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Canadian Ladies Amateur Radio Association

The Nets

The 80m net meets Monday at 7pm (Ontario) on 3.750MHz Managers: Ruth VE3RVW, Erna VE3JEG and Ann VE3HAI

The 40m net meets Tuesday at 9am (Eastern) on 7.055MHz Manager: Helen VA1YL

The 20m net meets Tuesday at 1700UTC on 14.120MHz Manager: Leona VE7ONY

The International YL IRLP/Echolink net 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 2100 UTC. IRLP reflector 9008 and Echolink reflector *VAN-IRLP* 1256919.
Net Control: Ann ZL3TNT
The Salmon Arm YL 2m Net meets Monday on 146.760 MHZ (-offset) at 8:00pm PST.
The BC CLARA Friendship 2m Net meets every Wednesday at 7:00pm (pacific) on 147.260 MHz + or 443.200 MHz +. (repeaters are linked to each other, so use either frequency) Net runs until late spring 2008, then ends for the summer. Managers: Paulette VE7VPE and Glenna VE7DSC

Can we interest you in taking a turn at net control? Check in to any net and let them know. They would love to hear from you and it's not that hard to do!

Are there any other CLARA nets
that we have not listed?

Please let us know so your net can be added.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events

Clara 40th Anniversary Challenge

Clara was 40 years old (young) in 2007! To celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the founding of Clara, a challenge was issued to all YLs and OMs!

Work 40 YLs on amateur radio between January 1^st 2007 and December 31^st 2007.

The deadline was extended to April 1st, 2008 with logs to be submitted by May 15th, 2008.

A total of 27 certificates were issued. Logs were received from Canadian Provinces Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and worldwide including Virginia, USA; Germany, England, Scotland, New Zealand and Australia.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this Challenge!

Recent Events

Heart & Stroke Foundation Bike Ride

On April 29^th, 2008 the Heart & Stroke Foundation held a sponsored 10 km bike ride in Smiths Falls, Ontario. A. Germain Purcell (Gerry), VE3MHP, who is blind and also a CLARA member, was one of the riders on the big bike.

Gerry raised $177.00 from sponsors for the event. The day was bitterly cold and the riders endured sleet and snow. Gerry, who is the lady directly behind the bike controller in the photo, came prepared wearing gloves, a green coat with fur collar and a wine colored touque. Congratulations to Gerry for braving the elements for such a worthy cause.

Pacific Coast CLARA 2M Net Luncheon

On Saturday, April 19th, 2008 a luncheon was held for the ladies participating in the weekly Pacific Coast CLARA 2M Net. It was well attended by 5 YL's and their OM's. It was a great opportunity to get together over a wonderful vegetarian chinese meal. They also celebrated each other's birthdays and exchanged gifts. More such luncheons are planned for the summer.

CLARA and Family HF Contest - March 2008

The 2007 HF Contest was held over 2 days, March 13th and March 17th. To see who won please check out our Contests Results Page.

CLARA 40^th Anniversary Gathering at Milton Fairgrounds (Ontario)

On Saturday July 7^th, Milton Ontario was the site of a CLARA 40^th anniversary celebration brunch. Many hamfest guests stopped to congratulate us. Cathy, VE3GJH, worked her usual magic to make every thing look perfect. As you would expect, we had outstanding food and lots of good friends with whom to celebrate.

We began the celebration by presenting Minnie, VE3DBQ, with a plaque for winning the 2007 CLARA and Family Contest. Minnie recruited Leone in honour of whom this contest was held, and so the plaque has special meaning for her.

As if the celebration wasn’t enough, a documentary was being filmed on site and Cathy VE3GJH was interviewed as well. The icing on the cake came when the hamfest grand prize of $1,000 from RadioWorld was announced. The winner was Cathy, VE3GJH. Congratulations Cathy on your big win!

BCYLARA Conference and CLARA 40th Anniversary Celebration

A joint BCYLARA conference and CLARA 40^th Anniversary celebration was held in Surrey, British Columbia on Saturday, September 22^nd, 2007.

18 YL’s, (16 of which were CLARA members) from around British Columbia attended the one day conference. It was held at the Provincial Emergency Program South West Division Office in Green Timbers, Surrey, B.C.

The day started with the Annual General Meeting for BCYLARA. A cake and goodies for CLARA’s anniversary was served with coffee at the break. Afterwards an informative talk was given by John Schouten VE7TI on Transceiver Computer Control.

A special presentation of two ceramic bowls was made to Glenna VE7DSC for her assistance with the CLARA cookbook. Also 40^th Anniversary Challenge certificates were presented to Leona VE7ONY and Elizabeth VE7YL. The new certificates for CLARA awards were viewed by everyone present.

Lunch was served with the remainder of the cake for dessert. There was plenty of time for socializing and two silent auctions were held, one for BCYLARA and one for CLARA. The proceeds of the CLARA auction of $158 were to help with the cost of printing the new cookbook.

The afternoon sessions included a hands on workshop building an antennae counterpoise for a handheld radio. Everyone enjoyed the day and the celebration.

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