News -
Alan - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/big-business-loan-program-morneau-1.5576585
This is disturbing to me. Trudeau tanked the economy, drove out small business (which he claimed previously were nothing but tax evasion for the super rich), now he’s willing to lend large amounts of cash to large businesses in exchange for equity in the companies. This smacks of the “basic dictatorship” he was so fond of in China. (call it my tinfoil hat being too tight, but it’s easier for the liberals to control a few big companies that control most of the workers)
Using technology to connect with each other is old hat for ham radio operators
https://www.stalberttoday.ca/beyond-local/using-technology-to-connect-with-each-other-is-old-hat-for-ham-radio-operators-2323692
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-plans-to-withdraw-from-the-open-skies-treaty-thats-a-miscalculation/ar-BB14wsef?li=BBnb7Kz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-discussed-conducting-first-us-nuclear-test-in-decades/2020/05/22/a805c904-9c5b-11ea-b60c-3be060a4f8e1_story.html
https://time.com/5842007/kim-jong-un-nuclear-forces/
 
Prefix
Province/Territory
VE1 VA1
Nova Scotia
VE2 VA2
Quebec
VE3 VA3
Ontario
VE4 VA4
Manitoba
VE5 VA5
Saskatchewan
VE6 VA6
Alberta
VE7 VA7
British Columbia
VE8
Northwest Territories
VE9
New Brunswick
VE0*
International Waters
VO1
Newfoundland
VO2
Labrador
VY1
Yukon Territory
VY2
Prince Edward Island
VY0
Nunavut Territory
 
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Antenna Fundamentals 1 - Propagation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7bDyA5t1ldU#t=129
Antenna Basics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_iSL4xKj8 
 
Exam Generator
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/025.nsf/eng/h_00040.html
 
https://wi-aresraces.org/state_map2.shtml
https://www.repeaterbook.com/
http://www.city-data.com/aradio/Wisconsin2.html
 
Satellite bounce https://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=18
Radio reference. Com
 
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