On 6 December members of the Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization met to hold the Annual General Meeting of the society.

Posted: November 6, 2017

A notice has been sent to all VECTOR members and membership applicants of our 2017 Annual General Meeting. Please check your email for particulars.

For 18 years VECTOR provided communications services for Celebration of Light (COL), Western Canada’s largest single public event. Thanks to input from our membership we’ve expanded our event coverage this year to include Canada Day Fireworks, Canada 150 Parade, Pride Parade and the Santa Claus Parade.

June 2017

VECTOR heads to the field for our 18th Annual Field Day Exercise - 24 hours of operations starting 11:00am Saturday June 24 through 11:00am Sunday June 25.

VECTOR will be one of the exhibitors at City of Vancouver’s Emergency Preparedness Week 2017 (EP Week) launch “In It Together” on Sunday May 7 at Telus World of Science at the east end of False Creek of Vancouver. You’ll find VECTOR and other exhibitors both inside and outside the Science World complex.

EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE

At exactly 9:00am on May 3, 2017 a significant earthquake centered near Powell River shakes up what would otherwise be a normal west coast spring day. The shaking is wide-spread - up and down the coast communities are immediately on alert for potential injuries, tsunami, and damage.

Participants in our weekly net noticed a staccato-like voice drop out issue with the VE7TEL (145.170 -600) repeater. While the issue made communications a little challenging, net control and stations persevered as ham radio operators are inclined to do.

NOTE: Our March 1 member meeting will be held in the Hastings Community Centre two blocks to the west of the Vancouver EOC, directly across from the PNE.

VECTOR will host a table once again at the annual Burnaby Amateur Radio Club Swap Meet. This extremely popular event provides local radio amateurs the opportunity to buy and sell equipment and is a significant fund raising activity for our organization.

The January 2017 session of our popular Amateur Radio Basic License Course (details) is full.

To add your name to the waiting list for our March session, please leave your contact details on this secure form. The start date for the March session will be confirmed in early February. Each course runs for 6 Saturday mornings including the final day when the exam is conducted. This popular ham radio license course fills up quickly - to avoid disappointment please add your name to the waiting / notification list today!