Hello SARC members - I hope you are all well and have kept healthy especially in these COVID-19 times. I really miss our club meetings in the Don Montgomery centre.

This is an invitation for all amateurs to join us in our first Scarborough Amateur Radio Club Virtual Meeting. We will be using Zoom as the platform for this meeting. Thanks to Paul VE3GPB/VE3KU for setting up the facility for the meeting. The details on how to join will be sent out later.

It is unfortunate we cannot meet at our usual haunt since some of the city of Toronto use of facilities requirements have changed. They now require commercial insurance naming the city of Toronto as the additionally named insured in the policy. The cost of this insurance is prohibitive for our club.

There is a policy available through Radio Amateurs of Canada that will meet the requirements and this avenue is being investigated.

In the mean time while not everyone is comfortable with a group eyeball QSO, we are going ahead with our 1st Scarborough Amateur Radio Club Virtual Meeting via Zoom. This platform is in wide use and many are familiar with its operation. If you prefer you can also join by audio only.

The meeting is scheduled to start next Monday September 21st at 8:00 pm.
There should be lots to talk about since we have not seen each other for quite some time and I look forward to hearing about your radio adventures.

Our Sunday and Thursday nets have been a lot of fun. A wide range of topics are discussed in a very lively manner and have attracted quite a few new amateurs. We even had a call in from Nova Scotia John VA1JON on one of the Sunday morning nets. So you are welcome to join us at 28.730 MHz Thursdays at 7:00 PM and Sundays 10:30 AM Upper Side Band.

So please join us this Monday. It will be great to meet you all again and please bring your adventures and ideas to the meeting. The Zoom meeting details and instructions will follow shortly.

Hello SARC and friends

This is just a quick reminder of tomorrow nights February meeting 7:30 pm at the Montgomery Centre.

i hope to see you there.

73

Duncan VE3GNI

Hello SARC

There will be a meeting of the club in the usual location (Don Montgomery Centre) on Monday, January 13 starting at 19:30.

During this meeting we will -

• Elect a new board
• Review your survey responses that were sent out last month
• Pick a date for the build project
• Please remember to submit online or bring your yearly membership dues ($25.00)
• Pick a date and venue for our belated club dinner.

Let's have a good turn out so we can have a lively discussion on these
topics.

Thank you Henry for getting the tester kits.

Thank you Paul for the inside story on the "Dying Art" article.

By the way Happy New Year to SARC.

73 Duncan... VE3GNI

From Duncan VE3GNI:

DUE TO THE INCOMING BAD WEATHER ALERT TOMORROW'S MEETING IS CANCELLED.

The roads are guaranteed to be a mess. Let's not add to the confusion.

This is the first significant snow storm for the GTA and will peak during our meeting.

I wish our members to be safe from the dangers of Toronto's first snow.

So, keep safe and we will meet on the 4th Monday the 25th.

On the 25th we will be discussing our club and how to move forward. Please bring your ideas.

Just a reminder that our October meeting will start tonight at 7 PM at the Don Montgomery Recreation Centre. See you there.

From Duncan VE3GNI:

The next SARC meeting will be this coming Monday, June 10, 2019 at the Don Montgomery Centre beginning at 7:00 pm.

Special Guest Speakers Rick Harrison VA3NV RAC GTA Section Manager will talk about emergency communications in the GTA and Robert Galambos VA3BXG District Emergency Coordinator for York-Durham will share information on the ongoing jamming issues in the GTA

Duncan VE3GNI will present "Everything about audio you didn't want to hear", covering noise reduction, distortion, frequency response and practical applications to amateur radio.

Mike VA3MW from FlexRadio Systems will be speaking to us about software defined radio. Come and join us on Monday, March 11 at 7 PM at the Don Montgomery Community Recreation Centre.

Hello Everyone:

Just a reminder that the next meeting of Scarborough ARC will be this coming Monday, February 11, 2019 beginning at 7:00 pm at the usual Don Montgomery Centre, Senior's Activity room, second floor.

Paul will give a presentation on remote control operation / weak signal HF digital.

Come and bring a friend or friends.

73 de Gord, VE3CNA