BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200923T175745Z UID:4695476E-520F-4190-96B0-57F0F5CFB75F DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20200919T090000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20200919T160000 DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited…\n\nOn Saturday September 19\, 2020 \, the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club ([www.oarc.net](http://www.oarc.net/)) wi ll be hosting their annual “Radio in the Park” activity at Walter Bake r Park\, 100 Charlie Rogers Place\, in Kanata South off Terry Fox Drive.\n \nThis all-day event is an opportunity for members of the local amateur ra dio community to come out\, set up portable radio stations\, and make cont acts. In addition\, we welcome and encourage observation and conversation with other park users to create awareness and interest in amateur radio. T his year we are adding something new!\n\nAs you may know\, radio transmitt er hunting is a popular amateur radio activity. In Europe\, Asia\, the Pac ific\, and the USA it is pursued as a recreational activity but there is a lso a competitive radio sport called Amateur Radio Direction Finding (or A RDF) with international championships held in different countries on a reg ular basis. Unfortunately\, ARDF is not well known or practiced in Canada. There are a few small groups active in western Canada\, but we want to he lp bring ARDF back to Ottawa.\n\nARDF is similar to orienteering\, where p articipants must locate a number of control markers (flags) spread out ove r a large park or urban area. Using a map and a compass\, participants dev elop a strategy and then locate the most flags in the shortest period of t ime. With ARDF\, a radio transmitter is co-located with each flag and part icipants use a radio receiver and directional antenna (they may also use a map and compass) to find them.\n\nWe have established a transmitter hunti ng program development team from the ranks of our local amateur radio oper ators. We plan to provide equipment\, training\, and expertise to enable o ther local groups to host transmitter hunts with their communities through out the year (primarily May to October).\n\nWe received a funding grant fr om the IEEE in early 2020. Both of the local amateur radio clubs\, the OAR C and the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club (OVMRC https://www.ovmrc.on.ca/ )\, have contributed funding to assemble enough equipment for 12 individua l participants (or 24 teams of 2). The activity is suitable for any age gr oup at any fitness level\, provided the participants have the ability and mobility to move over rough outdoor terrain. Participants under the age of 18 may require permission from or accompaniment by a parent or guardian. In particular\, we intend this activity to support local youth groups such as Scouts\, Guides\, Christie Lake Kids\, and the Orienteering Ottawa Clu b.\n\nA Youth STEM Education Program\n\nAs well as the physical benefits\, we will deliver a brief educational component that describes how the equi pment works\, along with tips and tricks to find the hidden transmitters m ost efficiently. We will relate this activity to real-world uses of the te chnology such as animal and marine life tracking\, commercial vehicle trac king\, and locating lost individuals and other assets.\n\nCOVID-19 Precaut ions:\n\nTo ensure that we can provide a safe environment for everyone\, A LL participants must wear a suitable face mask. A limited number of masks will be available in case anyone forgets theirs. We will have hand sanitiz er available for all participants. The equipment will be sanitized after e very use before it is given to the next group.\n\nIEEE Demo Session:\n\nTh ose wishing to participate in the 1 hour IEEE demo session at 9 am please contact Wolfram Lunscher at: wolfram.lunscher@ieee.org\n\nPriority will be given to Life Members\n\nCo-sponsored by: Ottawa Amateur Radio Club\n\nAg enda: \nOn September 19th\, during Radio in the Park\, 4 separate 1-hour t ransmitter hunting demonstration sessions are planned.\n\nEach session wil l proceed as follows as follows:\n\n- Welcome briefing – An explanation as described above – 10 minutes\n- Transmitter hunting exercise in the p ark - 30 minutes\n- Debrief and discussion of possible next steps - 10 min utes\n- A 10-minute gap between sessions will allow one group to leave bef ore the next arrives.\n\nThe following stakeholder communities are invited but are limited to a maximum of 10 participants per session:\n\nIEEE Otta wa 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM\n\nChristie Lake Kids 10:00AM to 11:00 AM\n\nScouts 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM\n\n[Lunch Break 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM]\n\nOrienteerin g Ottawa 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM\n\nThe development team will be at the park f or the remainder of the afternoon from 1:30pm until 4:00pm to support adho c participation from the amateur radio community as part of the Radio in t he Park event.\n\nWalter Baker Park\, 100 Charlie Rogers Place\, Kanata\, Ontario\, Canada LOCATION:Walter Baker Park\, 100 Charlie Rogers Place\, Kanata\, Ontario\, Canada ORGANIZER:wolfram.lunscher@ieee.org SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:Transmitter Hunting Ottawa Demo Day URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/239687 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>You are cordially invited&hellip\;</p>\n<p >On Saturday September 19\, 2020\, the Ottawa Amateur Radio Club (<a href= "http://www.oarc.net/">www.oarc.net</a>) will be hosting their annual &ldq uo\;Radio in the Park&rdquo\; activity at Walter Baker Park\, 100 Charlie Rogers Place\, in Kanata South off Terry Fox Drive.