For a more complete description of this year's Rideau Bicycle Tour see VE3CLQ's blog at:
http://ve3clq.blogspot.com//
Friday, June 17, 2011
International Lighthouse Wknd - Nine Mile Lighthouse and the Point Petre Lighthouse
August 20th and 21st is the weekend of the International Lighthouse Weekend. We will be activating both Nine Mile Lighthouse and the Point Petre Lighthouse. This weekend is also the weekend of the North American SSB QSO Party. ... Frontenac ARES Group
Activation of Amherst Island & Colorado 14er Event
August 7th will be a busy day for the Frontenac ARES Group. We have two activities scheduled. The first activity is the activation of Amherst Island, which we have not yet done…although we have threatened to many times.
The second activity is the Colorado 14er Event. This runs from 0900L to 1200L and involves making contact with stations at the summits of mountains in Colorado, which are over 14,000 feet. ... Frontenac ARES Group
The second activity is the Colorado 14er Event. This runs from 0900L to 1200L and involves making contact with stations at the summits of mountains in Colorado, which are over 14,000 feet. ... Frontenac ARES Group
July 24th is the Nine Mile Lighthouse activation day on Simcoe Island
July 24th is the Nine Mile Lighthouse activation day on Simcoe Island. We are planning on activating both Simcoe Island and the Lighthouse again this year. We hope that we will be as busy as we were last year when we did this event. ... Frontenac ARES Group
June 25 & 26 is Field Day. - Frontenac ARES Group
June 25 & 26 is Field Day. We now have all the operating positions filled and we have now registered with the ARRL as a 6A station. Our plan is to operate a 160/80m station, a 40m station, a 20m station, a 15m station and a 10m/6m station as well as an all band digi station using PSK31.
We will be set up at Hay Bay in the usual location.
If you are not coming out for the whole weekend, feel free to come out Saturday or Sunday for a few hours and guest operate. We will be monitoring the VE3FRG repeater during the weekend starting at 0800L Saturday, so call in and see how we;re doing! ... Frontenac ARES Group
The Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour
The Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour is over for another year. We're pleased to announce that unlike last year, only one significant emergency happened this year. That was handled by Lanark-North Leeds ARES. Many thanks to all those who gave up their weekend to help out, and a big thank you to Bill VA3WOW and Bob VE3QWB from the Belleville Club who came out to add strength to us. ... Frontenac ARES Group
April 16/2011 - Fully Deployed ARES DMAP Exercise & Mutual Aid Conference
On April 16/2011 I participated in a mutual aid deployment exercise held in Ottawa by the Seaway-Capital District ARES Group. The exercise was well organized. As early as April 10, those of us who would be involved in the exercise began to receive emails followed by phone calls to review the details of the up-coming event. On the morning of the exercise, net control was on the air before the actual starting time, to guide those of us "from away" to a recreation centre in east Ottawa, where we were registered and given our assignments. Our vehicles were left at the recreation centre and we were transported to our assigned locations. This was very helpful to those of us "from away", who were not as familiar with the city as the local participants.
The focus of the exercise was to get participants who were called into the area from outside to their posts as efficiently as possible. In that respect, the exercise was very well planned and carried out. I imagine future exercises will build from that point to actually involve one set of radio operators taking over from another shift. I was pleased to be invited to participate in the exercise and I was able to make contact with some of the participants, as well as renewing contact with some whom I had met at the Canadian Emergency Management College during a previous visit to Ottawa.
The deployment exercise was followed by the Annual Seaway-Capital District ARES Mutual Aid Conference for all members of the ARES group leadership team. I found great value in listening to the reports from representatives of each ARES group in the district. Most of the reports were concise and well-prepared. I especially enjoyed a well-prepared and well-presented report by Peter Gamble called "Using IMS for Amateur Radio - Introduction". Peter explained how to apply IMS to amateur radio activities.
In summary, the program was well-prepared and well-presented. Much valuable information was shares among the participants.
Bill Milligan
VA3WOW
D.E.C. for the Loyalist District of A.R.E.S.
The focus of the exercise was to get participants who were called into the area from outside to their posts as efficiently as possible. In that respect, the exercise was very well planned and carried out. I imagine future exercises will build from that point to actually involve one set of radio operators taking over from another shift. I was pleased to be invited to participate in the exercise and I was able to make contact with some of the participants, as well as renewing contact with some whom I had met at the Canadian Emergency Management College during a previous visit to Ottawa.
The deployment exercise was followed by the Annual Seaway-Capital District ARES Mutual Aid Conference for all members of the ARES group leadership team. I found great value in listening to the reports from representatives of each ARES group in the district. Most of the reports were concise and well-prepared. I especially enjoyed a well-prepared and well-presented report by Peter Gamble called "Using IMS for Amateur Radio - Introduction". Peter explained how to apply IMS to amateur radio activities.
In summary, the program was well-prepared and well-presented. Much valuable information was shares among the participants.
Bill Milligan
VA3WOW
D.E.C. for the Loyalist District of A.R.E.S.
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