South Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club
Serving Huronia Area Hams Since 1981
Welcome to the SGBARC website! We are an established organization that provides the services of two 2 metre repeaters, a 70cm repeater, VE testing / education, and public service assistance to the Penetanguishene / Midland community.
Club Meetings
Our monthly meeting occurs on the 1st Saturday of the month at 8:30am. The next meeting will be September 04, 2010 at Mom's Restaurant in Midland (200 Pillsbury Drive). All radio amateurs (and non radio amateurs) are invited to attend! Talk-in is on the VE3SGB repeater 146.760 (- offset).
Current News
June 28 - Field Day 2010 has come and gone for another year. We had an outstanding effort again this year and had our personal best in the 1A class. We worked 1312 stations and had a total score of 3594 that has been submitted to the ARRL. We raised the 40 foot mast and installed a 40m sloper antenna and used a pulley system for switching between the 80m and 20m dipole antennas. We had two rigs available for the station and both utilized (not at the same time being 1A) during the contest. One rig was an Icom IC-756 and the other being a Yaesu FTDX-9000. It was very cool to operate with one of the finest amateur transceivers made to date. The FTDX-9000 is a massive radio and takes up half the table with its size, but the radio is a pleasure to use. With crowded band conditions, the 9000 really makes operating in a contest very enjoyable. We wish to thank the following hams for making our Field Day one of the best ever.
- Darren VE3REK - provided the 40 foot mast and digital stuff
- Richard VE3SQT - provided the Icom IC-756 and Heil Headset
- Carl VE3BY - provided the Yaesu FTDX-9000
- Bob VE3WW - provided the Honda 5kw Generator
- Greg VA3KUG - provided all antennas and the logging notebook pc
Speaking of the subject of Field Day, this was the 9th Field Day for VE3SGB. Below you will see how we have done over the past nine outings. We have mostly operated 1A but there were a couple of 2A class operations. 2A means "2 transmitters operating simultaneously by a Club". 1A means "single transmitter Club effort". You will see the year, class, and total stations worked by our station.
- 2002 - 1A - 472 worked stations
- 2003 - 1A - 450 worked stations
- 2004 - 1A - 1010 worked stations
- 2005 - 2A - 1508 worked stations
- 2006 - 2A - 1829 worked stations
- 2007 - 1A - 1107 worked stations
- 2008 - 1A - 1276 worked stations
- 2009 - 1A - 1110 worked stations
- 2010 - 1A - 1312 worked stations
Repeaters
Our Club has three repeaters that are available for all radio amateurs to use. Be sure to say "Hi"!
- VE3SGB VHF 146.760 (-) Penetanguishene
- VE3UGB VHF 146.910 (-) Midland
- VE3SGB UHF 444.650 (+) Midland
Thanks for stopping by and having a brief look at our webpage. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at the link below. 73...
This site was last updated on August 13, 2010
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