A hiker was injured in an area where there was no cell phone coverage.  An amateur arrived on the scene and help was soon on the way. For the entire event go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/ham-radio-aids-in-rescue-of-injured-colorado-hiker

Amateurs in the Nanaimo area of Vancouver Island didn’t have much time to rest.  The BC Summer Games ended on Monday and this weekend they will be busy with the annual bath tub race.  Safety and Race communication will be provided again this year. In addition some new equipment may be tried. More on that later.  For more information go to

http://bathtubbing.com/

http://bathtubbing.com/userfiles/pdf/NMF2014_Schedule.pdf

The annual Executive Committee meeting of IARU R2 was held in Hartford,
Connecticut, USA, last July 15 and 16. All annual reports were reviewed
and discussed, as well asthe situation of each Member Society; future
plans were discussed, and there Continue reading [RAC-Bulletin] IARU(2) EC meeting and presence in ARRL Centennial Convention →

This is an interesting read.  Please go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateurs-named-to-order-of-canada

The Burnaby Amateur Radio club participated in the Edmonds City Fair this past weekend. They had a perfect spot to set up; between the RCMP and the City Emergency Program. For more information and some photos go to

http://ve7bar.org/2014/07/barc-edmonds-city-fair/

On July 23 W1AW will move to Indiana and Rhode Island as the Centennial Contest moves on.  For more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party

The Kelowna EOC and the Central Okanagen Regional District (CORD) EOC Comms Team stood down after working the Smith Creek fire near Westbank. The units were stood down at 1900 hrs Sunday July 20th.

For more information go to  www.cordeoc.ca

Click on the FIRE TRUCK, then click on the picture TO THE RIGHT of the BULLETIN BOARD.

ZCZC AS03  QST de W1AW  Space Bulletin 003  ARLS003
From ARRL Headquarters  Newington, CT  July 22, 2014
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS003
ARLS003 India’s VO-52 Satellite Goes Dark

Despite efforts to keep the flagging VUSat OSCAR-52 (VO-52) Amateur
Radio satellite Continue reading ARLS003 India’s VO-52 Satellite Goes Dark.. →

FEMA and the ARRL have signed an Memorandum of Understanding to cover relationships during disasters.  For more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/fema-and-arrl-sign-agreement-fema-administrator-calls-ham-radio-resilient

Great news for amateurs in the western portion of Canada.  Radioworld has announced they will open their new store in Calgary on July 26th 2014.  More details to follow.