Greeting from Ken Read, call sign VE6CBZ, President of the Calgary Amateur Radio Association.
Our January meeting has been cancelled by the Executive as we will be holding our Winter Social that evening.
Our next General Meeting will be on February 15th, 2025 at 1 PM. It will, as usual, be held at the Calgary Sports Car Club and it will also be available over Zoom. Any new amateur operators are most welcome to attend whether or not you are a member of CARA. If anyone has any ideas for topics for future meetings, please give us your ideas at executive@caraham.org. I am also often at the Saturday morning Coffee Klatch at the Sunridge Mall Food Court if you want to bend my ear.
Some people have suggested moving our General Meeting to the fourth Saturday of the month. I would really like to hear your thoughts on whether or not that would work for you.
The Cookie Race and the Cochrane Winter Rally are coming up. The Cookie Race will be held on February 22nd, 2025 and the Cochrane Winter Rally will be held on March 9th, 2025. We’ll begin to see some changes in how we do things for the CWR based upon the feedback session we had with the CSCC. We’ll be looking for volunteers soon and I’m already looking forward to both the Cookie Race and the CWR. Just so that everyone is aware, our participation in the CSCC rallies is a big part of the rent we pay for our club station.
Our Winter Social will take place at 5:30 PM on January 18th, 2025 at the Garden Court of the Glenmore Inn at 1000 Glenmore Court SE. There will be a gift exchange (max $20 value) and a special guest will also be in attendance. Please RSVP to VA6RPL Peter Lagrandeur at VA6RPL@techworld.ca by January 17th to ensure your seating. If you have any questions, please contact VE6NRO Neeroo at VE6NRO@gmail.com.
The CARATELS Net runs every Tuesday afternoon at 1 PM on VE6RYC 2M. The Thursday Evening Rag Chew Net runs every Thursday evening at 7 PM on VE6RYC 2M. Anyone who wishes to check in on either of these two nets is most welcome.
As I mentioned earlier, there is a Coffee Klatch that takes place in the food court at Sunridge Mall every Saturday morning. Although my own calendar has it starting at 10 AM, many operators arrive much earlier. We usually sit near the A&W in the food court. There is also a much smaller Coffee Klatch that also meets near the A&W in the Chinook Mall food court, which meets at the same time, so you have options on which one you would like to attend. The conversation at these klatches is always interesting and it’s a good way to share knowledge on how we do things.
Have fun with which ever amateur radio activity you choose. That’s what it’s all about.
73,
Ken Read, VE6CBZ, President, Calgary Amateur Radio Association
