Codiac Amateur Radio Group (CARG) will be conducting an Emergency Communications

Exercise on Saturday 8 Nov 2025 from 09:00 to 11:00 in the Cocagne and Grand Dique area,

which will include mobile vehicles, Net Control will be VE9MTV at the Cocagne EOC.

This is a good opportunity to ride as an observer with some of our participants so you will

have a feel of the way we do things in a reel emergency.

We need to know who is available to participate in the exercise so we can plan it.

Please forward your name, callsign and e-mail and cellphone number before Thursday 6 Nov 2025 at 18:00Atl time to JP LeBlanc VE9BK at e-mail: medals2@gmail.com or to ve9mtv67@yahoo.com

 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.

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!

We have done the necessary work to change the coax to 1/2" 50 ohms Heliax with an SWR reading of 1.2 The VE9SBR repeater is back to full power at 20 watts.

We also had an issue with the UHF Yagi for the link to VE9SHM. There was water leaking into the Yagi antenna and had water at the connection to the 1/2" 50 ohms Heliax. We changed the UHF Yagi for the link to VE9SHM and measured SWR of 1.4.

I would like to extend my thanks to the following amateurs who participated in the work being done:

• Rod VE9HV was the man in the lift and doing most of the antenna work.

• Ground crew was VE9CAM, VE9LEN, VE9JCT, VE9OSK, VE9MTV, VE9MWB and VE9WCL.

​Michael Caissie, VE9MTV