RAC Bulletin 2015-03-28

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for March 28, 2015

This is V__3____, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of
Canada, with this week's bulletin

NATIONAL NEWS

1. Appointment of RAC C.F.S.O.
RAC is pleased to announce that Mr. Bill Boskwick (VE4BOZ/VE4IR) has
accepted the position
of Chief Field Services Officer (CFSO).
This is an executive level position within RAC and reports to the
President.

One of the significant roles within Field Services is the enabling of
amateur emergency
communications at the regional level.
Emergency disaster response is a provincial/municipal responsibility in
Canada.

Bill comes to RAC with a significant leadership and communication
background in the
Canadian Armed Forces.

Bill is available at VE4BOZ @ RAC.CA

Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW
RAC President

ONTARIO NEWS

OTHER NEWS

2. WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY 2015

Mark down April 18th as the day that radio amateurs worldwide take to
the airwaves in celebration of World
Amateur Radio Day. It was on that day in 1925 that the International
Amateur Radio Union or IARU was formed in
Paris, France.

Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand
the frequency allocations for Amateur Radio.
Today, Amateur Radio has more than 3,000,000 licensed operators
scattered around the globe.

In helping to keep with the spirit of the event, the IARU is providing a
downloadable poster for World Amateur
Radio Day 2015. Its in Adobe PDF format at tinyurl.com/ward-poster-2015

3. CYLONE PAM DEVISTATES VANUATU

Packing winds of close to 200 miles an hour, Category 5 Cyclone Pam
caused severe damage when it hit the Pacific
nation of Vanuatu on March 13th, isolating it from the world. As far as
we have been able to determine,
this was a case where not even amateur radio could fill in the
communications gap due to the very few hams living there.

The restoration of communications with Vanuatu required first responders
from other nations arriving with their own
communications gear, primarily satellite telephones. It was only then
that the full extent of the devastation that
Cyclone Pam caused to Vanuatu was made known to the world.

Amateur radio likes to claim that its there when all other means of
communications have failed.
But in this case, there were simply no hams on Vanuatu to respond.

from postings on QRZ.com

4. DX0P - SPRATLY ISLANDS IN APRIL

The exact dates are still not known for the D-X-zero-P operation from
Pagasa Island taking place sometime in April.
Over the past two weeks it was mentioned that the team must leave Manila
for Palawan Island on April 13th to recover
their stored equipment. The plan was to stay overnight in Palawan and
than go the next day to Pagasa.
One there, activity is planned for 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB,
RTTY and JT-65. QSL's are to go via WA6LOS.
For the latest information and updates be sure to check
facebook.com/DX0P2015.

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V__3____ returning the frequency to net control.