The Halifax Amateur Radio Club (H.A.R.C.), VE1FQ, has a long history dating back to its inception in 1933 and is one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in Canada.
HARC provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information related to radio communications and technical experimentation. Ham radio provides an alternative means of communication during natural disasters and other emergencies.
HARC can provide communications facilities to aid government agencies in times of crisis. This fulfills amateur radio's legislated mandate to provide public service communication.
HARC allows people interested in amateur radio many opportunities for fellowship and projects of many types.
Presentation: TBA
Presenter: HARC Executive
Place and Times: See here for more details
A special thanks to Paul (N0NBH) for giving permission to post these solar indices on the HARC website.
For more information on how to interpret the above data, visit www.N0HR.com, or download the following ARRL document on Understanding Solar Indices.
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The executive of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club has made the decision to try meeting ‘virtually’ in light of the current situation with the Club’s meeting space where no one from the Club is permitted to enter the building. In order to do so, we have selected https://zoom.us which is a commercial service that has a good reputation and good performance along with budget friendly pricing.
Please note that Google Chrome, Mozilla FireFox or Microsoft Edge are supported browsers. Internet Explorer is not supported any longer. If none of these browsers are your default, then you will have to copy and paste the link into the address bar of the alternate browser.
The first meeting was held on June 17th, 2020 at 7PM and monthly since that date.
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The Halifax Amateur Radio Club Flea Market for 2020 has been cancelled.
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Dalhousie has recently setup a web interface for the weather station on top of the Dunn building at Dal
Real time weather conditions can be observed at the following web page:
http://dal-weather.dynamic-dns.net
The project is in progress, so there might be some interruptions in the service.
A copy of the 1959 edition of The Canadian Amateur was recently provided to HARC by Michel VE2TH; the whole of the edition was devoted to Amateur Radio in Nova Scotia. It is a big document so it has been posted in two parts.......to read the documents --- follow this link.....
HARC Establishes a "Wireless Room" exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic .......for more information on this announcement ----follow this link.....
How Hams like HARC's Brit Fader (VE1FQ) made communication possible with the Joint Arctic Weather Stations in the early days of amateur radio .......for more information on this announcement ----follow this link.....
RAC Revised 0 – 30 MHz Band Plan - The revised RAC 0-30 MHz Band Plan has been released with the effective date of December 1, 2015. This replaces the January 1, 2015 Band Plan version. It incorporates several updates to reflect feedback received on the earlier version. The Band Plan graphics have also been changed to improve readability and make it easier to determine which segments are recommended for which modes.
The RAC 0-30 MHz Band Plan is available on the RAC web site; down-load a copy or print one off for use in the "shack": wp.rac.ca/rac-0-30-mhz-band-plan.
HARC members and former submariners donate two pair of dolphin to submarine museums.......for more information ----follow this link.....
The HARC Repeater Use Policy is now being implemented. Click here for more info.
Full info can be found at the upcoming events page
15 January IARU Region 2 General Assembly: Amateur Radio Governance in action:
Presenter: Al Penney, VO1NO
19 February Winter Social and Swap Shop
Presenter: HARC Executive
18 March Digital Voice Modes Demystified: DMR, D-Star and Fusion
Presenter: Al Cyples, VE1CYP
15 April Gourmet Homebrew Projects with Raspberry Pi
Presenter: Roger Stein, VA1RST
Brit Fader, VE1FQ, ran the VE1 and VE0 QSL bureau for over 49 years. He was Mr. QSL and Mr. Field Day for many of those years. The Brit Fader Memorial QSL Bureau, respectfully named in honour of VE1FQ, is operated by HARC.
BE ADVISED that cards on file for more than two (2) years will be purged. It is important that your account with the Bureau is current. Click here for more information.
These HARC presentations have been converted from PowerPoint to PDF files. When you open them you will see on the PDF Tool-Bar at the top right-hand corner, four icons; the left icon has four arrows pointing in different directions. If you hover over that icon you will see "Switch to Presentation Mode". You will now be able to advance each slide by using the space bar or page down button or down-arrow button.
Current Scanning and Monitoring Trends - Craig MacKinnon (VE1JMA)
An Update on Modern DIY Ham Radio Projects by Larry Hicks - VO1HL
Repeaters and Linking in the Maritimes by Rob Ewert - VE1KS
Discover the HF Experience by Gerry Hull - VE1RM / W1VE
Sable Island (CY0P) DXpedition - Part #1 by Gary Bartlett - VE1RGB (SK)
Sable Island (CY0P) DXpedition - Part #2 by Gary Bartlett - VE1RGB (SK)
Sable Island (CY0P) DXpedition - Part #3 by Gary Bartlett - VE1RGB (SK)
Sable Island (CY0P) DXpedition - Part #4 by Gary Bartlett - VE1RGB (SK)
Logging Programme Comparisons by Jeff Smith - VE1ZAC
Radio aboard the RMS Titanic by Fred Archibald - VE1FA
Fun with Software Defined Radios by Chuck Kelly - W9MDO
One Woman's Amateur Radio by Helen Archibald - VA1YL
HARC Field Day Retrospective by Howard Dickson - VE1DHD
QSLing in the Digital Age by Howard Dickson - VE1DHD
Meteorscatter VHF Communication by Roger Sturtevant - VE1SKY