Earlier this spring, we notified all our contacts that changes were coming to the IRG repeater system. Here is the latest news.
Details of work completed to date:
Special thanks go out to Gino VE9GM and Nick VE9MP and DTI Radio Communications Branch for all the extra work involved in this upgrade.
As mentioned above, all repeaters are now transmitting CTCSS (PL Tones), and two (Campobello and Maces Bay) also now require you to transmit CTCSS to operate. Also, the three new UHF repeaters also require CTCSS. Check your radio manual to find out how to "turn on" your CTCSS (PL tone). We recommend that you learn how to program your often-used frequencies along with the new CTCSS to memory channels - it will save you lots of time in the future.
The tones to program are 151.4 for the VHF repeaters, and 141.3 for the UHF repeaters.
There is no harm in setting up your radio now to transmit with the tone "on", even before your local repeater is upgraded to require it.
So, get out your manuals and program your memory channels to include CTCSS before it's too late!
We'll produce a new repeater directory when all the changes are implemented, but in the meantime, here is a list of all the repeaters and the CTCSS tones now in effect. For the rationale and a complete summary of all the changes planned, visit this page: IRG system upgrades and changes coming.
We'll keep you updated as things go along via future postings and on regular nets , so stay tuned!
Here you will find the “Atlantic Canada Climate Summary and Outlook” bulletins.
Vous trouverez ci-joint les bulletins française « Résumé et Perspectives climatiques du Canada atlantique »
... from Meteorological Service of Canada / Environment and Climate Change Canada / Government of Canada.
(Note: As of October 2024, not all months are included, some missing will be added at a later date)
The repeater at Maces Bay (VE9MBY 444.875 +) is back on the air, a new repeater has been installed. In addition, the repeater is now programmed with CTCSS tone 141.3 Hz on RX and TX. You will need to program your radio to send the CTCSS (PL tone) in order to use this repeater. In addition, you have the option to set your radio to ignore any signals on that frequency except those sending 141.3 Hz. This may resolve issues with distant repeaters or signals causing interference on your radio.
Check out this feature from the CBC NB web site noting the humble beginnings of CFNB, 100 years ago.
The VE9GMI repeater (146.955-) repeater is off the air, and will be relocated to Campobello Island when scheduling permits. (Update 20 June 2023: Campobello Island repeater now on air)
Other services at the Airport Road site were moved to a privately owned tower with the start of the NB-TMR Radio system in 2016. We were fortunate to be able to have the repeater remain active at the old site until it was removed on November 10, and the old site will be decommissioned.
It’s an almost universal experience: People get in the car and turn on their favorite music. But the first car radio wasn’t sold until Chevrolet offered one as an option in 1922. And at first, radios in cars weren’t a popular feature. In 1930, laws were proposed in Massachusetts and Missouri that would ban automobile radios, and a poll in 1934 found that 56% of people thought car radios were a dangerous distraction.
Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island was on the air for the 2022 International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) on Friday to Sunday, August 19 to 21, 2022 (From ooo1 Aug 20 to 2400 Aug 21 UTC).
(Editor's note: While it's not been easy to cross the border, radio waves can make the trip with ease! Here's an invitation from the AARA to their Monday night Emergency Net)
Several members of the Aroostook Amateur Radio Association (AARA) are current members of the International Repeater Group (IRG) in New Brunswick Province.
Each month, more and more of our new recruits are signing up for CoCoRaHS assuming they will be using their often new electronic automated rain gauges. I’m sure more will be receiving these as gifts for Christmas. They are often saddened and perhaps confused by the fact that the electronic gauges don’t “cut the mustard”.
If you plan to wear a face mask, it's vital that you learn the right way to use and re-use it. To help with that, Sarasota Memorial nurse Jennifer Sorensen, RN, offers a step-by-step mask-wearing how-to, along with some do's and dont's.
(P.S. Click on the video link below, not the one on the left)