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NEXT MEETING

THURSDAY

Jun8

7 p.m. Room 237McIntyre Building

Confederation College

June 1995

Well, as they said about about a1,000 years ago, 'Sumer isicumen!' [sic]. Some things justnever change with the passage oftime.

Included in this issue ofHI-Q. isa special insert for LARCmembers only, which contains thespeed-dial directory listing foreveryone in the club. There is a lotthat the repeaters can offer us andit's a shame that they get very littleusage

At the June meeting, there willbe demonstrations on how to usethe voice-mail, the autopatch,how to program speed-dialnumbers and passwords, etc..A,lso, the reference manual forthe various VE3TBR functionswill be available. Bringyour HTsto the meeting.

Ten metres is starting to open up.If you ever wanted an incentive toget your code up to 12 w.p.m.,now is the time to day it! If anyoneIS interested in the 10-10International Club, I have theinformation on and how to join theclub. You can get on 10 metresreally cheaply and easily, mobileor base (once you get the code).

This month's Personality isSteven Bush, VE3DP. J used to

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worked with his son, Dave, inAeradio. Steven has taught me alot about antennas! I wouldencourage all the new amateurs tolook Steven up and pay him a visit,when they want to start buildingtheir own antennas. You aren't areal ham until you make and hangyour own wire, with the solderbums to prove it!

The answer to last month'sarchive quizz: Ray Greer, VE3CHsuggested the club name change.Apparently, the new name justnever took.

Have a safe and enjoyablesummer. From a CoastGuardsman, a safetytip-Remember to always wearyour lifejacket in the boat.

INSIDE...

An Open Leiter 2

Meeting Minutes 3

Celebrate Canada Day! 4

Field Day '95 4

Personality ofThe Month 5

Friends ofIrkutsk 6

RAC Outgoing QSL Bureau 7

The Club Archive 8

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F_1t\aa Prell"'"P.J (Pal) O'Shea. VE3fW

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An Open Letter

V.,a1f'W' AwarllThe Lakehead Amateur RadIo Club, m cooperation With !he

City of ThWlder Bly. IS offmng the Thunder Bay VoyageurAward to any 5taboo worklna Of IDOIUIOnJlI II least 5 ThunderSly ltalions The award 15 an attrlletiw: 8S' by II" parchmentJCroll, truly • complement to any radio lihack.

Send a ropy or your IoJl WIth CaD5ignl, dales, time.,frequencLCS and $2 00 to the Awards Manager at the club Iddrcsalisted below.

Club aad NrnldWr h" .......tioIIHI-Q IS pubhshcd September Ihrou«h June by !he~

Amateur Ra&o Chib. Inc., CLARe) III Ontario regIStered, non·profitc:orponbOn. The opuuonI~ or unpbod U1Hl-Q are~ of tile IlIthon. The l.ARC U5UI1"Ie5 no resporwbility fill" lheM:ICIImCY ofttle mfonnabon tubnuttcd. Matenal.1I'I Hl-Q may becoped for non-profit UIe by the amateur radio comrnUItICy,JXO''Ided ItW tndillS IPvert to the author and sourec

Conrn1lubl:w related to tmlIteur MOo In pamc:ulJl' IhoIearbCles of 1JlID~ 10 northweslcm Ontano amalClft. tremcourIFd Malena! lNy be R1brrnned III the form ofll'I&nuscnpts With dnWll'lP 01' pbolograph5 or on dtd; In

WordPerfectll fontlll 01' WI ASCIJ lut file. Fib may also besubnulted by fix to 807-345-2688 01' pICket rWo 8BSVA3ROM@VE3TKA'NONONCANNA. Send your IIWtenalOf dated lUIOOUrIOemeIlts no Ialer than the 20th of !he month u\

wIuch 1115 to appearTo reduce production and dLunbutlOn costs, H/-Q accepts

lldverti:sinB at the folloWLnfl per lSlue rates; fulI-page-S60.00, 1/2page-S40.00, 114 page-S20 00 and 118 page-SIS.OO. Reducedrates (1/3 011) available upon receIpt of advance payment for 10ISSIIe5 (one full year). Send your camera-ready copy and ch~uc

