VE3ONN

Ontario North Emergency Operations Center

Amethyst District

Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada

 

The new home of our E.O.C. is located at the Salvation Army Headquarters on Cumberland Street in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada.

 

The station currently is equipped with HF as well as VHF/UHF radio gear.

 

We have a computer set up for digital communications as well internet linking for use with ARES websites and other contact information. We are WL2K ready as well as many other EMCOMM modes.

 

As we build up the station and get antennas up we ask that you listen for the station to be on the air using the new call. We now have a full wave loop on the roof of the building as well as a 2/440 J-Pole for VHF/UHF. We have a R7000 vertical that also needs to be put into place on the roof to give us a bit more flexibility with antennas and bands for the radio gear. Some new desks are being put into place to separate the HF and VHF stations during times of traffic.

 

Any questions regarding the call can be forwarded to VE3FAL-Fred at:

ve3fal at rac.ca  or flesnick at tbaytel.net

 

 

Regards

Fred Lesnick VE3FAL

 

 

December 26 2008

 

We now have a computer system up and running for digital modes and just awaiting validation to set up Echolink as well from VE3ONN.

Our email address for the station is: ve3onn at tbaytel.net

 

I will post our Echolink node# once I receive it....

 

We are also a member of FISTS and SKCC...please listen for the call and ask for our numbers, they are:

FISTS#:13950

SKCC#:4933

 

We have a G5RV (Now running a full wave loop) up on the roof and operating a Kenwood TS-450sat which seems to work out quite well at the station.

 

Happy Holidays to one and all and a Very Happy New Year....

 

73

Fred

VE3FAL

 

 

March 3 2009

 

Just an update that we are now located on the emergencyradio.ca website. many thanks for the space and time to get us set up with an email address and web space.

 

We can be reached via email at :ve3onn at emergencyradio.ca

 

We now have another Hf rig on site at VE3ONN and just waiting for spring to get here so we can get on the roof of the building and put antennas up for VHF/UHF, HF and APRS.

 

We are computer ready and digital equipped as well. We have CQ100 and EchoLink up and running as well as all digital modes on HF.

 

Many thanks to a few folks for making the station possible: Lori VE3VAI, Bob VA3ROM, Brad VE3MXJ and Randy VA3OJ as well as a host of other club members who get up to the shack and ensure the equipment is working. We have lots of refurbishing to do and it will all come in due time.

Many thanks to Merv Halvorsen VA3TSA at the salvation army headquarters once again for all of his hard work and effort to get us inside the building and set up.

 

Here is a photo of the place as it starts coming together.

 

I will add more photos once the new computer desk is in place and we get more gear up and running....

 

Happy spring

Fred

VE3FAL

 

November 8 2009 Update

 

 As I type this out to update our webpage we now have a few antenna changes up at VE3ONN. During a spring/summer windstorm our G5RV came down from the mast it was on. We really tried to figure out how to utilize the rooftop of the Salvation Army being a flat gravel roof. We decided to put a delta loop up with as much wire as possible, well we managed to get it together and now have a full wave loop up about 4 feet from the roof edge that tunes all bands with very little effort. This weekend we managed to get a R7000 vertical up that also seems to be working just fine. We have two antennas up for VHF/UHF comms. We have a 2/440 J-Pole up as well as a 2 meter J-Pole. One will be dedicated to digital modes (Winmor/APRS etc) and the other for local communications. The picture above this is how our shack looked, pretty cramped and crowded, the pictures I am about to put on today now show the new and improved VE3ONN with some more work in the making, but a much neater and spread out room. Thanks to all who helped out with the work over the past few weeks and this weekend getting the job done.

 

Here are the pictures:

 

The 2 HF stations, a Yaesu FT-920 on the left and a Kenwood TS-430 on the right

 

 

This is the digital corner and VHF/UHF center. The Kenwood TS-450 is used for WL2K and WINMOR on HF.

The 2 VHF radios will be used for APRS/WINMOR and local repeater stuff.

 

 

This is a shot of the whole room as best as I could get it from the angle I had.

 

 

The power supplies are under the table to make more room on the desk for other things including COMFORT

 

 

Just another picture of the digital corner

 

Have some labeling of cables to do and some more tidying up and putting Andersons on all of our power supplies and radios.

Also going to make a flip down desktop just to the right of computer to utilize a bit more room for another laptop, rig or just for paperwork.

 

 

 

Page updated November 8 2009