Coast Emergency Communications Association

This year’s SEA-PAC is Friday, May 31, and Saturday and Sunday, June 1 & 2 in beautiful Seaside Oregon, with most of the action happening on Saturday and Sunday. Registration and the convention schedule are available at the SEA-PAC website, https://www.seapac.org.

Don’t forget to register for the Friday Workshop, “Power and Communication When Everything Goes Dark” presented by Mark Breakey, KB7RHI and the Saturday evening SEA-PAC Banquet, with keynote speaker Jeri Ellsworth. The workshop is $18 and runs from 9AM to 4PM on Friday and the Saturday evening Banquet is $30.

Your registration gets you access to dozens of Ham Radio related seminars, the Exhibitors’ midway with many manufacturers and retailers displaying and selling their wares and the ever popular Ham Radio Flea Market.

Hotels are filling up, so make your reservations soon and don’t forget to ask for the special SEA-PAC rate. A list of Sponsor Lodging is available on the https://www.seapac.org web site.

A fine man whom I have had the pleasure of meeting is the subject of a podcast reviewing his over 40 years in Ham Radio. You can listen to the podcast at

https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/va7dx?fbclid=IwAR2IhfVz3-F1CXkefAw52yDVm-1oHunMZ7Lcy0HMf04pl4lNcZvu0z2ClFY

145.800 is the frequency on which slow scan TV transmissions will take place from the International Space Station. For more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/slow-scan-tv-transmissions-from-international-space-station-set-for-april-1-2

The versatility of an ARES unit is demonstrated in the article noted below. Once again amateur radio was able to respond during a time of need. To learn more go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/colorado-ares-volunteers-muster-for-bomb-cyclone-winter-storm

Thanks to ham radio operators working in the High Arctic Ham Radio received a positive article in local media

https://wp.rac.ca/eureka-researchers-bring-niche-radio-to-high-arctic-amateurs-in-the-news/

https://wp.rac.ca/upcoming-ariss-contact-with-ulluriaq-school-in-kangiqsualujjuaq-quebec-thursday-march-28/

The site above will take you to all the information about a contact between the International Space Station and a school in Northern Quebec. Once again thank you to all those that make these events possible.

A California Ham who defied US FCC warning now has to deal with a Notice of Violation. These never end well for the ham. To read the story go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-cites-amateur-service-rule-violations-in-unlicensed-broadcasting-case

The West Coast Amateur Radio Association will be holding the 2019 Scout Pacific Janboree in Sooke BC in July of 2019. They are currently looking for volunteers to assist in this effort. To learn more go to

2019 Scout Pacific Jamboree at Camp Barnard

The Comox Valley Amateur Radio Club will hold their swap meet on April 7 2019 at theFilberg Centre in Courtenay. Note this is NOT an all day event. For more information go to

http://www.comoxvalleyamateurradio.ca/index.php/12-info/52-swap-meet-on-april-7-2019

The QNI Newsletter for April 2019 has been released. This is a newsletter dedicated to emergency preparedness. To see the letter go to

https://qninewsletterdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/qni-2019-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3oN8JbQIDWXhHTuV1gxJjuM0ogQyC0VT-rbcZJtdRws5xvVJ7LY41fL2o