The British Columbia government this morning declared a provincial state of emergency due to the current wildfire situation. At this time there are in the area of 600 wildfires burning in the Province. To learn more go to
For reasons unknown the amateur radio packet station on the International Space Station has come to life. No one is sure h ow long it will last, but it is working. To read the whole story go to
The US FCC has waived their rules on bandwith and is allowing the use of PACTPR 4 during the hurricane called LANE as it hits Hawaii. To learn more go to
In view of events in Hawaii the SATERN net will activate on Friday Aug 24 2018 at 1300 CDT. The Hurricane Watch Net, The Maritime Mobile Service Net (14.300) the National Hurricane Centre Amateur Radio as well as the ARRL are all currently standing by to assist Hawaii ARES units. The state of Hawaii is operating on 7088 KHz, The National Weather Service Honolulu is operating on 7080 KHz, and SATERN is operating on 14265 KHz
PLEASE ENSURE THE HF FREQUENCY IS NOT IN USE BEFORE YOU USE IT.
B.C. is in its fifth day of a province-wide state of emergency. There are more than 560 wildfires burning across the province.
People living in more than 2,800 properties have been forced to leave, while 11,300 more properties are under evacuation alerts.
On Friday, the province announced it would match donations to the Red Cross for people affected by wildfires up to $20 million.
The B.C. Wildfire Service said its cost for fighting fires so far this season has topped $242 million.
More than 100 Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to help B.C. personnel.
Wildfire smoke over western Canada is visible from NASA’s DSCOVR satellite — about 1.6 million kilometres away.
Smoke has delayed on cancelled many flights around the Province. On Vancouver Island the smoke is so thick all fire fighting helicopters are grounded. For the rest of the Provinve go to
Thanks to all members of the Coast Emergency Communications Association and the Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association who attended the Vancouver Island Exhibition this weekend in support of the amateur radio booth. Special thanks to those that organized everything, you know who you are. I won’t list names as I know I someone will be missed. Great job everyone.