VECTOR February 2024 News Part 2

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Previous newsletters can be found in the archive.

1. Coming Meeting | 2. News | 3. Learn | 4. On Air | 5. Notable | 6. Secondaries | 7. Meetings

1. Coming Meeting

Our next members' meeting will be held Wednesday, February 7, in the E-COMM Media Room.

Detailed agenda included in e-mail to members.

2. Community News - What’s Coming

  • Winter Field Day - 22 contacts and bonuses
  • Respiratory Illness Season - monitoring wastewater
  • Data Practice Night - 2024-02-28, 18:30, E-COMM Media Room
  • Radio Skills Course coming soon - great intro or refresh
  • VFRS March DOC Drill
  • Retiring 6 V Trickle Charge Batteries from DSAs
  • How Correct is your BI profile?
  • Renew for 2024 - Volunteer Waiver Ready
  • Missed Something?
  • Rating Crowd Density - flow video and images

Winter Field Day - 22 contacts and bonuses

  • 22 contacts
  • Operated at an EOC
  • Used WinLink
  • Operated for more than 6 hours

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Respiratory Illness Season - monitoring wastewater

Health care is circulating invitations for our annual immunization for Influenza and COVID-19.

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Data Practice Night - 2024-02-28, 18:30, E-COMM Media Room

Last February Wednesday! (6:30 pm)
Sign Up

  • Get hands on with tools like WinLink radio email and APRS position reporting
  • Bring your laptop and radio, or borrow from VECTOR
  • Practice point-to-point digital messaging over radio

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Radio Skills Course coming soon - great intro or refresh

We pick a day when we have around 12 people.
Join the Waitlist

Scheduling our next four-week deep dive into radio procedures, events, message handling, and more. Learn more about our key technologies and buying your first radio. Play in three specialized on-air nights. Non-VECTOR operators welcome with $ 20 fee.

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VFRS March DOC Drill

  • March 06, 10:00
  • 6 people estimated (Fire DOC, DSA3, Radio Room)
  • Minimum performance: Fire Departmental Operations Centre
  • Sign up coming at the meeting

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Retiring 6 V Trickle Charge Batteries from DSAs

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How Correct is your BI profile?

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Renew for 2024 - Volunteer Waiver Ready

Reminder to cover the Volunteer Waiver.

To remain active volunteers, we need three things current:

  • getting a Police Information Check every fifth year
  • accepting the City Volunteer Waiver every January
  • updating our MyVolunteerPage (or BetterImpact) profile

You can pay your dues via Interac eTransfer to [email protected], or by cheque.

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Missed Something?

We intend that this news looks forward unless we wish to commemorate accomplishments. I expect to know about 20 - 50% of what’s going on. You can easily make sure we get closer to 80% of what matters using our news form: Recommend Item.

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Rating Crowd Density - flow video and images

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Help with, Work On, and Learn about

  • Online Task Board shows active opportunities. Eight parts of VECTOR you can get involved in: Invitation Link. Task cards include links to file folders, checklists, and conversations.
    • DSAs
    • Civic Events
    • Field Day
    • CERV
    • Maintain-Repair-Overhaul
    • Next Drill
    • High Speed Data
    • Board

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3. Upcoming Training & Practice Opportunities

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4. On Air Radio Activities

Local Nets | Program | Calendar | Jessé VE7DET | Team Page | Team Mail

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Get to know other members on air - Friday Nights at 20:00 on VE7RVF

Time Estimate: 30 minutes

Get involved

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Practise with VECTOR Winlink Gateway - 441.025 MHz simplex

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Keep Formal Net Skills Sharp on Weekly Net - 20:00 weekly on Wednesdays, VE7TEL

Time Estimate: 30 minutes

Checking in on Wednesdays stretches a few less-used skills. Details below in 6. Weekly Nets.

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5. Announcements, Notables, etc.

  • Ham Radio Documentery. University of Montana students on PBS Video. via Fediverse

  • Technical Korean Channel. HL1KKC’s shorts on video. via Fediverse

  • Help with Better Impact (MyVolunteerPage). Handy “How To” instructions and videos - Learn here.

  • Open Emergency Map. General reference for current conditions: Map

  • DEEP’s Event recordings: Posted online each month

  • SEPAR and SARC magazine: John VE7TI publishes latest issue right before our monthly Members session on a bi-monthly interval: VE7SAR

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6. Weekly Net

Catch the weekly net at 20:00 every Wednesday on the VE7TEL repeater: VECTOR channel 2, 145.170 MHz -600 kHz.

Each week, a secondary net follows on a different frequency, providing opportunities for amateur radio operators to test radios using other bands and modes of operation.

Schedule for upcoming secondary net frequencies:
Date Channel Frequency Information
February 07 44 146.430 MHz
February 14 20 147.200 MHz +600 kHz T100.0 Hz
February 21 7 147.450 MHz T100.0 Hz simplex
February 28 4 146.580 MHz simplex
March 06 1 145.450 MHz -600 kHz T100.0 Hz

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7. Monthly Members' Meetings

VECTOR gathers on the first Wednesday of each month to keep its operations flowing. We have the meeting room at ECOMM fo and can also connect in our Zoom virtual space.

Add to your calendar

The next 4 Monthly Members' Meeting dates:
  • February 7 - 18:30 (E-COMM Media Room and Zoom)
  • March 6 - 18:30 (E-COMM Media Room and Zoom)
  • May 8 - 18:30 (E-COMM Media Room and Zoom)
  • June 6 - 18:30 (E-COMM Media Room and Zoom)

Please find the link to the Zoom online conference room in your email edition of the newsletter for joining remotely or on your MyVolunteerPage homepage. You can sign up for upcoming members' meetings in BetterImpact to log your meeting time automatically.

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Tnx es 73,

VE7DET || Jessé Neri, President (he|him)
[email protected] Recommend Item

VA7DPO || Darryl Pogue, Vice President (he|him)

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