The US National Weather Service reports it will no longer provide High Sea and Storm Warning information on WWV WWVH. To see their reasoning go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/national-weather-service-dropping-high-seas-and-storm-warnings-on-wwv-wwvh
The US National Weather Service reports it will no longer provide High Sea and Storm Warning information on WWV WWVH. To see their reasoning go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/national-weather-service-dropping-high-seas-and-storm-warnings-on-wwv-wwvh
The Radio Amateurs of Canada inducted VE3NCE into the Hall of Fame Jan 29 2019. To learn more go to
https://wp.rac.ca/neil-carleton-inducted-into-canadian-amateur-radio-hall-of-fame/
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has an interesting article on ham radio. To see this article go to
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/amateur-radio-1.4968865
Researchers are watching as the magnetic north poles moves around at increased speed. To learn more go to
Are you have trouble with your emergency preparedness ? In view of the storms that have hit the BC Coast so far this 2018-2019 winter it may be helpful to review these two items
https://www.nanaimo.ca/city-services/emergency-services/emergency-management/personal-preparedness
https://www.nanaimo.ca/docs/default-document-library/miecm-emergency-preparedness-workbook—2017.pdf
Researchers are watching as the magnetic north poles moves around at increased speed. To learn more go to
The long battle between Hytera and Motorola continues with the importation ban of certain Hytera radios and repeaters. To learn the following websites have a lot of information.
https://newsroom.motorolasolutions.com/presskits/hyteralitigation.htm
The following information was received from the Radio Amateurs of Canada
The annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), is underway in Windsor, Connecticut and will conclude tomorrowSaturday, January 19.
The above photo shows (from left): Jay Bellows, K0QB (ARRL International Affairs Vice-President), Rick Roderick, K5UR (ARRL President), Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA (RAC President) and Rick Niswander, K7GM (ARRL Treasurer).
The ARRL Board Meetings are held twice each year in January and July. This was the fourth January ARRL Board meeting that Glenn has attended as a guest of the ARRL.
The meeting provided an opportunity to renew acquaintances with returning ARRL Directors and officers and to meet the five newly-elected ARRL Directors.
At the opening of the meeting Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, Secretary of the International Amateur Radio Union and past ARRL Chief Executive Officer, brought greetings from the IARU.
RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, extended greetings and best wishes on behalf of RAC and described for the new members the close relationships between Amateurs in Canada and those in the United States. He also spoke about our common interests in the upcoming deliberations at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) which will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019.
Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director
Two ham operators in Marysville Washington are giving back to their community. To learn more go to
Environment Canada has issued wind and special weather statements for the BC Coast starting Friday Jan 19 2019. As always monitor local media for updated information. To see the alerts go to
https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc