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Radio Communications in the Durham Region, Northumberland and Peterborough County Area
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RadarBox Station Activated

Posted on January 8, 2021 by VA3DBJ
AirNav-RadarBox

AirNav Systems RadarBox I have been playing with the RadarBox software and decided to activate a full-time feed via a Raspberry Pi. AirNav RadarBox is a Windows PC and Raspberry PI software and hardware package which allows appropriately equipped aircraft… Continue Reading →

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Now Active on DMR!

Posted on May 21, 2020 by VA3DBJ

I am now active on DMR. I am currently using VE3OBI, till my hotspot is delivered. Pending any programming issues. 🙂 This is all new for me, so it will be interesting. I’ll be recreating my DMR Network page with… Continue Reading →

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Metrolinx Approves Bowmanville GO Train Extension

Posted on February 21, 2020 by VA3DBJ

The Metrolinx Board of Directors has endorsed the GO East Rail Extension to Bowmanville. The board met on Thursday and approved the  ‘option two’ plan that was recommenced to them last week. That option will see the trains head north… Continue Reading →

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VA3DBJ Weather Station Back Online

Posted on June 1, 2019 by VA3DBJ

The VA3DBJ Weather station is now back online. The software has been updated to latest version of Cumulus. You can access directly by typing weather.va3dbj.ca in your browser. This weather updates every 2 minutes but the gauges are updated every… Continue Reading →

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Obituary of Ruth Bate

Posted on July 12, 2018 by VA3DBJ

Ruth Josephine Bate (Nee Fogg) August 10, 1917 – July 9, 2018 Beloved wife of the late Roland.  Daughter of the late George Valentine Fogg and Emmeline Ada May Standing.  Sister to the late Beverly, John and Brenton.  She is… Continue Reading →

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Next Major Event

May Long Weekend!May 21, 2022
15 hours to go.

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Ferret 8 Band Base Antenna

The "Ferret" is a Multiband Antenna utilizing state of the art engineering techniques. The "Ferret" provides coverage from 25 MHz to 1.8 GHz. The configuration is an array of center fed 1/2 wave elements. Utilization of dielectrically tuned chokes, multi-tuned parallel resonant circuits and asymmetrical elements provides tuned transmit quality on band centers of 40, 100, 122, 146, 155, 315, 465, 865 and 1280 MHz. The "Ferret" can handle transmit power levels of 100 watts.
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Whistler TRX-2 Digital Base/Mobile

The Whistler TRX-2 is multi-system adaptive digital trunking scanners with Motorola P25 Phase I, X2-TDMA, Phase II, DMR, and NXDN making it capable of monitoring the following unencrypted channels/systems: Conventional DMR (Entered as a DMR trunked system, Hytera XPT, MotoTRBO™ Capacity Plus, MotoTRBO™ Connect Plus, and MotoTRBO™ Linked Cap Plus systems
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Radioworld

Radioworld is the largest store of its type in Canada, offering a wide variety of specialty electronics for your hobby needs. They are committed to providing the widest selection, competitive pricing and quality service. As an Authorized Dealer for all the products they sell, they provide full warranty support for any product purchased at Radioworld.

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Scanner Master

Scanner Master Police Scanners Corporation was formed in 1978 and since that time has been producing the nation's most comprehensive communications guidebooks including Scanner Master regional volumes and Monitor America. For the past 15 years, Scanner Master Police Scanners has been a consultant to the scanner-radio industry.

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