(payable 10 the LARC) to the club address lISted belowAdvcrtisinl thaI appe&I'J III Hl{l does not imply an mdonementOf recommcMatlon ofthe prodUl:l Of~ by the LARC

LARC membmhlp fees, dclCflTllnCd annually, arc tel for thwyear as follows; ReguJar-$JO 00, Assoaale----$20 00, AsaocIIte(ancndJng ham cw-}-S80 00, Students (anendina scllool full·tune)-SISOO lUld Family-SlOOO plus $1000 for eachaddibOna1 family mcmbel' at the MITIC address H1{l1l sent to allLARC memben., exe::epc thlt onty «Ie copy IS mailed to eHb.......

In honour of the memory ofOW" foundinI prcsadmt, Mr P J(Pal) O'Shc:a., the dub ealIslIn II VE3FW

The LARC 0....... lUld ClpCrateJ 1 VHF ~pcaten. VE.3TBR146.81(.) located aklp ~ Jo5epb's HenlaF Itld VE3YQT147.06(-) kaled atop Mount Baldy

The dub mailing addrea II LARC • 11~ MemonalAvenuc,Swte 1!W°Thundcl' Bay,ON ° P7B4A3' Canada

.......Bill Roberts. VE3ARN

Keith FI$b, VEJJQBert Lambert, VE3BKY

Illy Greer, VEJCHHugh EIbott, VElEDWBiD lGemacki, VElAJ

[JKulh'e BoardPrelldf,nt: Terry Stewardson, VElTKAVke Pm: Ed Bauman, VElSNWS«nUry: Norm Bell, VE3XRCTrealurer. Slap Wnaht, VE3BBSDIndorI: Gmy MJchaIuk. VDGWT

Glen WI1JKe, VEJICYLen C.liIIo. VE3KVJohn Watson, VE3Ci11C

MemlMnltIp SKfttIr,:John Watson, VE3GTX

Puc hal"l:Mart:: Vukovich, VE3VUK

Hl-(lE~ Robert C, MMJr, VAJROM

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Re: Disploy of Amoteur RodioEquipment Loaned by Chorles C.McDonald, VE3GS, to the ThunderBay Historical Thunder BayHistorical Society Museum.

During my recent visit to ThunderBay, I spoke on the telephone 10several members of the LakeheadAmateur Radio Club (LARC) aboutthe possibility of their participationwith the Thunder Say HistoricalSociety (TBHS) in developing apermanent display of early amateurradio activities and equipment at theThunder Bay Historical SocietyMuseum.

Although my father, Charles C.McDonald, originally call lettersC4AC and later VESGS, was one ofthe founding members of the clubthat is now named the LARC,apparently no one in the club knewthat he had loaned many items ofhistorical and technical interest tothe TBRS Museum. He intended thatthis equipment be displayed in theThunder Bay district for educationalpurposes and historical record.

Now that the Thunder BayHistorical Society has acquired newand much larger quarters, there is thepotential to develop a meaningful,educational display that willillustrate and record theaccomplishments and thecontributions of hams in the ThunderBay area.

The Thunder Bay HistoricalSociety will lind it difficult toaccomplish this on its own becausethe information and the technologyexist only in the heads of adiminishing few hams who were apart of this saga.

The LARC is a unique resourcebecause it has members who

participated in these developmentsand know the technology of the past.The recent displays of old hamequipment, presented by the LARCon its 60th anniversary, indicateclearly that your group is interestedin and proud of its past.

I was very pleased and encouragedby the conversations that [ had withseveral LARC members. I suggestedthat the LARC, as an organization,and its members offer to assist theTBHS developing a suitable displaythat would utilize the equipmentprovided by my father, VE3GS.

Sincerely,Charlie McDonald

NEW BASIC HAMS!

