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The Waters Are Rising

Now is a busy time of the year for some.  The BC River Forecast Centre continues to issue high stream, high flow and flood warnings.   This is the start of the run off season. Some radio rooms have been activated. There have already been evacuations and flooding in some areas while sandbagging continues in other portions of the Province.  With high snow packs this concern will not end soon.

It might be a good time to review your family emergency plan. Have you checked your grab and go kit lately?   Be prepared, and have a plan. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Additional Stations for World Amateur Radio Day

– Two new special event stations for WARD.*
Two new special event stations join the celebration of the World
Amateur Radio Day and the 87th Anniversary of IARU.

P487IARU by the Aruba Amateur Radio Club. They will be active starting
today until the end on the month. QSL information on QRZ.com

SK87WARD by the Föreningen Sveriges Sändareamatörer. They will be
active on the HF bands (CW SSB and PSK31) from 00z to 24z only on
April 18th. QSL via buro or SM6JSM; probably also LoTW.

This stations join other stations previously reported and some of them
are on the air as you read this note:

6H6IARU, 3G87IARU, LZ1WARD, EL2RL, HB9WARD, HF87WARD, CR6IARU and KP4FD

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Joaquín Solana, XE1R
News Editor – IARU R2
news@iaru-r2.org <mailto:news@iaru-r2.org>

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Vernon Ikeda – VE2MBS/VE2QQ
Pointe-Claire, Québec
RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor

Training Specification Group

Did you know there is  a group of RAC members who meet weekly to develop and improve the ARES program.  These members are from across the country and their purpose is to develop a training program and standards that can be adopted nation wide . All this in an effort to enhance the ARES program. This is yet another example of RAC members doing their part to enhance amateur radio in Canada.

Amateur Radio Emergency Comms Under Review in the US

In response to the Congressional directive to prepare a study to assess Amateur Radio’s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land use regulations on the amateur community’s ability to provide such communications, the FCC issued DA 12-523 soliciting comments from the public. The period for public comment runs until May 17, 2012.

For the full article go to http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-seeks-public-comments-on-emergency-communications-by-amateur-radio-and-impediments-to-amateur-ra