An interesting article on the use of ham radio assisting the rural areas during times of elections. This practice has been going on for over forty years. To learn more go to https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/local-polls-remote-areas-bank-on-ham-radios/articleshow/79357502.cms

Santa will be on the air every night from now until Christmas Eve. Might be fun to have the little ones talk to Santa. All the information you need can be found at https://www.cqsanta.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Dgi_EqyisNprZwSEvqiiXcjV34NpIWJH8S0E-DUzdzowapOdbWcqhTlY

The Yasme Foundation has announced the winners of their Award of Excellence. To see who won what go to http://www.arrl.org/news/yasme-foundation-announces-excellence-awards-2

The Communicator is the newsletter of the Surrey Amateur Radio Club (SARC). This edition is a whopping 110 pages ! Interested ? Go to https://ve7sar.blogspot.ca

A “slight” miscommunication between the Nome Amateur Radio Club and the FAA has caused the regional amateur repeater network to go off the air. To learn more about what happened and what is being done to repair things go to

News reports now indicate the telescope has collapsed. https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-already-damaged-collapses The Arecibo radio telescope located in Puerto Rico and used, at some point, by amateur radio will be decommissioned. To learn more go to

RAC Affiliated Club Insurance Program 2021: Applications are now being processedRadio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications from Amateur Radio clubs across the country for our Liability Insurance Program for 2021. RAC runs the RAC Affiliated Club Insurance Program each year to provide Canadian Amateur Radio clubs with liability insurance coverage – often needed by clubs in order to operate in public venues or for public events – at rates well below standard commercial coverage packages. In addition, all RAC members who are also members of participating clubs will see the liability coverage extended, automatically, and at no charge, to their own individual Amateur…

If you live in or near the Bulkley Valley of BC and are interested in amateur radio you may want to have a look at the site noted below. They will be having their AGm on Dec 6th 2020. http://www.bvars.org/

Earlier this month someone hacked into Florida’s emergency communication system and sent a message to the State Emergency Response Team. At this time no one is sure how the hack occurred. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/11/27/floridas-emergency-communications-channel-hacked-according-to-state-officials/

A large solar flare, the largest seen in some time, was noted on Sunday Nov 29 2020. To learn more on what this might mean go to https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/11/29/the-biggest-solar-flare-in-years-was-just-seen-with-more-coming-soon/?sh=25f407c47928