M.A.R.C. News Bulletin - May 23, 2002.

Special Event Prfixes

May 18 to July 18,2002

At the request of Mr. David Goodwin VE2ZP, Authority has been granted by Industry Canada to use National Special Event Call Signs for the celebration of The Queen's Golden Jubilee.
The call signs assigned to the special event will be:

XM1 for VE1's, XL1 for VA1's,
XM2 for VE2's, XL2 for VA2's,
XM3 for VE3's, XL3 for VA3's,
XM4 for VE4's, XL4 for VA4's,
XM5 for VE5's, XL5 for VA5's,
XM6 for VE6's, XL6 for VA6's,
XM7 for VE7's, XL7 for VA7's,
XM8 for VE8's, XM9 for VE9's,
XN1 for VO1's, XN2 for VO2's,
XO0 for VY0's, XO1 for VY1's,
and XO2 for VY2's.

This authority is valid from May 18, to July 18, 2002.

From the RAC Bulletin 02-031E --

VE2BG Repeater

On Wednesday, May 22, Don Dashney, VE3RM amd Jim Hay, VE2VE visited the VE2BG repeater site to change out the coaxial resonators (cavities) which has resulted in an improvement in the reception of weak signals and a reduction in some of the false triggering that we have been having over the past little while.

Thanks to Raymond Laviolette, VE2HMA for loaning us the coaxial resonators and to Don for tuning them up.

Please note that VE2BG and VE2RED will be in use on the week-end of June 1st and 2nd as hubs for the Lac Saint Louis Soccer Tournament.

Canada Day 2002

The Canada Day Station will again be set up at Pine Beach Park in Dorval at the Corner of Lakeshore Drive and Pine Beach Blvd.. Set-up commences at 12h30 ET (16h30 Z) and we should be on the air at 15h00 ET (19h00 Z) until 22h00 July 1st (02h00 July 2nd).

We should be on the air from 10 to 80 metres and on various 2 metre repeaters locally.

Stay tuned for more information.

M.A.R.C. and VE2LZR Communications Events

Hi, just the usual reminder to check the Events page at:
http://www.marc.qc.ca/events.html
for the latest updates on local communications events.

Lac St. Louis Soccer Tournament 2002

Locations: Various locations in the West Island

Contact: Janusz at 514-744-5126 or E-MAIL at ve2zhp@rac.ca

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