Congratulations go out toGerry (Big Burney), VA3BRNand Judy, VA3EAP. They justgot their Basic tickets andshould be burning up theairwaves this summer. Now,about that Morse code...

NEW ADVANCED HAM!

Yours tmly, (the HI-Q editor,VA3ROM) sat for theAdvanced test last month,(watched very carefUlly byVE. Ed, VE3SNW). Guess mywireless mike was shOWing!hi, hi. Oh, yes. 1did pass.

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Meeting MinutesHl-Q • June /995 /.ARC· Lakehead Amateur Radio Club Page 3

BY NORM, VE3XRC

Minutes of a meeting of theLakehead Amateur Radio Clubheld in Room 237 atConfederation College, ThunderBay, Ontario on May ll, /995.

The meeting was called to orderat 7:30 p.m. by the PresidentVE3TKA, Terry Stewardson with38 members and guests inattendance. The meeting startedwith a round-table of those inattendance introducing themselves.

The attendance of two newlylicensed amateurs, VA3EAP Judyand VA3BRN Gerry wasrecognized by the club members.

Minutes Of Previous MeetingThe minutes of the previous

meeting held April 13, 1995 werepublished in the May edition ofHl-Q and mailed to all members.Motion: moved by VE3BHN, BobGillespie and seconded byVE3MEN, Mel Simenac that theminutes be adopted as printed.Carried.

Note: The above balance shownabove includes $ 1,958.00 in theIkutsk fund.

Motion: moved by VE3RVA,Bob Hansen and seconded byVE3AJ, Bill Klemacki that theTreasurer's report be accepted.Carried.

President's Report VE3TKA,Terry Stewardson

Congratulations to the new hamswho have recently passed the basicexam and are now on the air.

A DF Seminar was held onThursday May 4th with about 20amateurs in attendance. VE3XT,Bill Unger described severaldifferent types ofDF antennas andthc advantages and disadvantagesof each. Many picked up plansand are now in the process ofbuilding a DF antenna. Bill evenincluded a couple ofjokes!?

Grand Marais link: the duplexerswere at the meeting for display anda chance for the "doctors" to checkthem out.

definite word on what ishappening. Pat is also looking formembers ofthe Lakehead AmateurClub to open up their homes tohost the amateurs from Irkutsk.

New BusinessUpcoming events: VE3BBS,

Skip Wright announced that theclub will be participating in theRoyal lePage Run For Women onSaturday May 13th and the Legion10 Mile Road Race to be held onMonday, May 22, 1995.

As well, the 1995 Field Day hasbcen scheduled for the Boy ScoutCamp at T rout Lake the lastweekend in June.

Hats and T-shirts: VA3DPB,Don Bel asked if there was anyinterest in acquiring hats and T­shirts with the club logo on them.A show of hands indicated thatthere was interest in the hats.

Adjournment: moved by VE3ZG,Mike Nawrocki that the meetingbe adjourned. Carried.

Balance as of April 13, 1995:$2,849.12

Balance as of May 11, 1995:$2,582.00

Treasurer's ReportVE3BBS, Skip Wright reported

the annual 1994-1995 financialstatement as of May II, 1995 asfollows:

Income:Expenses:

386.23653.35

Old BusinessClub Logo: VA3RJM, Ian Mellis

is working on covering in plastic alarge club logo which can be usedat functions promoting theLakehead Amateur Radio Club.

Irkutsk: VA3GD, Pat Dohertyhas been having trouble gettingthrough to Russia but has now gotan E-mail path. He is looking atearly July for our friends fromIrkutsk coming to Canada. ByMay 18th, Pat hopes to have some

50/50 Draw: winner of the 50150draw was VE3ZG, MikeNawrocki.

Following a short break,VE3TKA, Terry Stewardson puton a demonstration of tuning a setof VHF duplexers, the actual onesthat will be used on the link toGrand Marais. Terry explainedthe use of duplexers, for some ofus it was the first time we had everseen such units.

