VECTOR May 2024 News

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Our active season begins: several civic events and Field Day

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 is on Wednesday, May 1, 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
  • DEEP Live-action Drill - May 11, 11:00 am
  • BCARCC has 5 VECTOR delegates again - May 26, 10:00
  • Radio Skills Course starts this week - great intro or refresh

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  • Retired Single-band VHF Radios sold out
  • Tiny USB TNC? - $ 22 each
  • Weekly Net on VE7RVF

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  • VECTOR Field Day at Queen Elizabeth Park - Social Highpoint
  • Notable Events for your calendar

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  • Finished HEMBC Kits for Member Testing
  • Local Businesses supported VECTOR at Vaisakhi
  • Missed Something?

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

  • May 1, 10:00, 1 hour or so
  • Members testing the Radio Room, Fire DOC, and DSA5 (Oak Park)
  • Members learning what to do (always room for a learner)
  • Sign Up

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DEEP Live-action Drill - May 11, 11:00 am

  • DEEP has formally invited us to check out and join in a live drill
  • See you there?
  • Drill involves setting up a Disaster Support Hub (DSH)
  • DSH has service booths and solar-recharged radio room next to the DEEP container
  • Location: Memorial Park West (Dunbar Community Centre’s back yard)
  • DEEP is a kindred-spirit organization building local community resilience
  • Come as you are, action starts promptly at 11

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BCARCC has 5 VECTOR delegates again - May 26, 10:00

  • Two spots available
  • Our delegates are first to know about frequency coordination issues
  • We rely on delegates to contribute based on conscience
  • Directors rarely call delegates into action during the year
  • BC Amateur Radio Coordination Council
  • AGM Invitation - delegates get Zoom link

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Radio Skills Course starts this week - great intro or refresh

  • City Hall, 2024-04-30, 18:30

A 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.

Retired Single-band VHF Radios sold out

Seven used single-band Icom IC-2200 VHF radios all have new homes.

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Tiny USB TNC? - $ 22 each

Last call before we close the order.

Anthony VE7XAK is ready to make Tiny USB TNCs for the IC-2200 radios. These little TNCs can work with laptops for other radios, so you can get one, too. Details attached, wait for our follow-up email before you pay.

Add your name to the list.

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Weekly Net on VE7RVF

  • Moved net to Channel 1, details follow below

VECTOR Field Day at Queen Elizabeth Park - Social Highpoint

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.

I need help splitting this into easier parts. (Write to Jesse' VE7DET)

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Notable Events for your calendar

Mark your calendar. We will have volunteer sign-ups soon. Find links in the calendar!

Finished HEMBC Kits for Member Testing

  • Nine upgraded kits are ready for members to take home and test at weekly nets
  • We must evaluate how well these kits work for operators
  • We only repaired the power supplies on the remaining eight until we get operator feedback on the first run
  • You: Test and practice voice and Winlink on 20 Watt radios?
  • Anthony VE7XAK would hook you up

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Local Businesses supported VECTOR at Vaisakhi

  • Himalaya Restaurant
  • Tim Hortons at 49 and Main
  • Canan 2 for 1 Pizza
  • Fraser Commons Liquor Company

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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

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4. On Air Radio Activities

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

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VECTOR Equipment Drills

  • Described in Community News above.

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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.

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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
May 01 44 146.430 MHz
May 08 20 147.200 MHz +600 kHz T100.0 Hz
May 15 7 147.450 MHz T100.0 Hz simplex
May 22 4 146.580 MHz simplex
May 29 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.

Add to your calendar

The next 4 Monthly Members' Meeting dates:
  • May 1 - 18:30 //corrected.
  • June 6 - 18:30
  • July 3 - 18:30
  • August 7 - 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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