CANWARN Online Training 2021

Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce that we have now partnered with the Ontario Storm Prediction Centre Team to provide CANWARN Training this spring.

CANWARN (CANadian Weather Amateur Radio Network) is a network of volunteer Amateur Radio operators who observe and report both winter and summer severe weather conditions.

Date: Wednesday, May 26

Time: 7 pm EDT

Description: This will be a one-time session for this season, offered through the Zoom online meeting platform.

Topics covered in the training include the basics of thunderstorm formation, the types of damage severe thunderstorms can produce and what to look for in the sky. Winter severe weather is touched on as well.

The training also provides ways that storm reports can be provided to the OSPC and a number of safety tips to keep storm spotters safe.

More Information - https://www.rac.ca/emergency-services/canwarn/

Amateur radio on BBC Essex Breakfast Show

Dorothy M0LMR got some publicity for Amateur Radio on BBC Essex by phoning into the Breakfast Show and talking about customised car registration numbers for ham radio

The show was broadcast on 12th May 2021 and you can listen to the amateur radio segment by fast-forwarding to 02:53:40 in this recording, the discussion lasts about 4 minutes

Media Report - https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09gy0vh

IRTS AGM Rejects New Licence Level Proposal

Each year at the Irish Radio Transmitters Society Annual General Meeting trophies are presented to amateurs who achieve a very high standard in home construction. This year the Folan Shield was presented to Tom Nevin EI4HCB and the Kevin Freeney Trophy was presented to Darwin Penamora EI4KX.

There was only one motion before the 2021 AGM and this came from the Galway Radio Experimenters Club who asked that IRTS, in representing Ireland, support the inclusion of a new Licence Level in Ireland as part of a 3 year plan. Following a well-researched and well-presented case by the GREC representatives, the motion was defeated by the narrowest of margins.

Next year’s Annual General Meeting will be hosted by the South Eastern Radio Group, date and venue to be announced.

IRTS News - https://www.irts.ie/cgi/thisweek.cgi