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Celebrate Canada Day!HI-Q· June 1995

Celebrate Canada Day withAmateur Radio! Not a contestorbut want to get your feet wet? Butyou are just a little leery about thatG5RV or lack of power, no beam,not really sure what to do?

Well have we got a contest foryou! The Radio Amateurs ofCanada sponsor the Canada DayContest, 01 July 1995. This is a24-hour Canadian contest and 90percent of the contacts are withother Canadians in the Canadianportion of the bands, so you arenot fighting the big guys in theUnited States.

It's simple. Exchanged are callsign, signal report and provinceand that's it! Contacts are made oneither SSB or CWo There aremany different categories, SingleOperator, Signal Band; SingleOperator, All Bands; SingleOperator, All Bands, Low Power;and Multi-Operator stations. Youpick the mode that you feel themost comfortable with.

Trophies are sponsored byAtlantic Ham Radio, DurhamRadio, H.C. MacFarlaneElectronics and Norham Radioand are awardcd to the topoperators in their class. As well,RAC forwards certificates to topscorers in each province in thevarious categories.

GARANTENNAS will sponsora plaque for the top scorer in thelow power category who is amember of the Lakehcad AmateurRadio Club and who submits a logto RAC. Log sheets and entry

forms are available from eitherNorm, VE3XRC or Skip,VE3BBS. Anything that you arenpt sure of, we can square you offon it. Come join the fun andcelebrate Canada Day on July 1stwith your fellow Canadian harns!

Members of RAC, receive thecomplete rules and forms with theJune issue of The CanadianAmateur.

The Winter Contest results of theThunder Bay amateurs were Skip,VE3RCN with 334 QSO's, 30multipliers for a score of 97,740points (top score Ontario). Secondplace goes to Norm, VE3XRCwith 144 QSO's, 29 multipliers fora score of 43,442. Dwayne,VE3DZR placed 3rd with 88contacts, 16 multipliers for a score

of 14,144. Annabelle, VE3XAWentered as a single operator on 80metres and logged 42 contactswith 8 multipliers for a score of3,536.

Field Day '95"CQ FIELD DAY THIS IS

VE3Fox Whiskey" This year, thatcall will originate from theRegional Boy Scout camp at TroutLake. An ideal site for this year'sevent. The whole family can getinvolved. There is a sand beach forthose who wish to swim. The lakeis large enough for those interestedin water skiing or other thingsnautical. A boat launch is also

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available. There is lots of room tolet the dog run and there is even abaseball field in case the bands arereally bad! The parking lot canaccommodate all types ofcampers. Full galley facilities andsleeping accommodations are therefor those who wish to stay over forthe complete 24 hour period orlonger. The club will supply thecoffee, you supply your own grub.

The event runs 24th and 25thJune 1995 from J800 UTCSaturday to 1800 UTC Sunday.Setup will begin 1800 UTC Friday(2 p.m. local time). Plans are for aspaghetti supper to assist with thefund raising efforts for the IrkutskFund. We intend to operate allbands except 160 metres but thatcould change; we do have the roomto play on that band. Modes willbe SSB, CW, RTTY andPACKET. Hams who areinterested in setting up, donatinggear or operating on the bands areasked to contact Skip, VE3 BBS,Emergency Co-ordinator, AmateurRadio Emergency Service,Thunder Bay District.

Full details will be available atthe June club meeting. Hope to seeyou all there! Let's make this thebiggest and best Field Day ever.

SPECIAL EVENTSTATION

The special prefix CG3V willbe used by the Chatham KentARC for use from July 1-31.They will be celebrating thethe City of Chatham'scentennial year.

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Personality of the MonthSteve Bush, VE3DP was born in

Nagycent, Hungary on August 8,1926. Steve's father was theHungarian equivalent of a RoyalCanadian Mounted Police Officer.For the first five and one-halfyears of life, Steve was raised byhis grandparents who spoke amixture of the Swiss and Austrianlanguages. When Steve was oldenough for elementary school hewent to live with his parents whoby then had moved to Tapolca, inthe Zala Megye district south-eastofNagycent. In elementary school,Steve had to learn and speakHungarian for the first time. Hethen went on to complete his highschool education.

