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Keymans Club of Japan CW contest

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Propagation was awful and I only made a total of five Qs on 40m for a total of 80 points. What the heck I thought, so I sent in my N1MM Cabrillo file as a 40m single band log. Much to my surprise I received a certificate for being #1 in Canada! The lesson to be learned is send in a log – you just never know.

Brian Summers VE7JKZ

Editor’s note: The Keyman’s Club contest is a “User Defined Contest”. For this type of contest, two UDC modules are programmed for use in N1MM+. The use of these modules were for a worldwide contest. For the proposed IslandHF contest, the modules would be written for a more local contest – at least initially.

Spark to Space

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Spark to Space is a book about the history of Amateur Radio in Canada. It is a fascinating read with a good number of old photographs. It can be found in PDF form in the Downloads tab on this website. Who knows you might find a relative in these pages who was a radio amateur in the early twentieth century.

Qualicum Beach luncheon

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Seventeen IslandHF hams met for lunch on September 5th at the Thalassus Restaurant in Qualicum Beach. The restaurant is part of the Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club. The food was excellent.

So too was the conversation which ranged over not only many HF topics e.g., contesting but also digital happenings. The quiet periods were few and far between.

I expect more luncheons will be happening in Qualicum Beach. An easy drive from Victoria and within reach of hams living to the north.

The photo below was taken by Joseph VA7YJJ.