2020-10-18, 21:01:04
47 years young today!
I wondered what was going on in ham radio in Canada back then.
In 1973:
I was a newly-minted engineer, working in the Alberta oilpatch, living in Drayton Valley. My call back then was VE6BAB. Rig was a Heathkit SB-102.
We had not one but two organizations: Canadian Radio Relay League (a division of ARRL until 1988), and Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (formed by provincial ham organizations). They mercifully merged to form RAC in 1993.
A report titled: CANADA EMO WORKING GROUP ON THE AMATEUR EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS was published.
Dave, VE3WI
I wondered what was going on in ham radio in Canada back then.
In 1973:
I was a newly-minted engineer, working in the Alberta oilpatch, living in Drayton Valley. My call back then was VE6BAB. Rig was a Heathkit SB-102.
We had not one but two organizations: Canadian Radio Relay League (a division of ARRL until 1988), and Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (formed by provincial ham organizations). They mercifully merged to form RAC in 1993.
A report titled: CANADA EMO WORKING GROUP ON THE AMATEUR EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS was published.
- Here's a link: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/lbrr/arch...73-eng.pdf.
- Given our recent conversations re ARES, I found their recommendations very interesting. I suggest their model is something we should strive to approach, at least to some degree.
Dave, VE3WI