In 1941, at the age of 15 years,Steve became an apprenticeaircraft mechanic at the localairport. He wanted join theMilitary and so in 1944 heenlisted. For the next four years,Steve was a Border PatrolOfficer. Every four to six monthshis location would change. AsSteve says, "We were given moretraining should the need arise forinunediate transfer to other posts."

Rumours began to circulate thatthe Hungarian military would berequired to "work with" theRussian forces that had occupiedthe country. Steve decided to "getthe hell out there!" because he hada different philosophy of life thantheirs. At the right moment, inAugust, 1948, Steve escapedacross the Hungarian border into

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Austria where he stayed withrelatives for a short time and thenwent on to Salzburg, Austriawhere he reported to authoritiesthat he had escaped from theHungarian military who had tofgllow Russian rules. He then wassent to "Hotel Europe", thedisplaced-persons camp. Stevewas now a "DP!" [Note callsign].

After the initial screening, Stevewas able to move about Salzburg,Austria with various passes thatwere required by the police. Forthe next two years, he worked at avariety of jobs such as farm workand in construction at a high-risecomplex. Steve was even able toutilize his knowledge of languageswhen he was able to help peoplewith translations betweenHungarian, German and Austrian.In March, 1950, Steve was sent toBremenhaven, Austria whererefugees underwent the finalprocessing for emigration to othercountries.'On May 17, 1950, Steve Bush

stepped off the ship onto Canadiansoil at Halifax. He had in his handa piece of paper that allowed himto stay in Canada or to go on to theUnited States of America. Stevequickly made the choice. He gotdown on his knees and kissedCanadian soil. Just this week,forty-five years later, he said tome, "Oh, it is so nice in Canada!"

For one year, Steve was requiredto work for the CanadianGovernment and so he was sent to

BY IAN, VAJRIM

Belwood, Ontario, in southernOntario where he worked on afarm for one year and ofcourse hehad to learn to speak English.After that he worked at theHomewood Sanitarium in Guelphfor another year. Steve wanted toget to northern Ontario wherethere were supposed to be jobs sohe caught a train and headed north.At the stop in Nipigon, Ontario,Steve went to a nearby restaurantand while sitting there heoverheard some men speakingHungarian! He asked to join them.They told Steve that there werejobs in the bush eamps. Steve waswary. He did not want to bedeceived, but he did get his job ina bush camp and then later he gota job in the Red Rock Paper Mill.After a short time, Steve appliedfor and got a job at the OntarioPsychiatric Hospital located thenon Highway 61 south of ThunderBay where the Correetional Centreis presently located.

This must have been a busy timefor Steve. At first, he worked inthe yard, but later graduated insideto work on the wards. Within sixmonths he had married, Velmae,the Scottish secretary of theadministrator. It was during thistime that Steve beeame a Canadiancitizen. It was also at this time thatSteve got his Amateur RadioLicense in 1955 and joined theLakehead Amateur Radio Club.Steve even took two courses that

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qualified him as a RegisteredNursing Assistant with the OntarioCollege of Nurses. When thepresent Ontario Hospital was builtnear Boulevard Lake, Velmaecontinued to be the secretary to theadministrator and Steve movedover there too, working on thewards until he retired in 1987.Velmae retired in 1988. That is along time to work in that kind ofenvironment.

Being so busy with so manyother things must have helped.Steve and Velmae raised threesons. Steve received his AdvancedAmateur Radio License in 1972.For seventeen years, Steve was amember of LARC where hedistinguished himself at field-<lays,climbing trees, climbing towerswhen putting up antennas. Fromseveral reliable sources withinLARC, comes the word that SteveBush knows well, the world ofantenna design, construction andtheir erection.

