RAC Bulletin 2015-11-07

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for November 07, 2015

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

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. US Government has a plan in case we are hit with catastrophic solar flares

We take the nation's power grid for granted.
But what would happen if the power went out all over the country, or all over the world?
This scenario has resulted in the US Government coming out with a
contingency plan if a massive solar flare hits.

Most of us are familiar with the devastation caused by hurricanes, earthquakes, and even droughts.
But there is one natural phenomenon that could devastate our technology-driven society,
and that is space weather.

Full article here:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/science/white-house-prepares-six-step-plan-for-catastrophic-solar-flares/article/448073

To read the White House plan in its entirety:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/28/enhancing-national-preparedness-space-weather-events

-- multiple sources

2. ARRL Field Day 2015 Results Now Available:

Results of ARRL Field Day 2015 now are available. These include the searchable scores database, 
the soapbox link, and the QST results article (PDF). 
A total of 2720 stations submitted entries for the June 27-28 event.

While propagation was on the sorry side for Field Day 2015, the number of contacts for this 
year’s event rose slightly over 2014 — a modest 1.1 percent — and the number of CW contacts account
for all of that increase;
phone and digital contact numbers dipped slightly in 2015. Nearly 1.3 million contacts were logged 
during FD 2015.

The number of logs received appears to be an all-time ARRL Field Day record.
This year saw 35,369 participants, down slightly from 2014.

-- arrl news

ONTARIO SECTIONS NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

3. Free Frequency Allocations Handbook

The National Academies Press have made available the Handbook of Frequency Allocations
and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses: Second Edition (2015) as a free PDF

The 281 page handbook sets forth the principles for the allocation and protection of spectral bands
for services using the radio spectrum for scientific research.

Download the handbook via http://www.nap.edu/21774
Although it asks for an email address as part of the registration procedure no emails are sent as
part of either registration or download procedures.

--- southgate amateur radio news

4. Polish Radio Amateur May Be a Step Closer to Activating North Korea

Polish radio amateur Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, has indicated that he’s moving forward with his plans to operate
from North Korea early next year. Earlier this year Grzyb announced that he had secured written 
permission to operate from North Korea in January or February 2016 and that he
would be going to the capital, Pyongyang, for a final meeting to discuss guidelines for the operation.
Grzyb now has informed DX News.com that he will head to North Korea in
December, radio gear and GP7 vertical antenna in tow, to pin down the details of his ham radio plans.

Grzyb is said to have already procured a license to operate as P5/3Z9DX on three bands with 100 W.
If he succeeds in being allowed to operate from North Korea, the P5/3Z9DX operation would be for 
5 days, SSB only, on 20, 15, and 10 meters from a secured location with 24/7 government supervision.
He has said he plans to concentrate on 20 meters.

The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea remains the most-wanted and elusive DXCC entity 
on the globe.
-- Thanks to DX News.com

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

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Posted by: Paul Caccamo