Solarbird 

HEY CANADIANS

Looks like Canada is going to shut down over-the-air VHF Weatheradio in March? Here's deets:

https://radio-hobbyist.com/the-end-of-an-era-environment-canada-to-silence-weatheradio-vhf-network-in-2026/

If you want to let people know you don't like that here's where:

https://weather.gc.ca/mainmenu/contact_us_e.html

I know this doesn't affect that many people but they gave like no warning so I guess now's the time to say something if you care.

#canada #weather #CanPol #CanPolitics #EnvironmentCanada #weatheradio #WeatheRadio

Feb 25 at 3:45amWeb
Show thread@AlexBlock has movedFeb 25
@moira Does this mean marine VHF weather broadcasts will end? There's parts of Lake Ontario (one of the narrower of the Great Lakes) where you cannot get a cell signal. And if you can't get an offshore cell signal there, you sure won't on Lake Huron and Superior and probably Lake Michigan too. That's not cool or safe, if the marine VHF weather broadcasts are ending....
Show threadSolarbird Feb 25
@alexblock I don't know enough to answer that. I hope not, I hope that's separate, but I don't know.
Show threadScott VE3QBZFeb 25
@alexblock @moira Marine weather broadcasts should continue on channel 83B (for the inland great lakes waters) as usual, per my reading of what is going on.
Show threadjavensbukanFeb 25

@moira This is crazy stupid.

There are soooOOooo many places without cellular service that will not have reliable alerting and weather information now.

Did they consult literally anyone outside of a big city? 🤦

Feedback submitted!

Show threadSolarbird Feb 25
@javensbukan Tell others, too. I'm a city girl, this doesn't affect me, but I know it affects others.
Show threadJ.L.1285 Feb 25
@javensbukan I’m in the outer corner of the GTA (Toronto) , and I’m lucky when I’ve got one bar on my cellphone. I can only imagine how useless a cell signal would be on any of the waterways here.
Show threadjavensbukanFeb 25

@CAWguy Even in a tiny densely populated (by Canada standards) province like mine there are fairly large areas without any coverage, much of it where people have cottages or live year round.

The map shows the new towers being installed, but you can view the existing coverage area in the layers.

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e30e55b9506f42c28191b13f29e60974

This empty area is where a federal park is (and some villages) - yet there is basically no cell service.

Show threadjavensbukanFeb 25
@CAWguy There is also a large swath of Cape Breton with largely nothing.
Show threadRaptor Feb 25
@moira this doesn't affect that many people....until there's an emergency and the cell network is down or degraded and the app fails to notify, or the power grid is down and you can't charge your phone.
Show threadJ.L.1285 Feb 25
@raptor85 Reminds me of this post from a while back:
Show threadZenHeathen 🇨🇦Feb 25
@moira There's already next to no shortwave left in Canada. This is the last little bit, I guess.
Show threadGegueure 🇨🇦Feb 26
@moira Thank you so much!
I actually use this a lot, 162.55 mostly. I would've missed that news.