Another of Steve'saccomplishments is his facilitywith languages. He is fluent inHungarian, German, Norwegian,French and Spanish. On top ofthis, he says that he can "get-by"with about thirty-five otherlanguages and dialects [dependingon how you count] although hedoes not get many chances to usethem. He demonstrated this to mebut what do I know! He showedme his library of dictionaries. Hiscomputer is full of dictionary databases. With his incredibleknowledge of languages and hisradio, Steve has talked around theworld with CW and voice. As

Steve says, ''Yakity-yaking inforeign languages seemingly hadsome magical effect on me.Foreign languages have alwaysbeen fascinating and [ noticed thatafter each contact that I hadlearned a few more words."

Because talking around theworld is so easy for Steve, he hashad to seek challenges in his otherhobbies. You should visit his backyard garden and two greenhousesthis summer! Tomatoes, peppers,sweet corn and other exotica, toonumerous to mention. Anyone forgrapes? They're for eating notwine! Should you not see thegarden at first glance because it isso big, you will find it under hisantenna farm! Be sure to checkwith Steve first, because even atsixty nine years of age, Stevewould be a formidable adversary.We just would not want to lose anyLARC members; fees are hard tocollect as it is!

Checking with Steve first to seethat he is home is wise because hehas another passion and that isfishing. He just might be "gonefishin'" to some river or lake tofind some peace and solitude. Hedoes not take his radio with him. IfSteve is at horne you mightchallenge him to a game of chess,another ofhis hobbies but then youjust might find it safer [dependingupon your opinion] to get Stevetalking about the "world-of-the­unexplained", the psychic world.He might even be persuaded todemonstrate. It is incredible!

Steve can be heard occasionallyon the Northwestern Ontario Netapd on the Sandbox Net but just sothat you can say that you have

talked to this incredible man, givehim a land-line and invite yourselfover to see his garden. As onemember of the Lakehead AmateurRadio Club says of Steve, ''Youwould be hard pressed to find a

. "mcerman.On behalf of the members of the

Lakehead Amateur Radio Club,thanks for choosing Canada asyour home, Steve, you have madeit a richer place to be.

Friendsof

IrkutskThe following hams have made

donations to the Irkutsk '95 fund.It is much appreciated with manythanks. Total contributions todate: $1200.00.

VE3EEI, Matti; VA3JMS, John;VE3LMV, Bill; VE3ICY, Glen;VE3AVS, Dave; VE3HMU, Bev;VE3AFF, Cliff; Student Mike 1.;VE3ELV, Betty; VE3RZL, Bob;VA3SAM, Sam; VE3FTS, Bill;VE3TKA, Terry; VE3RVA, Bob;VE3ARNI7, Bill; VE3KRM,Martin; VE3DJM, Murray;VE3DZR, Dwayne; VE3XAW,Annabelle; VE3ZZA, Ann;VE3RRT, Bob; VE3AZB,Nlan;VE3BBS, Skip; VE3ZG, Mikeand VE3MJN, Marion.

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RAe Outgoing QSL BureauOne of tile most rewarding and

challenging, yet sometimes frustratingaspects of this great hobby of ours isQSL'ing. Doing it right the fIrst time maysave your some of that frustration. Forthose of you new to amateur radio.receiving your fIrst QSL card can rank upthere among the thrills such as your firstcontact on the air. working your Hrst DX(Distant) station or being able to provideassistance to a stranded motorist byutilizing the repeater system to get helpor placing a phone patch.

A QSL card can take many shapes andforms. The standard card is 5-1/2 x 3-1/2inches (postcard) and on i~ is the callsign of the station contacted, dale, time(usually in UTC) the band or frequencyworked, signal report and the mode (CW,SSB, PACKET. RTTY etc.). It is aconfinnation of two way contactbetween amateur radio stations. Manyorganizations that award certificatesrequire a copy of the card to confmn youreligibility for the particular award. Inplanning any shack, make sure you leavesufficient wall space to display thesecards.