</p>\n<p>This all-day e vent is an opportunity for members of the local amateur radio community to come out\, set up portable radio stations\, and make contacts.&nbsp\; In addition\, we welcome and encourage observation and conversation with othe r park users to create awareness and interest in amateur radio.&nbsp\; Thi s year we are adding something new!</p>\n<p>As you may know\, radio transm itter hunting is a popular amateur radio activity.&nbsp\; In Europe\, Asia \, the Pacific\, and the USA it is pursued as a recreational activity but there is also a competitive radio sport called Amateur Radio Direction Fin ding (or ARDF) with international championships held in different countrie s on a regular basis.&nbsp\; Unfortunately\, ARDF is not well known or pra cticed in Canada. There are a few small groups active in western Canada\, but we want to help bring ARDF back to Ottawa.</p>\n<p>ARDF is similar to orienteering\, where participants must locate a number of control markers (flags) spread out over a large park or urban area. Using a map and a comp ass\, participants develop a strategy and then locate the most flags in th e shortest period of time.&nbsp\; With ARDF\, a radio transmitter is co-lo cated with each flag and participants use a radio receiver and directional antenna (they may also use a map and compass) to find them.</p>\n<p>We ha ve established a transmitter hunting program development team from the ran ks of our local amateur radio operators.&nbsp\; We plan to provide equipme nt\, training\, and expertise to enable other local groups to host transmi tter hunts with their communities throughout the year (primarily May to Oc tober).</p>\n<p>We received a funding grant from the IEEE in early 2020. B oth of the local amateur radio clubs\, the OARC and the Ottawa Valley Mobi le Radio Club (OVMRC https://www.ovmrc.on.ca/ )\, have contributed funding to assemble enough equipment for 12 individual participants (or 24 teams of 2).&nbsp\; The activity is suitable for any age group at any fitness le vel\, provided the participants have the ability and mobility to move over rough outdoor terrain.&nbsp\; Participants under the age of 18 may requir e permission from or accompaniment by a parent or guardian. In particular\ , we intend this activity to support local youth groups such as Scouts\, G uides\, Christie Lake Kids\, and the Orienteering Ottawa Club.&nbsp\;</p>\ n<p><strong>A Youth STEM Education Program</strong></p>\n<p>As well as the physical benefits\, we will deliver a brief educational component that de scribes how the equipment works\, along with tips and tricks to find the h idden transmitters most efficiently.&nbsp\; We will relate this activity t o real-world uses of the technology such as animal and marine life trackin g\, commercial vehicle tracking\, and locating lost individuals and other assets.</p>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Precautions:</strong></p>\n<p>To ensure t hat we can provide a safe environment for everyone\, &nbsp\;ALL participan ts must wear a suitable face mask. A limited number of masks will be avail able in case anyone forgets theirs. We will have hand sanitizer available for all participants. The equipment will be sanitized after every use befo re it is given to the next group.</p>\n<p><strong>IEEE Demo Session:</stro ng></p>\n<p>Those wishing to participate in the 1 hour IEEE demo session a t 9 am please contact Wolfram Lunscher at: wolfram.lunscher@ieee.org</p>\n <p>Priority will be given to Life Members</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p> On September 19<sup>th</sup>\, during Radio in the Park\, 4 separate 1-hou r transmitter hunting demonstration sessions are planned.</p>\n<p>Each ses sion will proceed as follows as follows:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome briefing & ndash\; An explanation as described above &ndash\; 10 minutes</li>\n<li>Tr ansmitter hunting exercise in the park - 30 minutes</li>\n<li>Debrief and discussion of possible next steps - 10 minutes</li>\n<li>A 10-minute gap b etween sessions will allow one group to leave before the next arrives.</li >\n</ul>\n<p>The following stakeholder communities are invited but are lim ited to a maximum of 10 participants per session:</p>\n<p><strong>IEEE Ott awa&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM</strong>< /p>\n<p><strong>Christie Lake Kids &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; 10:00AM to 11:00 AM</strong></p>\n<p><str ong>Scouts &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\; &nbsp\;11:00 AM to 12:00 PM</strong></p>\n<p><strong>[Lunch Break & nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nb sp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM]</strong></p>\n<p><stron g>Orienteering Ottawa &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbs p\; 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM</strong></p>\n<p>The development team will be at t he park for the remainder of the afternoon from 1:30pm until 4:00pm to sup port adhoc participation from the amateur radio community as part of the R adio in the Park event.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR