Greetings Members , Former Members and Amateur Radio Operators, I hope this e-mail finds you well and looking forward to springing 2024. As President of the Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club (MARC) I am reaching out and inviting you all to our Annual General meeting of the Club on Sunday 05 May 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Via a zoom video conference call meeting. The zoom link and instructions will be sent closer to the actual date of the meeting. The notice has to be sent a month ahead of the meeting . The club has been active, and many good things have happened over the last year which will be reported to the general membership. Along with the club report will be election of the President position along with directors. A full financial report will also be presented. There will be many other topics to discuss also. The zoom format has worked in the past and will give an opportunity for our members and friends to attend from afar. We are hoping to have a lunch social in Espanola on Saturday 04 May 2024 at 12:00 Noon the day before the AGM meeting on zoom to see each other and socialize that information will be forthcoming shortly please check out our website site at www.ve3rmi.org and our Facebook site for more information on the lunch get together. Here is the Information: WHAT: The Annual General Meeting of the Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club Inc. WHEN: Sunday 05 May 24 at 1:00 PM EDT on Zoom Video Format - Invitation to be sent close to the date. WHERE: On Zoom video Conference at the comfort at your own home on Desk or Lap Top Computer, Tablet or Cell Phone. WHY: Update membership on club activities and wellbeing and election of club executive positions and financial report. HOW: Via zoom format on internet to connect with everyone so that the requirement of travel is not needed. You do not have to be a member of the club to join us we welcome everyone to come out to lunch or zoom in and learn more about our club. Just a reminder as a non-paid-up member you do not have a vote on club business. We hope to see you there, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please contact me at my information below. On behalf of the Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club Inc. I want to thank you for your past support and hopefully as a future member and continued member of a fast paced and innovative club with all the latest trends of Amateur Radio. I look forward to seeing at our luncheon and AGM meeting on zoom. Hopefully, you can join us. Thanks Al Allan Boyd VE3AJB President Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club Inc. 27 Red Mill Road, P.O. Box 208, Little Current, Ontario P0P1K0 (705)-368-2779 (Home) (705)-869-8284 (Cell) ve3ajb at vianet.ca Email (replace the at with the proper @)

Glynn VE3PVE has listed a few things for sale; I will put them on the FaceBook page as well! Click the pages link at the top of the page, then pick swap shop.

Al shared this on the net Sunday 4Feb24...I tried to post it on FaceBook but CAN'T POST ANY TYPE of news articles; I THINK the frequency is 437.410 with circular polarization... if the link doesn't work, you MUST CLICK READ MORE then CLICK THE TEXT BELOW The First Amateur Radio Station on the Moon, JS1YMG, is Now Transmitting

There are 3 nets that happen on a regular basis on VE3RMI; 10:00am Sunday mornings, 6:30pm Wednesday (YL Net) and 7:30pm on Thursday evenings. You do NOT need to be a member of the club to check in, nor do you need to be a YL to give Lou a check in on Wednesday evening. We also have a meeting on the air 3 times weekly, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:00am, affectionately known as 'the hams of the round table'. It used to be every morning at 10 when the global COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020 as a means to check on the well-being of our club members. As things slowly get/got back to normal, we cut it back to 3 times weekly. We look forward to being able to write you down! 73 de VE3WVA Rusty PS - thank you Denis VE3OOZ for pointing out after all these years, we never had net times posted on the website :-0

Wilf, VA3WFO became a Silent Key on February 13th, 2023. You will be missed, my friend! On behalf of myself and the Manitoulin Amateur Radio Club, our condolences to his family and friends. VA3WFO 73 es cul de VE3WVA AR SK

Hi guys Welcome to the new website! There are a few bugs to work out and some blanks to fill in, but it is coming along! Password requirements for the new website are more strict than the old; they now require at least 12 characters for a password. If you are having trouble logging in, please let me know by emailing my call @gmail.com. Thanks Rusty VE3WVA