Now is the time for people to think about Field Day and Klondike Days. Volunteers are needed to set up and operate the club radio stations during these events. Field Day is an excellent chance for new hams and students to get experience putting up antennas and operating HF and VHF radios. The plan is to set up the Field Day site in Lions Park, St. Albert. The stations will operate 24 hours then we pack up and go home.
People get as much operating time as they want plus it's a great deal of fun all around.
If you're interested, let me, or Brian Ervin, VE6MID know. There's a Hamfest planned for Edmonton on the May 24-26 weekend. The organising group is NARC, and the hamfest will be their 75th birthday party. I don't have anymore details at this time, but I'll get them for the next issue. On The Bands New British hams will be getting new prefixes this spring.