The current fire hazard is high and the entire province is under a no burn advisory. Sources like backyard fire pits, fireworks, cigarette ends, unattended barbecues and burning debris in your yard are all risks. Follow this link for updated forest fire information, including smoke forecasts.
The IRG repeater system will undergo hardware and programming upgrades in 2023.
- Replacement of linking hardware and reprogramming of repeater controllers
- Changes in some zone configurations to allow for future expansion
- Addition of new repeaters
- Changes in linking codes and programming to improve reliability
- Phase-in of CTCSS ("PL tones") on repeaters
Find out more about what's planned....
The repeater at Maces Bay (VE9MBY 444.875 +) is back on the air, a new repeater has been installed. In addition, the repeater is now programmed with CTCSS tone 141.3 Hz on RX and TX. You will need to program your radio to send the CTCSS (PL tone) in order to use this repeater. In addition, you have the option to set your radio to ignore any signals on that frequency except those sending 141.3 Hz. This may resolve issues with distant repeaters or signals causing interference on your radio.
In honour of King Charles III’s coronation, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has approved the use of special call signs from May 5 to July 02, 2023. These dates correspond to the early summer busy operating season and will be available to all Canadian amateurs who wish to use the special call signs on all occasions including CQ World Wide CW WPX, Field Day, and the RAC Canada Day contest. King Charles III’s coronation is planned for May 6, 2023.
Check out this feature from the CBC NB web site noting the humble beginnings of CFNB, 100 years ago.
Here you will find the “Atlantic Canada Climate Summary and Outlook” bulletins.
Vous trouverez ci-joint les bulletins française « Résumé et Perspectives climatiques du Canada atlantique »
... from Meteorological Service of Canada / Environment and Climate Change Canada / Government of Canada.
The VE9GMI repeater (146.955-) repeater is off the air, and will be relocated to Campobello Island when scheduling permits.
Other services at the Airport Road site were moved to a privately owned tower with the start of the NB-TMR Radio system in 2016. We were fortunate to be able to have the repeater remain active at the old site until it was removed on November 10, and the old site will be decommissioned.
It’s an almost universal experience: People get in the car and turn on their favorite music. But the first car radio wasn’t sold until Chevrolet offered one as an option in 1922. And at first, radios in cars weren’t a popular feature. In 1930, laws were proposed in Massachusetts and Missouri that would ban automobile radios, and a poll in 1934 found that 56% of people thought car radios were a dangerous distraction.
Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island is on the air for the 2022 International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) on Friday to Sunday, August 19 to 21. (From ooo1 Aug 20 to 2400 Aug 21 UTC)
(Editor's note: While it's not been easy to cross the border, radio waves can make the trip with ease! Here's an invitation from the AARA to their Monday night Emergency Net)
Several members of the Aroostook Amateur Radio Association (AARA) are current members of the International Repeater Group (IRG) in New Brunswick Province.