Here is a list of things coming up. This will be a sticky and always at the top.
PLEASE MONITOR 14065 KHz WHEN YOU CAN, SENT MESSAGES WILL DISPLAY ON YOUR SCREEN
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THE HF CANADA-BERMUDA DIGITAL NET IS TEMPORALY INACTIVE.
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Weekly Ontario SATERN IRLP Net 9032 0200 Zulu Monday (?)
Here is a link to Alberta & Northern Division events.
Have a SATERN event? e-mail me with details, 73 Steve VE6VS
I had a chat with Perrin Goodyear EDS in Toronto (April 2022) and basically SATERN has been shut down. The station built up by Major Rick has been dismantled. I’m told in the future that EDS will reach out to local ARES groups for assistance. SATERN was designed for internal support and ARES will have to shoehorn EDS into their workload. What is left of SATERN operators can be found on the Hurricane Channel at 14.325 on Wednesday mornings.
I would suggest if you want to help, get involved with the Canadian Winlink Operations Team,
Over the next while I am going to combine all the sites into a single one with provincial sub-sections. It will simplify keeping news and links current. I am wintering near Washington and hope to make a visit to SA HQ sometime this spring.
The updated SATERN handbook is being reviewed and will probably be distributed as an online document.
Central and southern Alberta experienced heavy flooding in late June 2013 and SATERN and SA are still on the scene (July 1-2013) at a number of locations and feeding about 1200 people per day. The flooding affected low lying areas including Calgary, High River, Canmore, Blackie and others.
Via Doug VE6CID, outside the EOC in High River
This is the repeater we installed to link up FARS to local High River repeater on
146.700 – This repeater is on the roof of the hospital. Vince VE6LK, VE6GAD, VE6CID were there. Doug’s portable VHF repeater and link to FARS.
More pictures and details will be added as they become available.
I have set up an account @SATERNRedDeer primarily to dispense call out information as necessary.
I presently follow Salvation Army EDS @SalArmyEDS,
Canadian EDS @SalArmyEDShqCa and
Global Disaster Alarts @GDACS
It started with beacons promoting the SATERN Net which has become a bulletin board of sorts. If you have flmsg set up leave fldigi running on 14065 during the day, make sure receive RSID is on. Even with check sum errors messages will display on your screen.
The flmsg format messages can be saved and/or resent. Its a good practice on using the program. I would suggest that we use the Radiogram more often as it will be probably see more use than the generic form.
Most hams fear causing interference but occasionally it bites back. I have a Samsung SyncMaster as a second monitor on my desk. On 20 meters is would cause an S-7 level hash wiping out anything I hoped to hear including the 20 meter Digital Net. One of our monitors at the store was retired as it was not bright enough for the too-well lit mall. So my wife got my big monitor, (mine is bigger) and her old monitor is my new second monitor. And the QRMing Samsung, gone to the mall, but who works 20 in a shopping mall? Update: Now I have hash on 40 but as I leave my radio on 14065 during the day this is ok, for now.
fldigi and flmsg have been updated and are even more NBEMS friendly.
The message component has added a Red Cross Health and Welfare and a US Army MARS form. I don’t see why the H&W form would not work fine for SATERN.
ARISSAT-1 passed by at 0520Z. I heard the signals on 145.950 quite clearly. Loraine wanted to know who was talking in Russian in my shack.
While sitting at the light waiting to head to garage, big truck turns in front of me, just a tad too fast, I thought. When the wheels came up, over he went. This is the second one this summer. Just because I know how to handle an accident scene doesn’t mean you have to keep having them in front on me. He missed me by about 20′
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