Cana­da floods keep hams busy
Swollen rivers and creeks have caused flood­ing over a wide swath of the south­ern part of Alber­ta in Canada.
The gov­ern­ment has declared a local emer­gency for 25 com­mu­ni­ties, which are in var­i­ous stages from dis­as­ter con­trol to clean-up, which will con­tin­ue for some time.
Evac­u­a­tions are keep­ing res­i­dents safe although some 1,500 peo­ple strand­ed and many bridges washed away.
The Radio Ama­teurs of Cana­da (RAC) through its ARES groups is pro­vid­ing emer­gency help and asks that the fre­quen­cies of 7.135 MHz and 3.675 MHz be kept clear.
The fre­quen­cies have been pre-deter­mined with help from the IARU Region 2. There have been reports of some inter­fer­ence this week­end from par­tic­i­pants in the ARRL Field Day.
The flood has caused seri­ous issues with the com­mu­ni­ca­tion infra­struc­ture in south­ern Alber­ta. Cur­rent­ly tra­di­tion­al com­mu­ni­ca­tions are spo­radic at best. ARES has deployed its mem­bers and at times pro­vid­ed the only com­mu­ni­ca­tions link.
— Jim Lin­ton VK3PC, Chair­man IARU Region 3 Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Commitee.