable promptlyat 10 .AM"

The f'allowing format haS' been evolved aa at reauI. t of past experienc eand practice... Net Time is: 10 AMlocal. time every SB.'turday and Silnday •.~uotatiQn marks and capital letterS' denote the. te~ to be read an the air •.All notea etco~ are in lower casea

~IS IS (your call) NE~ CONTROL.STATIONFOR THE OTTAWAVALLEYMOBILERADIO CLUB, INCORPORATED~POT HOLE.NET0 THIS NET MEETS-EVERYSATURDAYAND SUNDAY MORNING AT :to AM. La~.AL Tll1lE ON 3760 KCS-o ALL STATION'S AREWLECOME TO CALL INTO THE NET -----MEMBERSHIP IN THE CLUB IS- NOT A REQ,UlRE1!ENT.

-THE PURPOSE OF THIS NET IS TO ANNOUNCE FORTH-COMING ACTIVITIES OF THE.OTTAWAVALLEYMOBILE.RADIO CLUBll'INCORPORATED, PERTIN.ENT'BULLE.TINSANDTOPROVIDEAN OPPROTUNlT¥FOR THE MEMBERSTO ARRANGEI1VIPROlaTUTECHNICALANDOTHERACTIVITIES. THERFWILL NOW.BE .A.. ROLE CALLFOLLOWEDBY THE ANNOUNCE-ME~lTSANDAN INFORMALRAa. CHEW. THE ORDEROF-CALL IN IS- AS FOLLOWS: 'AM MOBILES, 3SB MOBILES~ SSE FIXED 3.TN$lI- .AM FIXED STNS-o(The Net ControlS:t9i'tf:o-n. will ta-ke ~rtB:.ldb-y for each of the f"oregoing in turn.Bind record the c aIls: or- those ealling in) ,

-THIS- Ia ( your call) NET CONTROL STATION FOR TIm POT HOLE NETft

AIDrOUNC-EMENTS1Arter all. stations have been called in~turn the Ne-t over to tIle Bulletin Edi toranno-un c·emen t a')

&WAF NE'rOn. saturday Only: Immedia-t.ely following the. announcements, the Net S'hould

be turned over to the SWAP NET Manage·r for his:. iteIiJ.~••

RAG aHEW PORTION.The Net Gontrol Station s:hall conduct the Rag ahew, portion in the. order ofcall ino The only excep,tion to this. are the mQ1l'ile: atations:: who shouldaIwaya 'he given preference9 even if they eall in 1ateo

SIGNING OF THE THE NETArter the Rag Chew portio.n, the Net (}ontrol Station shauld take a finalcheck for any other stationS'· wi s.hing to check in, if" nil, etign the Net .•

-THIS ISRADIO CLUB"

( your call ) NET CONTlROLSTATION FOR THE OTTAWAVALLEYMOBILEINOORRORATED 9 POT HOLE NET SIGNING THE NET AT ( Time)

OPERATING HINTSI" Mobile ~-ta.t:[ons should always have preference f"o·r call in, traffic andRag Chew••

2.. Throughout the Net tak.e s:everal checks f"or ~ate. corriers and. add them toyour role call.

3.. B2. $ure to notify the Ne-t Manager ir- you are unable to kee'p yours.chedule of Net Oontrol .•

PLEASE K:EE1l THIS: PROCED·URE.HANDY IN THE SHACK

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