The Parksville ARES group continues their good work. The attached site gives a press release for emergency preparedness week.
http://www.pqbnews.com/news/151455365.html
Parksville ARES group gets some good press.
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A Little Different Special Event Station
I found this special event station on QRZ forums. This one looks a little different from the average special event station.
Hopefully you can make contact and have some fun
B-17 Bomber “City of Savannah” Special Event Station WW2COS on May 19
The Coastal Amateur Radio Society in Savannah, GA will be operating special event station WW2COS from the radio compartment of the B-17 bomber “City of Savannah” to celebrate Armed Forces Day. We will be operating a combination of vintage and modern radio gear and will be streaming live video from the compartment. QSL information and link for video stream can be found at our QRZ.com entry for WW2COS. Video feed can be seen at k4gtm.blogspot.com.
We will scroll the current operating frequency across the video feed.
Date: May 19
Time: 1000 til 1700 EST
Location: Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA
LIVE DAYTON HAMVENTION BROADCAST
We are 24 hours away from our live dayton hamvention broadcast. Help us spread the word to anyone interested.?
This will be our 10 th year to broadcast Dayton Hamvention . Our viewers have grown to
about 50,000 in over 150 countries during the last Hamvention broadcast.
Hamvention is May 20-22 but we actually go live TOMORROW at 1300 UTC Wed May 16th as Continue reading
RAC BOOTH MOVED AT DAYTON
RAC Bulletin 2012-027E – Booth change at Dayton.
2012-05-15
Just a last minute bulletin for Canadian hams going to Dayton, we’ve
been moved to Booth number BA0436.
Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW
President – Radio Amateurs of Canada
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Vernon Ikeda – VE2MBS/VE2QQ
Pointe-Claire, Québec
RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor
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Mid Island Emergency Coordinators Meeting Sat May 12th
On Saturday May 12th Emergency coordinators from Courtenay, Comox, Qualicum Beach,Parksville, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Continue reading
Important Message on 60 Metre Band Issue
RAC Bulletin 2012-026E – 60 metre Consultation Bulletin
2012-05-14
As of May 12th, Industry Canada has begun the consultation process to
see final approval for the use of six channels on the 60 metre band.
As part of the consultation, Industry Canada is seeking input on five
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Special Event Station N6G MAY 26 & 27TH 2012
Special Event Station N6G
I will be hosting a Special Event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. If possible, could you include this event in your publication or web page to your membership? Following are the details of the event. N6G is also searchable on QRZ.com.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation,
73,
Will Pattullo, AE6YB
N6G
SPECIAL EVENT FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE EVENT DETAILS:
MAY 26 AND 27, 2012 – FREQS: 21.265, 14.265 AND 7.265 +/- QRM
(ALSO POSSIBLY 10 AND 80 METERS ADDED)
QSL INFORMATION:
DIRECT ONLY, YOUR QSL CARD AND SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE.
NON-USA PLEASE ENCLOSE CURRENT IRC OR 1 US DOLLAR FOR RETURN POSTAGE
QSL DIRECT TO: *******AE6YB*******
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Emergency Preparedness Week and the Media
At the end of Emergency Preparedness Week the ARES group in Surrey BC known as SEPARS received some positive press. Amateur operators can and will assist in times of crisis.
May 19th Ontario Special Event Station
Special Event station VX3W
Members of the Manotick Amateur Radio Group will be operating special event station VX3W from Fort Wellington in Prescott, Ontario, on
Saturday, May 19th from 10:00 EDT to 16:00 EDT (1400Z to 2000Z) to
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60 Metres is Now Gazetted
RAC Bulletin 2012-025E – Special North East Ontario Regional Directors
Report – 60 Metres is Gazetted
2012-05-13
Finally after a two year wait from Industry Canada they have Gazetted
the request from Radio Amateurs of Canada for access to 60M
Here is the link to the gazette item:
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-05-12/html/notice-avis-eng.html#d108
This has been a long hard go and has taken a lot of time and effort on Continue reading