News -

It’s national preparedness week! 

https://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/ep-wk/index-en.aspx

Because they clearly never watched the Terminator .

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/04/army-explores-equipping-robots-living-muscle-tissue/173559/

Drone changes in the US, behold our future.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/28/22203398/faa-remote-id-rules-location-night-over-people

Canada not ready for the shutdown of Line 5

https://tnc.news/2021/04/24/canada-is-not-ready-for-the-shut-down-of-line-5/

Governor of Michigan intends to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline

brings the oil that creates half of the gasoline, diesel, propane and jet fuel that Ontario and Quebec consume

cost Ontario access to 540,000 barrels of oil a day

government to censor internet

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/heritage-committee-won-t-reverse-change-to-bill-c-10-despite-public-outcry-1.5409658

Use the “Repeater book” App

Ham Radio Crash Course on CHIRP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEpBo5lixsw&t=863s

MIKLOR

https://www.miklor.com/

CHIRP Beginner’s guide

https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide

Baofengradio.ca - manuals and downloads

https://baofengradio.ca/pages/support-download

Summit on the Air

https://www.sota.org.uk/

Things to do with:

CANWARN - https://www.ecoa.ca/canwarn.shtml

ARES - https://www.rac.ca/ares/

PODCAST CHALLENGE

Try to learn some basic radio usage.  Even with some FRS toys.  Try utilizing some controls if you’ve never turned it on….  Muscle memory works better when pre-trained versus need to learn in the moment.  Find your max range for your terrain and your equipment…. 

https://canadafirstammo.ca/