Congratulations to everyone who made Team Canada such a winning group at the Olympics.  Each of you deserve a medal.   Great effort, great work. Thank you

For an interesting article on the history of amateur radio go to

http://www.eham.net/articles/31750

As with all weather warnings posted on this site please check your local weather forecast.  Snow is now expected over all regions of Vancouver Island

http://m.weather.gc.ca/warnings/bc_e.html

One of the new directors has managed the latest changes to RAC policy  with respect to minutes of meetings. A move toward  transparency.

http://www.crrl.ca/news/2014/2/21/transparency

The url below will take you a report of a tower accident that had some serious results

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/february/idaho_ham_seriously_injured_in_tower_repair_accident.htm#.UwNMnvldUhG

Industry Canada approved access by Canadian radio amateurs to the Low Frequency (LF) band 135.7 -137.8 kHz, subject to certain conditions in late 2009. This was a direct result of implementing changes from the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) 2007, which added Continue reading RBR-4 Confirms Access to 137 Khz. →

On February 5th, Industry Canada’s Minister made an announcement bearing the title “Harper Government Making Changes to Cell Tower Placement Rules”.

Industry Canada’s current governing document is CPC-2-0-03. A notice has been posted stating that changes to the document will be made subsequent yesterday’s announcement. Rest assured RAC will convey to IC in the strongest of terms Continue reading RAC Bulletin 2014-002 – Industry Canada’s Antenna Tower Siting Policy. →

The Bulgarian Hams now have access to additional frequencies. To see all the changes go to

 http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2014/02/14/bulgarian-amateurs-get-new-bands/