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Next Regular meeting :

NOTE:
The meeting is the fourth Monday
(changed from 3rd Monday for this month)
28th of May 2012 at 7:30 PM.

Note: date changed from May 21st to 28th due to statutory holiday.

 

TARC May Club Meeting:
Our meeting will be held in the new
Edithvale Community Centre.
Here are the details:


TARC Club Meeting:


Date: 28 May 2012
Time: 7:30PM
Location: New Edithvale Community Centre
131 Finch Ave. West
(Note: this is really the same location as before,
just the address has changed on the new building!).

Room: Art Studio "B" (Second floor).

If you enter through the doors from the parking lot, either:
a) Walk towards the elevator, take it to the second floor, then walk
straight out of the elevator and turn across the catwalk and the
room is ahead on the on the left
-or-
b) Go up the stairs to the right and across the catwalk and down
the hall and the room will be on the left.

A link to the map is below:
http://maps.google.ca/Edithvale Community Centre

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This will be the eigth meeting of the year (Sept - June meeting season),  


 The delegated phone people and email notifiers
are reminded to let everyone know a week ahead. Thanks. 


Guest speaker info:

Topics and Agenda:


. 1) Executive Opening remarks and Admin updates:

. 2) The May meeting is going to be focussed on Field Day which this year
will be held up at Julio’s place. Please come prepared to discuss your availability
and contributions as to what you can bring to the event. We expect this year to be
one of our best Field Days ever ...

. 3) Any other topic that may be brought up, such as a review of the latest CANWARN
presentation that several members attended.


Remember anyone interested in the hobby is invited to attend. There is no pressure
to become a member for the first couple of meetings. After that we hope you would
like to join us as a full time member and membership at this time is still only $20.00/year.
Ladies this is not just a man’s world...we do have some of very proficient
female operators but we would like to see more get into the hobby!
Attend the meeting and see what Ham Radio is all about!





Please try to make this meeting as I can assure you
we will be striving to make it more than just interesting.
Guests are welcome.




The table below is a proposed TARC Club meeting schedule:

Month Date Proposed Topic
September 19 Ham Radio Deluxe
October 17 VE3DHJ - all bands portable station
November 21 Echolink demo
December 19 Replaced by a 'Christmas' dinner
January 16 Packet, antenna analyzer and more
February 27 2012 Field Day
March 18 2012 Field Day and more
April 16 Field Day planning
May 28 Field Day planning
June 18 Field Day final prep




Important Minutes From Previous Meetings.

-- Awaiting an update from the secretary....





Upcoming Flea Markets/Hamfests:




More dates and info to come...
also see http://www.rac.ca/opsinfo/fleas.htm for more info.


 

Notice: (For 2011/2012)

Regular club meetings resumed on the third Monday of September, 2011.
Basic and Morse Code classes/training will be run as needed and if there are enough requests, we need 3 or 4 at least. Self-study options with extra help is also possible.



 

The Next Teaching Meeting will tentatively be --- in the fall, 2012,

depending on interest and room availability in the new facility.

The courses for new Hams and code practice should begin again in September/October 2012
and continued through to March/April 2013 as needed. (Location to be determined)...
Testing usually begins in January, but can be arranged as needed through to May/June.


Interested people are always encouraged to join, late starters can always
catch up if you are determined ... and of course, there is always next season.

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A view of Larry (VA3LDM) up a tower re-aiming a beam with a busted rotator.(118k)

Another view after the beam was manually re-aimed.. (118k)

A simple map/layout of the building for the Meeting Location.
(Note -- this is the old building -- needs to be updated)
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More info on TARC (Toronto Amateur Radio Club)

and links to hundred's of other HAM places.

Field Day "What to Bring" document. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).


For further information, email me at the address below, or just show up at the classroom on a meeting night.
73 


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