If you are making your own cards formailing. please make sure you use aheavy bond paper (80 lb.). Throughoutthe world many of the organizationsoperating in various countries haveestablished QSL BUREAUS. On the air,ram sure you have heard. "PLEASE QSLVIA THE BUREAU" (or BURO in CW).Well, Canada is no different. Staffed byvolunteers. Radio Amateurs of Canadaprovides outgoing QSL Servicethroughout the world for only the cost ofbeing a member and of course RACmembership forms are available throughthe club. (See VE3GTX, John for yourapplicntion). In tlte March issue of TheCOllodion Amateur, the monthlypublication of RAC there was 8 veryinfonnative write up about our very 0\Vll

QSL Bureau. For those of you who arenot members of RAe or who missedreading it. here are some extracts of themore interesting parts of that particulararticle. Between 500-1000 carda arereceived daily at the bureau from hams

all across Canada. That's 275,000 cardsor almost at ton of QSL cards per year.To utilize the outgoing bureau you mustbe a member of RAC and you have toprovide your membership nmober whenyou forward your cards. The easiest wayto do this is photo copy the label on yourTCA and enclose it with your carda. Youcan also use it as part of your returnaddress i.e., Amateur Radio StationVE3FW. CI018 1995/12. To make iteasier at this first stop of the QSL cardjourney, please remember tltat Canadianand American QSL's are sorted by theircall area only.

Try not to mix up Canadian andAmerican cards with foreign cards. Inaddition. to speed up sorting place thecall sign of the station in the upper righthand comer of the card either front orback. You can imagine if the volunteersorter has to read every call sign asactunlly addressed by you. especiallywith the differing styles of cards. howlong it is going to take to sort. Rememberthe faster they can sort 'em. the fasterthey can get 'em ouL

Most of the packages forwarded to thebureau are arriving in good shape. Theones that are in tight envelopes survivethe best. It seems that if the QSL cardaare loose in the envelope, they get the"rip test" by the post office. An SASEwith your cards will let you know howthey arrived at the bureau.

The most active bureaus. such as DL,EA, F, G, UA, UA9/0,1 and J are usuallymailed on a 2 week schedule. Theremainder are forwarded on a monthly orquarterly schedule. So, the longest yourcard is going to sit in the Canadianb~eau is 3 months. There are of course,some countries that don't have bureaus.As of Janullry '95 they included KJ-I4(Midway Island), V6 (Microncsia), XU(Kampuchea), TZ (Mali). 9G(Ghana),5U (Niger). A6 (United Arab Emirates),9X (Rwanda). 5T (Mauritania). T3(Kiribati). 5H (Tanzania). A5 (Bhutan),and D2 (Angola). In addition there aresome countries that are having troublegetting postal service. The bureau keepsin touch with the Post Office about this

and when service will be resumed. Thefollowing countries come under that areaat present: Lebanon. Yugoslavia, Bosnia,Somalia, Chad, Iraq, Liberia andRwanda. Any cards destined for theseareas will be held and forwarded whenthey resume postal service. For onereason or another if your card(s) have tobe returned. it will be done by theincoming bureau, but then, that's anotherstory.

When you forward your cards,separators between cards are notnecessary. Separators can sometimesslow down the sorting and like they sny,they don't need the extra paper. Bundleup the cards, sorting thema1phanumerically and by country. Theaddress for the bureau is Radio Amateursof Canada. Outgoing QSL Bureau, POBox 3329, Morinville. A1bertn TBR IS2.Make sure you affix sufficient postage.Finally, when it all comes down togetting the job done and making thesystem work. it is the volunteers. Themanager of the bureau is VE6VW(Norm) and his main helpers areVE6NAP (Gerry), VE6MCC (Margaret).VE6BMX (Barry), VE6BSO (Ross).VE6BAB (Gord), VE6MRT (John).VE6DLX (Heinz). VE6JY (Don).VE6JAV (John). and VE6SLV (Sharon).If yOll end up having a QSO on thc bandswith any of these dedicated hams. don'tforget to sny thanks. and tlten QSL VIATHE BUREAU'

RECYCLE THAT HI-Q

Instead ofthrOWing out HI-Qwhy not donate it to a localschool library, hospital orhome for the aged.. Someoneelse might be encouraged toenter the hobby. And it's lesspaper for the landfills.

