A work party is being
organized to get the repeater on the air. It will be installed in
phases. Stay tuned!
The Use of Cellular Telephones and Other Hand-Operated
Electronic Devices While Driving
Saturday 17 July, 2010
This is a reminder that
Amateur Operators are exempt from this legislation when operating
Amateur Radio equipment while driving. The key languange from the
Highway Traffic Amendment Act is:
Exception - certain radios
and other equipment 215.1(5) Subsection (2) does not
apply to the use of
(a) a radio apparatus, as
defined in section 2 of the Radiocommunication Act (Canada), that
(i) is operated under the
authority of a radio operator certificate issued under that Act,
(ii) must, in order for
its operator to communicate with another person, transmit radio signals
to another radio apparatus that is operated under the authority of a
radio licence issued under that Act, other than a radio licence issued
to a cellular telephone network provider, or
(iii) is the type of radio
apparatus commonly known as citizen's band radio or family band radio;
Section 3 (a) of the
Regulation states:
Exempt devices
3 Subsection 215.1(2) of
the Act does not apply to
(a) the use of a two-way
radio or trunked mobile radio system;
A copy of the actual legislation
as well as the Regulation made pursuant to the Act that addresses
Cellular Telephones and other Hand-Operated Electronic Devices is
available as a pdf.
Amateurs should have their
Operator Certificates with them.
Interested in Amateur Radio?
Saturday 17 July, 2010
The Winnipeg Amateur Radio
Club (WARC) is
running a course
at Red
River College for anyone
interested in joining this fascinating hobby.
D-STAR Repeater System in Winnipeg
Friday, 19 February, 2010
The Manitoba ARES Executive is collaborating with Public Safety Canada, Manitoba EMO, Icom Canada and local Icom dealer Micro-Hightech towards
establishing a D-STAR Repeater System in Winnipeg. The idea is to have
an
Amateur VHF, UHF and 1.2 GHz Digital Voice and Data Repeater system. It
would be hosted in a downtown Provincial Government building (with
emergency power). Bulk of the acquisition cost would be shared between Public Safety Canada, Icom Canada and Micro-Hightech. The intended use
is to allow a digital Interagency Net (voice & data) in time of
crisis or emergency (operated by ARES members) and allow any Amateurs
who acquire personal D-STAR equipment open use of the system the rest
of the time. Don, VE4DWG, pesented some information at our 23 March
meeting. If you have a Power Point viewer, you can get the
presentation here.
Upcoming Events & Exercises
Manitoba ARES CANWARN Program Reportable SUMMER Weather
RAIN - of at least 25mm/h or 75mm in 3 hours
HAIL - of at least 25mm in diameter
WIND - of at least 90 km/h
TORNADO or WATERSPOUT
Spotters are encouraged to pass along any reports of...
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Parkinson SuperWalk is the largest national fundraising event for
Parkinson Society Canada. Winnipeg ARES will be assisting with
this event. Contact Kent, VE4KEH,
for details.
ARES Manitoba Monthly Readiness Net
4th Sunday of Every Month
4pm local time
Please consider participating in this net. It can be heard on 3675 kHz
and 7075 kHz LSB and various 2m repeaters around the province. Details
Winnipeg ARES has spaces available for Winnipeg ARES members
on several of the upcoming City of Winnipeg organized Emergency
Management (WEM) courses.
This course runs over three "business days" and is the pre-requisite to
a variety of Provincially and Federally offered Emergency management
and emergency planning courses.
Topic: Don, VE4DWG, will provide a preliminary review of ARES
Component - South Interlake Regional Disaster Response Exercise.
On
19 October, Ian, VE4CLK, will explain the UTM Mapping System. On
16 November, George Leonard of the Manitoba Search and Rescue
Association will pay us a visit.
Note: In Canada the Amateur Radio Emergency Service and the RAC
ARES
logo are registered trade-marks of Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. with
registration number TMA716313 issued by the Canadian Intellectual
Property
Office of Industry Canada.
"Any and all use of the RAC AMATEUR EMERGENCY SERVICE AND DESIGN
trade-mark
requires licence or permission from Radio Amateurs of Canada
Incorporated."
Winnipeg ARES