A couple of interesting items from the North Fraser Amateur Radio Club !

http://ve7nfr.com/blog.html

Environment Canada has issued more wind warnings for parts of the BC Coast. As always monitor your local media, but to see where the warnings are go to

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc

FT8 tried out the contesting mode on the first weekend of December. It attracted a lot of interest. To read the report go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/first-ft8-roundup-is-a-huge-hit

The Russian 160 M contest including CW and Phone will be held the weekend of Dec 14 2018. For more information go to

http://ua9qcq.com/en/contestinfo.php?lang=&t_id=103

The new rules will apply to this event on Dec 16 2018. For all information relative to the roundup go to

http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup

Government and private sector organizations continue to intrude on the amateur bands in IARU Region 1.  To learn more go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/broadcasters-intruding-on-exclusive-amateur-radio-frequencies

The ARRL Contest Branch reports that preliminary results from the November sweepstakes are now available. For more information go to

http://www.arrl.org/news/news-from-the-arrl-contest-branch

While the Lower Mainland is getting drenched other areas of the Province are under weather warnings.  As always monitor local media for the latest information.  The weather is expected to be poor through the weekend. To see the warnings and alerts go to

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc

The ARRL has announced that FT8 Contacts will be allowed in the RTTY contest

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The Surrey Amateur Radio Club will hold a basic radio course starting Jan 15th 2019. For more information go to

https://ve7sar.net/