The International Lighthouse Lightship event will be held the third weekend of August this year. To find all the details of this annual event go to  http://illw.net/

The site below will take you to an interesting site containing a report from a search leader at the Oslo Washington mudslide. Over 40 people lost their lives in this event. See the role volunteers played.  This is good information for ARES leaders.

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/Lessons-Learned-Response-Oso-Wash-Mudslide.html

Arthur is expected to reach the Maritimes this evening – July 4th 2014. It is believed it will arrive in the Maritimes as a tropical storm not a hurricane.  High winds and heavy rain are still expected In any event please ensure HF frequencies are not in use prior to transmitting. Given the current band conditions alternate bands/frequencies may be required.  For your information the link below lists the official  emergency frequencies in Canada

https://www.rac.ca/en/rac/public-service/ares/frequencies/

WOCN31 CWHX 061445

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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