Solarbird Feb 25

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

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 thread@CAWguy has movedFeb 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 threadjavensbukan

@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.

Feb 25 at 9:53pmWeb
Show threadjavensbukanFeb 25
@CAWguy There is also a large swath of Cape Breton with largely nothing.