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VOL. 1QRM

MARCH 1948

Published 1n the interest o~ Lakehead Hams by the Lakehead WirelessExperimenters' Association

NO. 2

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CANADIANLAKEHEAD WIRELESS EXPERIMENTERS WILL BE HELDON WEDNESDAY, HARCR 17T8 at 7:30 P.M. INTHE FORT WILLIAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Next tothe C1ty Ball)

THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OFOFFICERS WILL BE THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.MOVIES ARB ALSO BEING ARRANGED. TRY TO BE INATTENDANCB •

The Report of the Noadnat1ng Commdtteewill appear on this page.

LAST MEETINGBert Tamblin - VE3ANP really did a "banq­

up" job as chairman of his corcan:1-tteeappointed to look after the last regularmeeting. Not only did he work he worked theother two members of his committee, RonSeaborn and Fred Rolley but had almost allthe Port Arthur Bams behind him as well.

After a de11ghtful dinner in the OrpheumGrill, President Ray (Vll3RA)turned theevening over to Bert and the followingproved to be very interesting to all Hamsand Experimenters present:

surplus "G" Equipment - Demonstration byNeville Pettifor

Frequency Modulation - Lecture by HarryStephens.

Tape Recorder - Demonstration by BillRoberts. Ron Seaborn tickled the ivories alittle and we were all impressed when themusic was played back over the recorder. Itwas the intention of the Executive to havenominations at this meeting but severalmembers suggested that a nominatingcommittee should be appointed. Ed Sandersonwas appointed chairman and Brien O'Brien andBill Roberts were to assist him in the work.on speaking to Ed this week, he informs yourSecretary that it was a most difficult jobto get a full slate of officers.

However, they have chosen the following,which as you see, leaves the oft'ice ofPresident and Vice President st~l vacant.The committee felt that the decision in thisregard should be left to the whole Club atthe next meeting: secretary Treasurer,Prances Tamblin Executive CounCil, RayGodsalve, Ron seaborn, Bert Tamblin, BruceGrant and Ernie Reid. The CoIlnittee feltthat in view of the fact that only four arerequired on the Executive CounCil, one ofthe above would accept the office ofPresident.

ON TBB AIR ACTIVITIES IActivities on ten meters seems to exceed

that of the other bands. We notice that someof the other fellows are coadng up on TenMeter Phone too.

Ray Godsalve has informed us that he isgoing to try to establish contact with BorgeRudman at Schreiber on Ten Meter GroundWave. Any of you fellows that are around onsunday evening, March 14th at 9 P.M. mightlisten in and also stand by for VB3UB upthere in Schreiber.

WRLL in Two Harbors has advised VE3BIXthat he has heard him on Ground Wave acouple of times. WBHM in Grand Harais hasworked Two Harbors quite consistently on Tenso let's see if we can't work somethingsimilar on the Canadian side of the Border.

Bert Lambert advises us that that strongsignal emitting from VE3BKY on Ten is not anHarmonic but that he is definitely operatingon that band now.

ILLEGAL OPERATIONNotification has been received by the

Secretary of the Club that certain personsare engaged in operation of RadioTransmitters without a proper license,therefore The Department of Transport hasadvised us to that effect in the hope thatwe may be able to assist in eliminating it.We are readnded that this is a violation ofthe Radio Act of Canada and punishable bylaw.

NEWS BRIEFSWe congratUlate Frances Tamblin on having

received her proficiency Certificate inRadio - we are all curious to know what yourCall will be Frances!

We are glad to hear that so many of theprospective Hams are doing so well withtheir code and theory and wish them all thebest in the exams that are coming upsometime this month.

Heard some of the fellows in the DXcontest during February. Bert Tamblin hookeda eouple of good ones!

73's. See you now next Wednesday I

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