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2006-09-23
RAC Home Page
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If you become aware of a
"dead" link on this (or any other RAC website) page, PLEASE let us know so that
we can remove it.
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valid. It will take us a while to change all the addresses on this web
site, so please be patient.
Thanks, The Webmaster:
Many Canadian radio amateurs are involved in public service activities by providing
communications in times of emergencies, or for large and complex community events. RAC
encourages and supports these activities through the operation of the
Field Organization, a national network of Amateurs
dedicated to public service and emergency communications, including the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), the National Traffic System
(NTS), the Official Bulletin Service and the Official Observer Service.
If you would like to learn more about this aspect of amateur radio, contact
a member of the RAC National Field Organization and check the Public Service and
Section News columns in The Canadian Amateur
magazine for details of the activities in your part of the country. A subscription to
The
Canadian Amateur can be included with
membership in RAC. You may also find the following links
useful.
ARES LINKS
NTS LINKS
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Ontario Digital NTS site |
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WECA - National Traffic System |
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North Carolina National Traffic System |
RED CROSS
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Canadian Red Cross |
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Canadian Red Cross Agreement |
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Links to Red Cross sites in other countries |
A weekly radio American Red Cross net is conducted Wednesday evenings at 2000 hrs EST on 3.915MHz and again at 2100hrs on 14.325MHz. Valuable information is repeated each week on the business of Communications and Disaster Relief. This informational program provides interest, learning, and on the air experience. Net practice sessions serve as continuing training of operating discipline for volunteer radio operators. This net serves to benefit the emergency response communications network team when called upon in time of actual civil disaster by providing the means for testing operability of equipment that would normally be made available to the American Red Cross during an actual event.
SEVERE WEATHER LINKS
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CANWARN Severe Weather Program |
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US National Hurricane Center |
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Hurricanefrequencies.com |
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The Hurricane Watch Net |
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HURRICANECITY Atlantic Hurricane Tracking |
OTHER EMERGENCY MEASURES LINKS
Please send any URLs, for Amateur Radio Public Service listings, which you think would be useful to other amateurs, or any web pages which specialize in links to Public Service sites, to the Vice President for Field Services.
Similarly, IF YOU BECOME AWARE OF DEAD LINKS, please advise the VPFS so that they can be removed. There are literally hundreds of links on the RAC website, most supplied by outside sources. If those link addresses change or go offline, we have no way of knowing if we are not advised.
PLEASE assist in keeping this list current.
Thank you!
