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Some mathematicians think we should have waited another year to celebrate the beginning of the third Millennium. Their argument is that when the AD system was started, the Romans used only counting numbers which did not include a zero. Jesus' birth date was taken as Year 1 instead of Year 0. All subsequent years were automatically inflated by one. Also year 1 BC and year 1 AD were only one
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Thirty five people attended the annual Christmas party at the K. of C. hall on December 21/99. We were treated to the specialty of the house, weinerschnitzel and cabbage rolls. It was an opportunity to meet the spouses and other family members. In past years we sat on the outside a U formed by the tables. This time there were four large tables, which we sat around, giving everyone more people to talk to. Santa Claus arrived with many a jingle and was his usual generous self. There were gifts for everyone. Paul VE3IUA
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The feature performer was Dave Jensen of the local Folk Group. Dave is a Newfoundlander and he followed the tradition of music and humour from that province. There were plenty of Newfie jokes, and they were funny, but they were different from the type usually heard in Ontario. The Newfies in his stories may have just stepped off squid-jigging boats with salt water dripping from their oilskins, but they always got the last word and made the mainlander look like the dummy
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As Y2K approached us, the Brantford Amateur Radio Club was asked to provide emergency communications if the need arose. Many Hams volunteered to fill the positions at various locations throughout Brant County. Our club EMO officer, Ric VE3RLX was doing the job as co-ordinator at the Brantford Police Services on Elgin Street. Dave VE3ZVR was in position at the CKPC studios and provided the operators at the different locations with continual coverage of the Y2K events as it left Europe and headed to Canada.
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I was the first one to arrive at the police station and eventually ushered in to the E.O.C. It certainly didn't look like an "Emergency Operations Centre" as the room had a party atmosphere, complete with balloons, party hats, noise-makers, although, they were never used! I set up my shortwave radio in the radio room and also established a VHF link to local radio station CKPC.
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As the evening progressed without any problems, any millennium paranoia dissipated and everyone started to enjoy themselves. Thanks to Dave VE3ZVR at CKPC, Bob VA3BIK at the OPP station, Gary VE3TDI at Burtch Correctional, Fred VE3SXB and Ebe VE3EBH at home monitoring the HF bands, and to Paul VE3IUA a mobile rover who was able to find where the donuts were located even though Tim Horton's was closed!
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Research at other laboratories indicates that Administratium occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies large corporations and universities and can usually be found in the newest, best appointed and best maintained buildings.
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Scientists point out that Administratium is known to be toxic at any detectable level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how Administratium can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising.
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The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by GM research physicists. The element, tentatively named Administratium, has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of 0 (zero). However. it does have one neutron, 125 assistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons. This gives it an atomic number of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons.
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Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction that it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Administratium caused one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would have normally occurred in less than one second. Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years. at which time it does not actually decay but instead undergoes a reorganization in which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic mass actually increases after each reorganization.
12 WPM Text A12
ANTENNAS AT RED CROSS BUILDING. In late January/00, we expect to install a 2m/70cm antenna using a chimney mount. At the same time we will install a marine pulley and stainless steel cable so that a wire antenna may be hoisted in place at a later date. The work will be done by Allan's Antenna Service,
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FREQUENCY COUNTER. About a dozen members have signed on for this project. Parts have been ordered and received. Mike VE3BSE will be giving a talk on the next step in construction soon. One set of parts is reserved for the Club and the more experienced members will put this one together along with their own.
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The FCC has made some drastic changes in the licensing of Radio Amateurs in the USA. The license types will be reduced from six to three and the code tests will be reduced from three to one. Previously there were code tests at 5, 13 and 20 WPM. As of April 15/2000 the only test will be at 5 WPM. The number of multiple choice questions for each class will be
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Considering that all questions are taken from question banks, it will not take much effort to become a Radio Amateur in the USA. Look for Canada to follow the code requirement, but let us hope that we do not adopt a Mickey Mouse written exam.
10 WPM Text A10
The CNIB provides an Amateur Radio station VE3AW/VE3NIB in Toronto for blind Amateurs who, for one reason or another, cannot have a station at home. The Amateur operates from home over the telephone line through a modem. The transceiver is a TS-450 and the antennas are a rotatable beam and an inverted V. Since 1994, there have been 200 to 300 uses per month.
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Most of the 537 blind Amateurs in CNIB's program across Canada use other services. Instructional materials and correspondence with the government and manufacturers are provided free. Kenwood TS-570D transceivers with speech synthesizers are made available to these Hams through various arrangements which take into account the financial status of the operator.
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VERON is a Dutch organization with similar aims. It provides the Dutch call book in braille, the magazine Electron on tape, courses on cassette and one-week refresher courses in a classroom. The organization also set up a dx-pedition for blind Hams to a nearby island. This material was provided by Gerry VA3AAG. See Gerry, if you wish to read the complete 5 page report.
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ITU WORLD RADIO CONFERENCE, MAY 2000. This conference takes place in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main purpose is to allot frequencies to various groups around the world. Industry Canada is sending a team and on that team will be RAC representative Ken Pulfer VE3PU. Does Ken represent all the
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