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
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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!”
Party Balloon Carrying Ham Radio Payload Circles Southern Hemisphere a Second Time
After travelling for more than 110,800 km (68,696 mi) aloft, the record-setting pico balloon PS-46, carrying an Amateur Radio payload, completed its second circumnavigation of the Southern Hemisphere, before descending into the Indian Ocean on July 18 due to bad weather. The helium balloonand its solar-powered 25 mW payload were launched on May 23 by Andy Nguyen, VK3YT.
5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico City
Why do we need to be prepared?
This is an interesting article and occurs two years of the Christchurch NZ earthquake. The article compares Seattle and Christchurch. The comparisons are even closer when you look at Victoria BC. Remember, it is difficult to prepare AFTER the event has occurred.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020343625_earthquakelessonsxml.html
Haida Gwaii After Shocks
From the Times Colonist
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Earthquakes continue to rumble the Pacific Northwest coast Sunday, after a strong earthquake near Haida Gwaii set off tsunami warnings as far south as Victoria and Hawaii.
A 3.9-magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles this morning around 8:24 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit 97-kilometres south of Sandspit at 9:17 a.m and a second one hit at 11:54 a.m. This time it was magnitude 6.4. There are no tsunami alerts issued.
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Canadian Coast Guard Radio – Cape Lazo
“Comox is the third busiest marine traffic centre across Canada handling an average of 900 marine incidents and emergencies per year (behind only Victoria and Halifax). In total, the five west coast centres handle 60% of all marine incidents and traffic movements in Canada.”
To learn more about Cape Lazo and the Canadian Coast Guard please visit:http://nauticapedia.ca/Articles/MCTS_final.php
[important]Salmon, Lynn (2012) Comox Coast Guard Radio – Over One Hundred Years of History. Nauticapedia.ca 2012. http://nauticapedia.ca/Articles/MCTS.php Updated August 8th,2012[/important]
Comox APRS Digipeater
Please visit http://www.va7cmx.ca/2/post/2012/09/new-comox-valley-digipeater.html to learn more about the APRS digipeater put in place to help CVGSR track their members during exercises and searches. Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Packet_Reporting_System to learn more about APRS.