The Canadian Amateur Magazine (TCA) for July/August 2023 has IslandHF Radio Association highlighted in the Club Corner on page 49. The digital version of the magazine (in color) has an article that looks much more appealing than the black and white of the paper copy. Either way, the story of IslandHF is getting out and new members are signing up. Below is a view of the article.
On July 22 in Comox, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Trenton, ON, and Summerside, PEI, these radio operators will use a combination of ham radios and existing antennae on CC115 Buffalos to communicate with each other and with other amateur radio operators.
They will operate on civilian amateur radio band frequencies and make brief radio contact with other radio operators around the globe, mostly in Canada and the USA, depending on ionosphere conditions (read more about the ionosphere below).
Cross-Canada ham radio event to be held at RAMWC – Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
The four sites will be attempting a Buffalo net coast-to-coast on 14.135 MHz SSB at noon EST (0900 PST) on Saturday, July 22.
If you’re an amateur radio operator and would like to make contact during the event, here are the call signs for each of the four stations:
VC7BUFF457 Comox BC – Phillip Tanner VA7XOZ
VC4BUFF462 Winnipeg MB – Calvin Winter VE4AJ
VC3BUFF456 Trenton ON – Dave Ackerman VE3UGT / VE3OX
VY2BUFF451 Summerside PEI – Doug Silliker VY2DS
The IslandHF Zoom Meet & Greet met with great success. Upwards of 15 members from around Victoria and north to Comox shared their interests in HF. Keith Witney gave us a run down of what’s happening in the Radio Amateurs of Canada. Check out the photo below.
