To All the Folks in the US and to the US Citizens currently in Canada

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY 

THE HURRICANE NET IS ACTIVE – THEIR FREQUENCY IS 7.628MHz.

For further information on the net go to  http://www.hwn.org/

 http://www.hwn.org/weather/atlantic.html

Attached is an interesting  eham article on the commenmoration of some  D  Day activities, but it also provides information on the interoperability of ham radio and the military.

http://www.eham.net/articles/32643

The 2014 Radio Amateurs of Canada  Annual General Meeting  will be held Sunday July 27th at Noon after the Pacific Northwest DX Convention at the Inn at the Quay 900 Quayside Drive, New Westminster, BC  Further information may be found in the RAC Report of June 2014 . I have added two RAC websites for your information. One is the new site, the second one is for the old site.  The last entry is for the DX Convention.

http://wp.rac.ca/

https://www.rac.ca/

http://orcadxcc.org/vancouver2014/home.html

The hurricane net will go active today  at 1600 hrs on  14.325.  For status on the net go to

http://www.hwn.org/

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference 2014 will be held in Huntsville Alabama  in August this year.  For all the information on the event go to

http://www.w4ozk.com/GAREC14.htm

While all the Field Day reports are not in yet I am aware of multiple Field Day contacts in British Columbia  with the International Space station.  From the limited information received thus far and the material contained in the attachment it would appear the folks on the space station had a rather busy time.  The fact they took the time out to do this work is much appreciated by all involved.

http://www.arrl.org/news/nasa-astronaut-s-iss-field-day-operation-puts-smiles-on-several-faces

From the ARRL Webpage

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, and there will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice on those days. ARRL Audio News will return July 11. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday!

The Voice of America and others will be reducing their broadcasting. For all the details go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/voice-of-america-makes-more-cuts-to-international-shortwave-broadcast-schedule

The 13 Colonies Contest will run from Jul 1 to July 7th 2014. Fore more Information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/13-colonies-special-event-gets-underway-on-july-1