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• VHF FM voice repeater VE7RPQ 145.370 - 600khz - Net - 9 am Sunday
• VHF FM Voice repeater VE7PQA 147.280 + 600khz 141.3 tone access - IRLP enabled
• VHF FM voice repeater VE7PQE 147.080 + 600khz 141.3 tone access Links to Island Trunk System
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• VHF Packet - Connect to VE7QBB-1 144.490 - Read 'About ...' file for facilities
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• "Coffee Clache" Qualicum Foods Mezzanine - 10:00 am Saturdays
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• Meeting - 2nd Tuesday of month, Sepember through June, - 7:30 pm Oceanside Middle School, Wright rd. Parksville
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We are a club, 50 strong of predominately retired hams, living on the east coast of Vancouver island about 150 km north of Victoria. We formed this general interest club in 1991. Every second year we offer the "Basic Amateur Certificate Course". We participate in the usual ham activities such as area swap shops, bunny hunts and the annual Field Day contest as practice toward providing Public Service and Emergency Communications .

We hold an informal 'Coffee Clache' at 10 am. each Saturday at the Qualicum Foods, Qualicum, Mezzanine floor. If you are in our area we invite you to drop by and relate your ham experiences.

September through June, we hold club general meetings at 1930 hrs on the second Tuesday of each month at Oceanside Middle School, Wright rd. Parksville. These meetings take the form of a brief business session followed by some sort of activity or presentation.

You can 'tour' of our area by following the links offerred by the [ Parksville / Qualicum Beach Tourism Association ]

When you are in our area, call us on the one of our local repeaters.

    
President             Bob Longmore          VA7ZA   
Vice President        Larry Herbert         VE7LNH    
Secretary             Gil Gilmore           VE7AJZ       
Treasurer             Norm                  VE7IVB    
 
Directors 
                   
                      Doug Marceau          VE7DEE      
                      Margaret Marceau      VE7MRM     
                      Greg Rehill           VE7GCR
                      Dave Ireland          VA7QED                                          
                   
Past President        Tony Taylor           VE7AJN  

Committees

- Tech & RFI            Richard Reedel        VE7BJX  
                    
- Emergency Coordinator Howard Coram          VE7HGC

- Social                TBA
              
- Coffee                Barb & John Bishop VE7BCH/VE7VGO 
  
- Custodian & Repeater  Syd  Lee              VE7PI  
       
- Email Updates         Bob Longmore          VA7ZA        
  

We recently offerred a [ PSK 31 Demonstration ]

Every second year MIRA offers a night school course leading to acquiring the Basic Amateur Certificate. If you are interested in taking the course, drop a note to Len bahari.bb@shaw.ca

Connect to [ Radio Amateurs of Canada ], our national organization that has [ Training details ]

You can access our local [ Course Materials ] here.

Online, you can preview the subject matter at     HamStudy.com , a commercial site

• District 69 Amateur Emergency Communications Manual( Original version )
• VE7DXD - Emergency Response - a comprehensive overview of BC emergency ham radio communications
• ARRL Public Service Communications Manual - ARES manual

  The YL link
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  Here is a link to YL hams who are contributing to the advancement of our hobby:

  
  CLARA YL Homepage many links to YLs.
  

  
  

  Builders Workbench
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  We build at Hot Solder Nights

  MIRA member technical documents
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  • The Arrl Simple Code Practice Oscillator project
  • VE7TKH's Kendicom Repeater Squelch mod
  • VTR71E to KPC-3 TNC Interface wiring
  
  

  Other technical Sites
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  • VK2TIP's 30M Electronics Tutorials Page Theory and practice online.
  • QRP Homebuilder Site Lots of simple projects
  • Norcal QRP Projects
    
  • Data Sheet Locator Find the data sheets for the components in your projects
  • Whiterook QRP Links
  [ Site Index ]

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  Central Vancouver Island Amateur Radio Clubs

  • Arrowsmith Amateur Radio Club
  • Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association
  • Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Club

  Web Resources

  • National level Organizations
  • RAC - Radio Amateurs of Canada
  • ARRL - American Radio Relay League
  • RSGB - The Radio Society of Great Britain
  • WIA - Wireless Institute of Australia
  • AMSAT - Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
  • Tuscon Amateur Packet Radio Association (TAPR) - APRS & Packet radio
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  • British Columbia
  • B.C. Amateur Radio Coordination Council
  • Westcoast Amateur Radio Association
  • Victoria Amateur Radio Packet Association
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  • Virtual Magazines and Email Forums
  • Adventure Radio Society - HF in the great outdoors
  • Ham Radio Online Magazine
  • QRP-L Daily Digest for low power HF enthusiasts
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  • Operating
  • NOAA Solar Predictions
  • LA9HW HF Contest Page
  • Contesting On-Line Home Page
  • Buckmaster's Online Callbook
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  • Omnibus Sites
  • QRZ.COM - a major US Ham Radio site
  • Electronics Tutorials - site from Australia
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  • Misc
  • IRLP (Internet Relay Protocol) Repeaters worldwide
  • ECHOLINK ( Ham radio over internet )
  • WINLINK 2000 ( Email via ham radio )
  • Digi-Key Electronics - major electronic components supplier
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  Created Feb 1997 for the Mid Island Radio Association by Frank Gibbons - VE7DSN
  Revised 12 Jul 2010 by Frank Gibbons VE7DSN
  

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