This is an archive page documenting the composition of the VECTOR Board of Directors for 2019. The current management team page is always found at /about/executive/.

VECTOR is proud to announce the latest graduates of the VECTOR Radio Skills Course.

This four week course is a natural follow-on to obtaining your Amateur Radio Certificate of Proficiency. We cover topics of interest to any amateur radio emergency communications operator.

More information: https://vectorradio.ca/training/radio-skills-course/
Article on RSC in The Canadian Amateur: https://vectorradio.ca/training/files/rsc-tca-article.pdf

Previous newsletters can be found in the archive.

Radio Skills Course Graduates

See this link to see who completed the latest Radio Skills Course and all those who worked to make it happen.

VECTOR Annual General Meeting

The 21^st Annual General Meeting will take place on December 4^th at Trout Lake Community Centre at 19:00 (7:00 pm). This is an opportunity to review the past year and direction for the future.

Previous newsletters can be found in the archive.

Community News

• How do Artists Help Communities Build Earthquake Resiliency?

  As part of the Kerrisdale Earthquake & Emergency Preparedness (KEEP) initiative, this free workshop on November 17^th brings short 3 documentary films, hands-on art-based activities, and a panel of experts to discuss the role artists play in awareness-raising, socio-economic development, and post-disaster healing. Register on EventBrite.

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Community News

• Maple Ridge Club Swap Meet

  The annual fall swap meet from the MRARC will take place on Sunday, November 3rd at the Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall. The start time this year is 10:00. More information can be found at http://mrarc.net/swap-meet-november-3rd/

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As part of a regular series on volunteers and their impact in Metro Vancouver

• Get What You Give, our own Mike Watkins spoke to host Stephen Quinn of CBC Vancouver Radio One’s The Early Edition about VECTOR and the roles our organization prepares for in times of great need.

Access the audio of the interview here: Get What You Give: Ham Radio is Vancouver’s last line of communication

VECTOR is committed to ensuring all members feel welcome and safe in our community. At our 20th Annual General Meeting (December 5th, 2018) VECTOR members ratified a Code of Conduct policy that puts into words how we’ve tried to conduct ourselves over many years.

A notice has been sent to all VECTOR members and membership applicants of our 2018 Annual General Meeting. Please check your email for particulars.

Southwest BC & Northwest WA QSO Party

Many urban radio amateurs have no access to High Frequency (HF) radio equipment and are prevented from participating in the active world of Radio Sport, a popular and interesting dimension of amateur radio.

If you live in Metro Vancouver, Southwest BC from the Islands to Hope or Northwest Washington, we’ve got something for you!

The one, the only, the inaugural… SOUTHWEST BC + NORTHWEST WA VHF QSO PARTY

In keeping with VECTOR’s need to develop and expand on a high level of VHF voice communications capability in Vancouver and the local region, and our desire to reach out to the broader amateur radio community, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to launch a new contest opportunity, the Annual Southwest BC & Northwest WA VHF QSO Party for the Amateur Radio community on both sides of the Canada-US border. Join us on November 17th, the first Saturday after Remembrance Day, for the launch of what will become an annual tradition in Southwest British Columbia and Northwest Washington State.

In the summer of 2017 while performing communications duties at a major public event VECTOR member Deven Prasad VA7DDP, a trained medic, provided life-saving first aid treatment to an unconscious and unresponsive person.

At a ceremony on Monday Deven was honoured for his actions and received the BC Emergency Health Services Good Samaritan Award.