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The
next meeting of the Rideau Lakes ARC will be held at |
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Club Annual Christmas Dinner
The RLARC Annual Christmas dinner will
be held Dec. 3/09
at Gerbos Restaurant on Beckwith St. in Smiths Falls. Cocktails at 5:30, Dinner at 6:30PM. |
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Details on the 26th
Annual Smiths Falls |
Based in Smiths Falls, Ontario, the Rideau Lakes Amateur Radio Club Inc. has members throughout the Region, and is active in amateur radio and public-service activities in the area. The Club Station Callsign is VE3SFR.
The first organized amateur activity in the area arose in 1977 with the founding of the Rideau Lakes Repeater Association, which was established to build and install the repeater VE3RLR in Smiths Falls. The objective of the repeater was to cover the area between Ottawa and Kingston that repeaters in those centers could not reach, and also to serve boaters and cottagers in the central Rideau Canal System area.
In 1982, co-incident with the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Rideau Canal, the idea arose to have a special events station set up to advertise the occasion and promote amateur radio activity. To this end, in January of that year several amateurs from around Eastern Ontario gathered to form the Smiths Falls Amateur Radio Club. Permission was subsequently obtained for the station to be installed at the Detached Locks in Smiths Falls under the callsign VE3SFR. Permission was also granted for the use of the special callsign CZ3SFR, for a two week period. Later, due to dwindling resources, the Rideau Lakes Repeater Association amalgamated with the Smiths Falls Amateur Radio Club. In 1995, the club name was changed to the Rideau Lakes Amateur Radio Club and in July 1996 the Club was incorporated under the laws of Ontario as a non-profit charitable organization.
Photo of members at the February 2007 meeting, celebrating the 30th anniversary of our repeater, VE3RLR, and the 25th anniversary of the Club.
Voice Repeater VE3RLR
In 2009 the
club had to relocate the repeater due to the closure of its previous
home for over 25 years, the Rideau Regional Centre. Fortunately
with the help of the Town of Smiths Falls, a new home was found in the
Works Department Garage. To see some photographs of the work
done, go here.
APRS DIGI and Packet BBS
The
club operates an APRS digipeater, VA3RLR, on 144.390 MHz.
The
RLARC BBS is
operating on 145.010 and 145.050 Mhz using the call VE3UIL-3. The
system uses the
FBB
software. The RLARC BBS is part of a World-Wide
Packet Network.
[ More
Information on Packet Facilities]
ECHOLINK NODE
Mike VE3UIL also operates an Echolink NODE on behalf of
the RLARC, on the simplex frequency of 147.540 Mhz. Access to the
NODE is open. Pressing * on your keypad (while holding the PTT)
while cause the NODE to announce itself and provide it's status.
Simply press the NODE number of the NODE you wish to connect to.
(NODE numbers can be found on the Echolink
website.)
Echolink uses the Internet to connect stations
together. As a result some delay may occur so please allow a few
seconds before talking at the start of each transmission.
After having a conversation with a station on Echolink,
don't forget to terminate the connection by sending #.
The NODE number is for the VE3UIL NODE is 339852.
Club Meetings:
July and August. If you would like to attend, please join us at the Royal Canadian Air Force Association, 44 Abbott Street North at 7:30 PM.
Club Membership Dues
Club Executive:
The club operating year is
from July 1 to
June 30.
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-The Executive of the Rideau Lakes Amateur Radio Club - |
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2008-2009 |
2009-2010 |
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| President: | Richard Burroughs | VE3CDO | Richard Burroughs | VE3CDO |
| Vice-President: | Stephen Mayne | VE3LWX | Stephen Mayne | VE3LWX |
| Secretary: | Mike Ligeza | VE3UIL | Mike Ligeza | VE3UIL |
| Treasurer: | Bud Kern | VE3CAE | Bud Kern | VE3CAE |
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See the story by Mike, VE3UIL, on our |
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