The Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club (CAARC) is holding their 44th annual picnic and hamfest June 13, 14 and 15th.
On Saturday June 14th, RAC President Geoff Bawden VE4BAW will be attending and holding a “town hall” meeting between 11:00am to noon to discuss RAC and Amateur Radio in general. This special event will take place at the Shady Nook Hall.
For any further information and contact points, please go to the CAARC’s website:www.caarc.ca
The use of ham radio in a medical emergency occurring at the side of the road is explained at
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ham-radio-helps-get-medical-attention-for-mobile-operator-in-distress
Last year I contacted you with the question to publish the information on our S.E.S. concerning the Canadian Liberation Mars (ON4CLM) that is held each year in the weekend of November 1st.
This year again is a new edition of the S.E.S. runs from October 16th. – November 15th. 2014
I wonder Continue reading RAC-Bulletin Canadian Liberation March ON4CLM (early heads-up).
The link below will take you to the Emergency Management BC website where you will find explanations about Tsunami’s. ARES members even if you live in the interior of BC or the Yukon this information will be helpful as you will understand what is going on in the affected area.
W1AW will be making two stops in each state during 2014 so they need to keep moving. For the next move which happens on the evening of JUNE 3 2014 in the US go to the link below.
http://www.arrl.org/news/w1aw-centennial-operations-shift-states-on-june-4-utc
WRTC has now received the funding required. This came about as a result of events at the Dayton Hamvention. To read the whole story go to
90 seconds….. not a long time but possibly enough. A new warning system is in the works. These new sensors will be off Vancouver Island. Interesting news for ARES units on the island. For a press statement go to
http://www.news1130.com/2014/05/22/earthquake-warning-system-could-give-us-up-to-90-seconds-warning/
The Cuban government has started issuing licences for 60 meter operations.. They will only use these frequencies for internal emergencies. and no international contact is permitted. To find out more go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/cuba-now-issuing-licenses-for-limited-domestic-60-meter-operation
Below is information from a RAC Bulletin on the announcement that the Southern Alberta Repeater Association will join the Alberta Emergency Alert program starting mid June 2014 Continue reading AMATEURS JOIN THE ALBERTA EMERGENCY ALERT PROGRAM
There will be several D Day Special Event Stations on the air this year. To see a list of some of the stations go to
http://www.arrl.org/news/d-day-special-event-stations-to-be-active
PLEASE NOTE THERE IS ALSO A CANADIAN STATION VC3JNO
https://www.rac.ca/en/amateur-radio/regulatory/callsigns/special-event.php