News - It’s national preparedness week!  https://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/ep-wk/index-en.aspx Because they clearly never watched the Terminator . https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/04/army-explores-equipping-robots-living-muscle-tissue/173559/ Drone changes in the US, behold our future. https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/28/22203398/faa-remote-id-rules-location-night-over-people Canada not ready for the shutdown of Line 5 https://tnc.news/2021/04/24/canada-is-not-ready-for-the-shut-down-of-line-5/   Governor of Michigan intends to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline brings the oil that creates half of the gasoline, diesel, propane and jet fuel that Ontario and Quebec consume cost Ontario access to 540,000 barrels of oil a day   government to censor internet https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/heritage-committee-won-t-reverse-change-to-bill-c-10-despite-public-outcry-1.5409658   Use the “Repeater book” App   Ham Radio Crash Course on CHIRP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEpBo5lixsw&t=863s   MIKLOR https://www.miklor.com/   CHIRP Beginner’s guide https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Beginners_Guide   Baofengradio.ca - manuals and downloads https://baofengradio.ca/pages/support-download   Summit on the Air https://www.sota.org.uk/   Things to do with: CANWARN - https://www.ecoa.ca/canwarn.shtml ARES - https://www.rac.ca/ares/   PODCAST CHALLENGE Try to learn some basic radio usage.  Even with some FRS toys.  Try utilizing some controls if you’ve never turned it on….  Muscle memory works better when pre-trained versus need to learn in the moment.  Find your max range for your terrain and your equipment….  https://canadafirstammo.ca/