If you would like to see a comprehensive review of Field Day activities by the Surrey Amateur Radio Club may I suggest their newsletter. It is a very interesting read.

http://tinyurl.com/Communicator0814

There are many places along the Canada US border where the US Coast Guard assists Canadian authorities.  In addition the Coast Guard works with ARES units in times of crisis.  Thanks for all you do and Happy Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY US COAST GUARD

http://www.military.com/coast-guard-birthday

W1AW will move to  Vermont and New Jersey on August 6th utc.  I hope you are having fun chasing this station around the United States.  Good luck and have fun.

Japanese students who came to Canada to help with debris clean up from the Japanese tsunami are on their way home – with some cargo.  This story reminds all of us we need to be prepared for an earthquake, Japan is probably the best prepared country in the woorld and they suffered with this earthquake. ARES folks have you reviewed your plans recently?

http://www.news1130.com/2014/08/03/vancouver-area-woman-reunites-japanese-fisherman-with-item-lost-in-2011-tsunami/

The Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization ( VECTOR) had over 30 amateurs at work last night (August 2 2014) in downtown Vancouver assisting other emergency services during the third and final night of the Honda Celebration of Lights.  This event goes over a period of three nights and results in over three hundred thousand people in an around English Bay and over a thousand boats anchored to watch the fire works.  VECTOR assists with this and several other events in the City of Vancouver over the course of the year.  Thanks VECTOR for your efforts.

The Scouts Program Event known as Space Jam have plans to make contact with the International Space Station on Saturday August 2 2014. Fore more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/spacejam-8-will-feature-ariss-contact

The RAC 2013 Canada Winter Contest Results can be found at

Congratulations to  Gabor Horvath, VE7JH, Single Operator All Bands CW, for his 1,385 QSO’s, 62 Multipliers.   More information at

https://www.rac.ca/en/rac/programmes/contests/files/2013%20RAC%20Canada%20Winter%20Results%20V1.1.pdf

Over 400 registrations for this years Lighthouse-Lightship contest which will be held August 16-17th 2014. This contest lasts 48 hours.  For more information go to

http://www.illw.net/

B-64 is completing its transatlantic crossing either today July31,2014, or tomorrow.  For more information on the balloon go to

http://amsat-uk.org/2014/07/30/434-mhz-balloon-goes-around-the-world/

http://www.arrl.org/news/party-balloon-carrying-amateur-radio-payload-circles-the-northern-hemisphere