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Hurricane Milton Advisory
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For immediate release | October 8, 2024
Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
RAC Community Services Officer
Radio of Amateurs of Canada has received a request from the Winlink Development team to issue the following statement about Hurricane Milton:
“The Winlink Development Team from the United States has requested that all non-essential traffic on the Winlink system be suspended, including tests, weekly nets, etc., until after Hurricane Milton. They are still experiencing high volumes of traffic from Helene, so please keep the gateways open.”
Due to the FCC part 97.221 American Amateur Radio regulations, the band restrictions limit the frequencies that are used to transmit and receive Winlink traffic.
City of Yellowknife After Action Assessment: 2023 North Slave Complex Wildfires
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The City of Yellowknife has released the Final Report on the 2023 North Slave Complex Wildfires event. The report is available from the City's website at:
The Final Report was prepared by KPMG for the City. KPMG did not interview the Yellowknife Amateur Radio Society. Recommendations 15-26 (pp. 71-75) are of particular interest. Pages 96-97 (Appendix G) of the Final Report describe the the Northwest Territories Emergency Management System.
ISED Gives Advance Notice of Update of Basic Amateur Radio Exam Questions
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https://www.rac.ca/update-of-ised-review-of-basic-amateur-exam-questions/
For immediate release | July 6, 2024 –
On July 5, 2024, Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) posted the following announcement on its website:
“Working with the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) plans to update the Basic Amateur Exam questions and answers in early 2025. An advance copy, in PDF format, will be posted in the coming months on our Downloads page so that instructors and examiners can update their material before the transition. After this update, ISED will perform a similar review of the Advanced Amateur Exam, with new exams expected after 2025.”
Read more: ISED Gives Advance Notice of Update of Basic Amateur Radio Exam Questions
Report of 2023 Wildfires and Response by YARS
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[2024-06-17] From about May to October 2023 a series of wildfires occurred across the Northwest Territories. The wildfires were wide-spread geographically and coincided with abnormally high temperatures and a major drought. Significant loss of forests occurred as did loss to private property including homes and infrastructure (roads, fibre optic cables, hydro-electrical transmission lines etc.). The community of Enterprise was consumed. Fort Smith, Hay River, Enterprise, Kátł'odeeche First Nation, Yellowknife, Behchokǫ̀ etc. were all evacuated amongst other locations. Fortunately there was no direct loss of life.
WordPerfect on Linux
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Retrofuturism - Anachronistic Technology and HAM Radio
The figure above may seem rather silly. It shows WordPerfect 8.0 for UNIX running - roughly the equivalent of WordPerfect 4.2 for MSDOS - mid to late 1980s. WordPerfect 6.0 for MSDOS is shown running in the DOSBOX, an emulator for MSDOS - late 1990s). Finally WordPerfect X.13 is shown running in a virtual machine that is running Windows 7. All of these are running under Linux Mint 21.x. The laptop on which they are running is an old ASUS X55U, with motherboard manufactured in 2013.