Sydney Jameson VE7BOP passed away last week in Nelson BC.For several years Syd was the Regional Amateur Radio Representative for the Southeast Region of the Provincial Emergency Program. In addition he was a member of the Nelson Amateur Radio Club.
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SOME ARRL WEBSITES DOWN THIS WEEKEND.
Some ARRL websites will be down this weekend for maintenance. For dates times etc go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/some-arrl-website-services-to-be-down-for-maintenance
ARRL BULLETIN ON A NEW CUBE SAT LAUNCHED FROM THE ISS
SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS004
ARLS004 Chasqui-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat Deployed from ISS
ZCZC AS04 QST de W1AW Space Bulletin 004 ARLS004
From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT August 19, 2014
To all radio amateurs
SB SPACE ARL ARLS004
ARLS004 Chasqui-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat Deployed from ISS
A team of Russian cosmonauts has deployed the Peruvian Chasqui-1
Amateur Radio CubeSat into orbit during a spacewalk from the
International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 40 Continue reading ARRL BULLETIN ON A NEW CUBE SAT LAUNCHED FROM THE ISS
[RAC-Bulletin] August RAC Report available for viewing.
OCT 16TH 2014 IS THE DATE FOR THE SHAKEOUT THIS YEAR.
BC’s annual earthquake exercise will be held on October 16th 2014 this year. The drill will commence at 1016 am. This is a good time for ARES units to test their plans, let the public know you are around and learn how things may shakeout if an event occurs during the week…. whi will be available etc. Lets see if we can register more amateurs this year than last year. For more information go to
NETHERLANDS SPECIAL EVENT STATION AUG 28TH TO SEPT 19TH 2014
PD0ARI is a special event station commemorating pirate radio station Radio Veronica. Radio Veronica operated from a ship in the North Sea. The special event station will be active between the dates noted above. For more information go to
OHIO AND NORTH DAKOTA NEXT STOP W1AW
The party goes on and W1AW continues to move. Aug 20 2014 utc is the next stop….Aug 20 214. Remember you can work a state twice….. check the rules
PACIFICON 2014 – OCT 10-14 2014
Start planning now before it is too late. If you are planning on attending the Pacificon 2014 event go to the url below for the all the details.
CF3NAVY – 100 YEARS OF SUBMARINE SERVICE IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY..
August 2014 marks 100 years of Submarine service in the Royal Canadian Navy. To celebrate the event a special call sign has been issued. For more information go to CF3NAVY on QRZ.
http://qrz.com/ query CF3NAVY
Social Media and Crisis
ARES and Emergency Planners should look at the attachment to confirm what we already know, social media will have an impact in times of crisis. What the attachment shows is just how reliant a large portion of the population is on social media. One VERY IMPORTANT issue still needs to be addressed; the reliability of the information on social media. ARES Leadership and Emergency Planners need to address this issue in their planning. We may not be able to fix, but we NEED to be able to deal with it.