VECTOR June 2024 News

Posted 5 June 2024 in newsletter

Our active season begins: several civic events and Field Day

Previous newsletters can be found in the archive.

1. Coming Meeting

Our next members' meeting is on Wednesday, June 5, in the E-COMM Media Room.

Detailed agenda included in e-mail to members.

2. Community News - What’s Coming

Monthly Communications Test crew organized - Wednesday 10:00 - May 1
All DSAs test City radios June 5
Data and Packet Radio Night June 26
Field Day Vanguard

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Action Stations: June Service Reminders
Coming Up: July and August Service Reminder
CERV Manitoba Yard Safety Orientations Available
Field Day permit granted for Queen Elizabeth Park - Social Highpoint

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DEEP Drill - 4 members attended
BCARCC Delegates List
Missed Something?

Monthly Communications Test crew organized - Wednesday 10:00 - May 1

June 5, 10:00, 1 hour or so
Members testing the Radio Room, Fire DOC, and DSA6 (Connaught Park)
Members learning what to do (always room for a learner)
Sign Up

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All DSAs test City radios June 5

VFRS opening all DSAs June 5 to test communication systems
We only committed to the Monthly Communication Test at DSA6, Firehall 5, and the Radio Room
VFRS plans to do this twice a year
Doing the Monthly Test qualifies you to meet up with VFRS for future expanded tests

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Data and Packet Radio Night June 26

Anyone can learn data and packet radio skills
Email over packet radio is a key VECTOR skill
Sign up for Wednesday, June 26, 18:30

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Field Day Vanguard

5 years since we used the field gear for Queen Elizabeth Park
Getting gear ready makes Field Day smoother - June meeting item
VE7DET is green vest for early work
Sign up
What we need help with

Action Stations: June Service Reminders

Referring to our event calendar summary on May 24:

Monthly Radio Tests (DSA6’s turn) - June 5, 10:00
Members Meeting at ECOMM - Wednesday, June 5 (18:30)
Champlain Heights Summer Fair Outreach - Saturday, June 15
Field Day at Queen Elizabeth Park - Saturday, June 22

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Coming Up: July and August Service Reminder

Referring to our event calendar summary on May 24:

Celebration of Light (3 evenings) - Sign Up
Frontrunners Pride Run and Walk - Sunday, July 28
Vancouver Pride Parade Sunday, August 4

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CERV Manitoba Yard Safety Orientations Available

5 members attended works yard orientation calls
Need safety orientation to help with CERV and retrieve gear we store at the Yard
Sturdy heavy duty shoes confirmed OK
Loomio thread to request orientation

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Field Day is for you. Let’s come together on 2024-06-22 to have fun setting up a back-up radio room, enjoy a barbecue, play with radios, and play a little with ICS.

One day event this year - June meeting item
Barbecue and Meals
Setup and Takedown are key training
Sign Up
Coordination File on drive

DEEP Drill - 4 members attended

DEEP runs through its Disaster Support Hub each spring
Our VFRS liaison, community policing, Marpole Oakridge representatives, and Westley Surplus attended
Helped DEEP practice, reinforced relationship with DEEP, raised community awareness
DEEP May 11
Attendees: VE7PNP, VA7EVJ, VA7AZF, VE7DET

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BCARCC Delegates List

Harondel VA7MCZ
Russell VE7MTU
Prem VA7PMK
Tamara VA7ETR
Jesse' VE7DET
Coordinators Report in meeting folder

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Missed Something?

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

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Help with, Work On, and Learn about

Online Task Board shows things we are working on. Invitation Link. Cards on the board have checklists, conversations, and links to folders.
- DSAs
- Civic Events
- Field Day
- CERV
- Maintain-Repair-Overhaul - take care of our stuff
- Next Drill
- High Speed Data
- Board

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3. Upcoming Training & Practice Opportunities

Data Night
- APRS, Packet, Winlink.
- June 26, Register now
RAC CANWARN Workshop
- CANWARN is our national severe weather preparedness program
- Get better at sending observer reports
- June 20 at “7 pm EST” = workshop
- June 25 = behind-the-scenes event

Net Control - Email Andrew VA7YAA
Key Files
EmComm Skills Notes
Updating Learning Program - best learning at monthly drills

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4. On Air Radio Activities

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VECTOR Equipment Drills

Described in Community News above.

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

Time Estimate: 30 minutes

Please take your shot leading as net controller for one night
Connect to around 15 fellow operators (from 8 to 35 people any day)
Origin
Remember that we identify our signal
- your call sign at both the beginning and end of each period of communication
- per RBR-4 — Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio Service section 9.3
- even a casual net gives time to practice good procedures

Get involved

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Practise with VECTOR Winlink Gateway - 441.025 MHz simplex

Take your shot Time Estimate: 15 minutes

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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.

35 Plausible Disruptions Drive Preparedness. via Paul P, MIERCT
- CBC highlights top 10 likely disruptions to prepare for news item
- Disruptions on the Horizons report
Solar Weather blocked SRD HF Exercise May 26. via MIERCT
- Strathcona Regional District set up exercise on HF for May 26
- MIERCT will review at 10 am meeting on June 5
- Exercise slides in meeting folder
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 VE7RVF repeater: VECTOR channel 1, 145.450 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
June 05	44	146.430 MHz
June 12	20	147.200 MHz +600 kHz T100.0 Hz
June 19	7	147.450 MHz T100.0 Hz simplex
June 26	4	146.580 MHz simplex
July 03	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 at the ECOMM meeting room to keep its operations flowing.

The next 4 Monthly Members' Meeting dates:

June 6 - 18:30
July 3 - 18:30
August 7 - 18:30
September 4 - 18:30

All at the E-COMM Media Room, with Zoom connection open.

Please find the link to the Zoom online conference room in your email edition of the newsletter so that you can join remotely. The link also lives on your MyVolunteerPage homepage online or in your MyImpact mobile app. 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)
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VA7DPO || Darryl Pogue, Vice President (he|him)

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