Please be advised that we are planning an Emergency Exercise for Saturday 12 Apr 2025,

from 08:00 to 11:00.

 VE9MTV needs to know in advance how many of you are able to participate in this exercise.

This exercise was planned by our EC (Emergency Coordinator) JP LeBlanc, VE9BK.

 VE9MTV is assigned to be Net Controller for this exercise.

 VE9MTV will send each participants an e-mail with instructions and messages that you have to

send at a specific time and to a specific EOC (Emergency Operation Centers). We will be using

Tactical names and will also have to say your EOC Amateur Radio Callsign, that is included in

the CARG Quick Reference ERP (Emergency Response Plan).

  Be ready to copy several messages during this exercise.

Also when you have a message to give to a particular EOC, please go through the Net Controller

and he will assign you a particular frequency to pass your message. After your message is

delivered, please return to the CARG Emergency Exercise Net frequency and check back in

with Net Control.

The Shediac Bay DMR Repeater VE9SDR is officially on the air.

Call: VE9SDR 

Mode: DMR

Frequency: 145.490 -

Location: 46.2183571 -64.4978107

Colour Code 1

Talkgroup Statics on the Repeater:

Time Slot One (1)

Talkgroup 302 Canada Wide

Talkgroup 3023 Ontario

Time Slot Two (2)

Talkgroup 3029 New Brunswick

Talkgroup 30205 Atlantic Canada

The Repeater is Clustered:

In the New Brunswick Cluster 

Time Slot One (1) Talkgroup eight (

(VE9BNI VE9DDR VE9FTN VE9MDR)

&

The Sorel - Lanaudiere Cluster

Time Slot two (2) Talk group eight (

(VA2DGR VA2DWE VA2HOM VA2RIU VA2VDC VE2AUB VE2IBN VE2ISM VE2PUK VE2RBS VE2RRC VE2RRY VE2SPY)

There is a timed talkgoup on Time Slot One (1) Talkgroup Two (2) The Quebec Tec Net TG 30227 every second Wednesday at 18:30 hrs local time. This is a full bilingual net and all are welcome.

Also the Atlantic Canada DMR Net is every Saturday at 20:00 hrs, on Time Slot two (2) Talkgroup 30205 all are welcome

CARG EOC’S VISIT Saturday 20 July, 2024 

Hi everyone, This is a report on our visit to some Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) in the area on Saturday 20 July, 2024 at 09:00 at the MAARC Clubhouse. I would like to thank the following hams for participating and showing interest in Emergency Communications: VE1AJF, VE9SC, VE9OSK, VE9NW, VE9GK, VO1KJM, VE9PTT, VE9BOF, VE9ASB, VE9MTV and VE9ADV (with regrets).

We met at the MAARC Clubhouse at 279 Halifax St., Moncton, NB at 09:00 and proceeded to Moncton City Hall on Main St. For the Moncton EOC checkup. At the Moncton EOC communications room, we have 2 Kenwood TM-281A VHF mobile transceivers, one for voice and the other for packet. They were checked out and SWR readings were good. The next radio was a Kenwood TM-D710G dual band mobile, which checked out ok on both bands. The next radio was a Kenwood TS-480 HF which had above 3 SWR of 80M, between 2.5-3.0 SWR on 40M and above 3.0 SWR on 20M without using the internal antenna tuner. I think there is more investigation needed for the HF antenna.

Also in the same Comms room there are the TMR radios, 1 DMR VHF repeater and 1 DMR UHF repeater owned by Tobie VE9XAB and Stephen VE9SC.

Next EOC was at the Dieppe Fire Station on Gauvin Rd. in Dieppe under DIEPPE EOC designation. There is only 1 Kenwood TM-281A VHF transceiver at this location, and radio checkup and SWR readings were very good 1.01 SWR accross the 2 meter band. 

Next visit was the RIVERVIEW ALTERNATE EOC at 650 Pine Glen Rd, Fire Station, where we have our regular MAARC monthly meetings. Only 1 Kenwood TM-281A VHF radio at this location. The radio and antenna sytems all checkout ok, and an SWR reading of 1.01 on the bottom portion of 2M and 1.86 SWR at 147.975 Mhz, which suggest that it is a bit long. 

Next, headed back to the MAARC Clubhouse to perform the CARG EOC Checkup. In the backroom we have a Packet Radio, Motorola MCX100 and KPC3 TNC, which had around 30W out and between 1.35 to 1.6 SWR on our packet frequencies. 

We also have a Kenwood TM-D710 VHF/UHF transceiver. Everything checkout ok with this system as the worst case SWR on both VHF/UHF was 1.25 to 1.00. 

The next radio was a Kenwood TS-480 HF transceiver using a 40M slopper Antenna. The SWR reading on the 80M band was above 5 to 1. The reading for 40M was 1.55 to 1.6 SWR. 

My recommendation for this radio would be an 1/2 wave End Fed 80 to 10M antenna so we would be able to use on all the bands with minimal tuning, for emergency communications. 

73 de VE9MTV

There will be another net added to the list of local nets beginning on Saturday, February 3rd at 8:00PM local 12:00UTC.

For those who can access the VE9MDR repeater (146.9250MHz-), here are the details:

Color Code 1

Time Slot 2
Talk Group 30205 (Atlantic Talk Group)

The net will also be accessible via Brandmeister on Talkgroup 30205 (Atlantic Talkgroup) for those who wish to check-in via hotspot.

Net control station will be Rod, VE9HV.

Hope to hear you all on the net!

If anyone is interested in the packet mode "Winlink" and would like to follow the classes; here is the information:

Date: The class will start Sunday, January 14.

Time: From 1400 to 1600 (2PM to 4PM) Atlantic time.

Link: https://meet.google.com/gzp-kbpp-tkm

For a while we did not have up-to-date information on how to contact Fred LeBlanc (VE9UN) who takes care of the New Brunswick Amateur Radio Vehicle Call Plates. 

We now have confirmation that Fred is still responsible for processing call plate requests.

If you wish to obtain Call Plates for your vehicle, please contact Fred at wilfredleblanc@msn.com for instructions on how to proceed.