Gabi San Martin Hernandez,EB1BT, was part of a police protection unit. He was killed protecting the Spanish embassy in Afghanistan. For rest of the story go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/gabi-san-martin-hernandez-eb1bt-dies-in-afghanistan-violence
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VICTORIA BC HAM COURSE JANUARY 2016
The West Coast Amateur Radio Association will be holding a ham course in January 2016. This course may make a nice Christmas present….. For more information go to
http://www.ve7vic.ca/education-department/
http://www.ve7vic.ca/amateur-radio-class-starts-january-4th/
UPDATE ON THE PHILIPPINE STORM -Dec 16th 2015.
The Storm rapidly weakened as it approached the Philippines. Please watch transmissions on 7.095 For the full press release go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/philippine-radio-amateurs-respond-to-typhoon-threat
COWICHAN VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY BASIC COURSE JAN 12 2016..
Looking for a Christmas present ? How about a basic radio course. The Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society has a course in early January 2016. For more information go to
VE3NEA,Alex Shovkoplyas, Receives RAC Radio Amateur of the Year Plaque.
Alex received this award for the development of a cw contesting tool. For the entire story go to the ARRL website at
Interestingly this award was presented October 31 2015 in Ontario and as of December 14th 2015 there is still nothing on the RAC website.
US MILITARY STILL TRAINING MORSE CODE.
The US Military is moving its morse code training sites. For more information go to
Tech. Sgt. Ryan N. Kilcrease’s quote:
“Morse will never fully go away as long as it remains the cheapest, most reliable way to communicate”
If you listen to the CW (a.k.a. Morse code) portions of the ham radio bands, you’ll hear that CW is still very much alive and well. It is an incredibly reliable and robust communications medium. As we CW operators say: “CW always gets through!”
OFCOM PULLS OVER 500 HAM LICENCES.
With over 180,000 licences on the books the regulator decided it was time to update the records. They advised everyone of their plan. The first batch has been processed with over 500 licences being pulled after the holders failed to revalidate. For more information go to
State of Washington Declares State of Emergency Due to Weather-NOV 15 2015
Wind and rain over the last several days has caused the Governor of Washington State to declare a state of emergency. On a lessen scale the Mayor of Saanich, on Vancouver Island also declared a state of Emergency.
http://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/Proc_15-15.pdf
ARES folks are you ready ?
ENVIRONMENT CANADA SAYS MORE ROUGH WEATHER FOR BC’S SOUTH COAST. -NOV 16 2015
Environment Canada has issued a severe weather warning for the BC South Coast. To see more go to
MULTI NATION AGREEMENT TO USE SPECTRUM SPACE TO TRACK AIRCRAFT
The details are yet to be worked out,but agreement has been reached to start tracking commercial aircraft using satellites in addition to current ground station monitoring. To learn more go to