Kindly keep an eye on the noted website during the current weather events in the southeast US.

Hurricane Watch Net                                    https://www.hwn.org/

Special Advisory Notice:

For immediate release:

October 8, 2024
Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
RAC Community Services Officer
community@rac.ca

Radio of Amateurs of Canada has received a request from the Winlink Development team to issue the following statement about Hurricane Milton:

“The Winlink Development Team from the United States has requested that all non-essential traffic on the Winlink system be suspended, including tests, weekly nets, etc., until after Hurricane Milton. They are still experiencing high volumes of traffic from Helene, so please keep the gateways open.”

Due to the FCC part 97.221 American Amateur Radio regulations, the band restrictions limit the frequencies that are used to transmit and receive Winlink traffic.

Please respect that gateways will be operating at their best capabilities, but overuse of non-essential traffic may impact their ability to provide support to storm-affected areas.

Thank you.

Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
RAC Community Services Officer

CECA will once again participate in the annual BC Shakeout.  This event is a good reminder to all of the procedures to take in the event of an earthquake.   Have you or your group registered yet ?

Amateur radio groups will form a vital part of communications should the area experience a large event.

You may register at

Home

Below is an article from the Victoria newspaper on recent earthquake activity off Vancouver Island.  Maybe just a gentle reminder to all of us.  Have you checked your grab an go kit ? Have you checked your earthquake kit ?

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/another-earthquake-strikes-off-vancouver-island-9605686?utm_source=Times+Colonist+Headline+News&utm_campaign=f3fa37cefe-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d22ba5c6e6-a978a9ba3c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=f3fa37cefe&mc_eid=66bf96d40c

Below is the link that will take you to the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association Newsletter for  October 2024.   Enjoy

https://wm-no.glb.shawcable.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&loc=en&id=764111&part=2

RAC President’s Message: September 2024

Notice of RAC Annual General Meeting 2024

The Hurricane Watch Net is active on 20 and 40 M.  Please check the site below for activation activities and frequencies.

https://www.hwn.org/

Below is the information on the Basic Course being offered by the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Club

Here are the basic course details:

The course will be delivered on-line using Google Meet. So. no travelling for anyone.

There will be ten course sessions in all spread over some 9 weeks.

Previous experience indicates that studying each course topic for 1 week is about right.

Each course will be approximately 2 hours in duration.
Sessions will start at 7pm each Tuesday.

The course is visual and designed to teach you what you need to know to pass the exam.

The NARA training Group will do its best to answer any questions raised at the end of each session or emailed to the Training Group during the course.

Once enrolled, full information on how to join in the course sessions will be provided nearer the start date.

To enroll for this course please contact Mike at: training@ve7na.ca. Please provide your name, address and contact email address.

The Surrey Amateur Radio Club has issued their Sept Oct 2024 Newsletter.  One hundred twenty five pages of interesting reading.

This newsletter may be found at

https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/2024/08/were-back.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawFA8R9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSTM4xjm__Q3fa_uLoGgzregroEwLpY7S7i-wff_wm0nbDQLESlQu7-T2Q_aem_G85wxCbUEHczhGvMzTOzrw