Category: Emergency communications

CanWarn
Emergency communications

CANWARN Training and Special Event: June 20 and 25

Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to present another CanWarn training sessions for Amateurs and non-Amateurs.
Date: Thursday June 20, 2024, at 7 pm EST. We are also hosting a “Beyond CanWarn 2024: A Fireside Chat” special event on Tuesday, June 25 at 7 pm EST.

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Promo for Operation Dark Skies Simulated Emergency Test showing a solar eclipse
Emergency communications

Simulated Emergency Test 2023: Operation Dark Skies

This year’s Simulated Emergency Test will coincide with a celestial phenomenon: a solar eclipse! The Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is a Canada-wide exercise in emergency communications, which is administered by Radio Amateurs of Canada’s Community Services Officer and Section Managers. This year ‘s event is known as “Operation Dark Skies” and will be held in two parts on October 14 and October 16.

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Hurricane Lee Track on September 15, 2023
Emergency communications

Hurricane Lee Update: September 16, 2023

Environment Canada has issued a Tropical Cyclone Information Statement at the following link: Tropical Cyclone Information Statements – Environment Canada (weather.gc.ca) Radio Amateurs of Canada is asking that the Amateur

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New RAC bulletin logo November 2019
Emergency communications

Update on Emergency Communications in Turkey

February 6, 2023 – The following news post is from Carlos Alberto Santamaría González, CO2JC, the Emergency Coordinator, for Region 2 of the the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU R2):

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New RAC bulletin logo November 2019
Emergency communications

Simulated Emergency Test (SET) 2021

Update for the SET 2021: The global pandemic is still an ongoing concern and there are different circumstances throughout the country. The various levels of governments (local, municipal, provincial/territorial, and

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