S.M.A.R.T. 19
The 4th annual Symposium for Maritime Amateur Radio Technicians (SMART) was held Saturday April 27th 2019 at the Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community Center in Springhill NS.
Doors opened at 7am for the volunteers, presenters and vendors and soon the building was alive with sounds of amateurs preparing their presentations for the day while others were setting up their tables for displays and sale items.
At 8am the doors opened and many amateurs rushed in to get out of the cold and rainy weather.
The canteen (new this year) became the central point at this time with amateurs picking up tea, coffee and breakfast sandwiches. Then the rush was on for the 50/50 and raffle tickets. Some hams filtered out to the arena to see what was being setup for the flea market.
As promised each amateur received a Yaesu Fusion ball cap although they did not arrive till later in the morning.
At 11am the barbecues were turned on but due to the weather they had to be relocated to the side door of the arena which caused a slight problem of getting the burgers and dogs to the waiting hams..
At 12 noon lunch started with hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, pop and water. By 12:30pm everyone had been fed and then the presentations began with opening remarks from Mike Johnson VE1MWJ representing the County of Cumberland.
Bernie Cormier VE9BGC was asked to join Mike up front and Bernie presented SMART organizer George Dewar VY2GF with a plaque for his work on bringing this Symposium to life over the years. This was followed by the door prize winners and topped off by a photo of all the hams taking park in this event. The hams continued to mill around the flea market tables until classes began again at 1:30pm.
At 3:30pm the hams gathered in the arena for the Grand Prizes and 50/50.
The complete list of winners can be found on the WestCumb ARC website under SMART 19.
https://www.westcumb.ca/s-m-a-r-t-2019
The final classes began at 4pm and by 5:30pm the final hams left the building and SMART was finished for another year.
The organizing committee consists of Bernie Cormier VE9BGC, George Dewar VY2GF, Kevin Burke VE1KEV and Jim Langille VE1JBL.
The 4th annual Symposium for Maritime Amateur Radio Technicians (SMART) was held Saturday April 27th 2019 at the Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community Center in Springhill NS.
Doors opened at 7am for the volunteers, presenters and vendors and soon the building was alive with sounds of amateurs preparing their presentations for the day while others were setting up their tables for displays and sale items.
At 8am the doors opened and many amateurs rushed in to get out of the cold and rainy weather.
The canteen (new this year) became the central point at this time with amateurs picking up tea, coffee and breakfast sandwiches. Then the rush was on for the 50/50 and raffle tickets. Some hams filtered out to the arena to see what was being setup for the flea market.
As promised each amateur received a Yaesu Fusion ball cap although they did not arrive till later in the morning.
At 11am the barbecues were turned on but due to the weather they had to be relocated to the side door of the arena which caused a slight problem of getting the burgers and dogs to the waiting hams..
At 12 noon lunch started with hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, pop and water. By 12:30pm everyone had been fed and then the presentations began with opening remarks from Mike Johnson VE1MWJ representing the County of Cumberland.
Bernie Cormier VE9BGC was asked to join Mike up front and Bernie presented SMART organizer George Dewar VY2GF with a plaque for his work on bringing this Symposium to life over the years. This was followed by the door prize winners and topped off by a photo of all the hams taking park in this event. The hams continued to mill around the flea market tables until classes began again at 1:30pm.
At 3:30pm the hams gathered in the arena for the Grand Prizes and 50/50.
The complete list of winners can be found on the WestCumb ARC website under SMART 19.
https://www.westcumb.ca/s-m-a-r-t-2019
The final classes began at 4pm and by 5:30pm the final hams left the building and SMART was finished for another year.
The organizing committee consists of Bernie Cormier VE9BGC, George Dewar VY2GF, Kevin Burke VE1KEV and Jim Langille VE1JBL.
Presenters
VO1NO - Alphonse Penny - WW2 British Air Defence
VE1COR - Andrew Cornwall - WSPR (Whisper)
VE9BGC - Bernie Cormier - 40m Vertical by Salt Water
VE1DSS - Craig Seaboyer - Raspberry Pi and Amateur Radio
VE1HUL - Dave Hull - Newbie
VE9CB - Dave Goodwin - Radio Amateurs of Canada
VE1FA - Fred Archibald - Advance Test Equipment
VE1FA - Fred Archibald - Getting most out of an HF Receiver
VY2ZM - Jeff Briggs - WRTC 2018
VE1RSM - Robert Schofield - Operating FT8
VE9XAB - Tobie Boutot - CubeSatNB
VE9MTB - Rick MacMillan - International Repeater Group
VO1NO - Alphonse Penny - WW2 British Air Defence
VE1COR - Andrew Cornwall - WSPR (Whisper)
VE9BGC - Bernie Cormier - 40m Vertical by Salt Water
VE1DSS - Craig Seaboyer - Raspberry Pi and Amateur Radio
VE1HUL - Dave Hull - Newbie
VE9CB - Dave Goodwin - Radio Amateurs of Canada
VE1FA - Fred Archibald - Advance Test Equipment
VE1FA - Fred Archibald - Getting most out of an HF Receiver
VY2ZM - Jeff Briggs - WRTC 2018
VE1RSM - Robert Schofield - Operating FT8
VE9XAB - Tobie Boutot - CubeSatNB
VE9MTB - Rick MacMillan - International Repeater Group