RSCU516 has been searching for hours, following the capsizing of a boat with ~10 people aboard, offshore from Metro Vancouver, between Richmond and Galiano Island. Multiple assets have been searching or managing the search all afternoon. Here's a shot at 7:30 PM PT. @aprilgale60.bsky.social

@swradiogram.bsky.social @popshopradio.bsky.social The email regarding shows 455, 456, is in a stange format and it doesn't identify the modes or the times within the shows.

Ongoing search for persons missing from a capsized vessel between Richmond and Galiano Island. Here are four aircraft/helicopters involved at 6:30 PM PT. Interestingly, three happen to be here for FIFA/World Cup security duties. @aprilgale60.bsky.social @bcnewsaddict.bsky.social

Ongoing search for persons missing after a boat capsized in the Salish Sea between Richmond-Delta and Galiano Island. RCMP Black Hawk was earlier involved in the search. Snapshots here at 3:35 PM PT. @justingeographic.bsky.social

Canada's two Sikorsky Black Hawks back on security detail in the Vancouver area, even though the FIFA World Cup match involving Canada is in Los Angeles. Here we see C-FHLY and C-FHKS in action. The latter seems to be occupied off Galiano Island.

Radio lunch on the porch. Chromebook is displaying one of two local instances of HamClock OHB. Elwood Downey would be happy to see his legacy continuing on.

Trackable military aircraft aloft across the world, and private jet traffic aloft. Sunday morning snapshots.

ISS APRS digipeater back in action.

Prioritizing social media / digital platforms over traditional media (radio and TV). @bettycjung.bsky.social

53 trackable military aircraft aloft at 0345z. Most are US-flagged.

Feeding ADS-B data to SkyScanWorld, but haven't visited their display for a while. Here's how it looks presently.

One more afternoon shot from METEOR M2-4 as the satellite passed to the W of Vancouver. Great signal, with data from Alaska all the way down to the US-Mexico border.

Beautiful shot from METEOR M2-4 at 2:30 PM PT. Check out the "bubbling" thunder clouds and the turquoise coloration, indicative of ice. Note: still a little ice on Hudson's Bay. Received and processed in Vancouver with my own ground station: TA-1 turnstile antenna by @Wimo, radio gear by @Nooelec.

Quick glance across this part of the northern hemisphere in a crop from a full-disk GOES-18 image snapped at 2050 UTC / 1:50 PM PT. Hawaii at lower-left. Beautiful day here in Metro Vancouver. Received and processed with my own ground station: antenna, SDR, LNA by @Nooelec.

To borrow from Al Stewart, C-FHLY is On the Border. Patrol that is. Sikorsky Black Hawk. It, and sister helicopter C-FHKS, are here for the duration of the FIFA World Cup events in Vancouver. Snapshot at 4:25 PM PT.

Bruce Power on Lake Huron in Ontario could become the world's largest nuclear power station. www.autonocion.com/us/canada-ho...

Managed to capture a partial shot from UmKA-1 / RS40S as it transmitted SSTV images on70 cm today. From a pass over Metro Vancouver this morning around 1840 UTC.

METEOR M2-3, 10:45 AM, VE7AFV, Vancouver, TA-1 antenna, Nooelec SDR/LNA. Beautiful morning in Metro Vancouver. Chilly air has moved E. Some border errors in this image, introduced as part of @Grok's work to handle a signal dropout line.

Sikorsky Black Hawk C-FHKS joining RCAF refueler HUSK98 on FIFA World Cup patrol duties for Metro Vancouver. @steffanwatkins.bsky.social

RCAF refueler HUSK98 back at work over Vancouver for the FIFA World Cup Belgium vs. New Zealand game at BC Place. Towing around a CF-18. Same flight profile as for other matches. A flight out to the Sicamous area and then back to Metro Vancouver. Snapshots at 8:20 PM PT.

Another fine shot from METEOR M2-4, at 2:45 PM PT this afternoon, as the satellite passed E of Metro Vancouver. Turquoise coloration is ice/snow, indicating cold air aloft over W Canada and US. Catching a snippet of Hudson's Bay at upper right.

About that rain today here in Metro Vancouver, and other regions in this part of the world. 2020 UTC/1:20 PM PT full disk shot from my GOES-18 ground station in Vancouver. Hawaii lower left, much of Canada upper right. Antenna, LNA, SDR by Nooelec. Software: GOEStools running on a Raspberry Pi.

Two beauties from METEOR M2-3, giving a good overview of weather across a large part of Canada. [1] from 11:10 AM from a nearly overhead pass for Vancouver showing lots of chilly air still aloft, and [2] from a pass far to the E around 9 AM showing ice still present on Hudson's Bay.

Testing new SDRplay RSPdx R2, shown here tuning the Vancouver-area FM band and listening to 96.9 Jack FM. Note the HD sidebands. My lineup now runs from RSP1, RSP2, RSPdx, RSPduo, to this latest unit. Testing SDRuno memory banks and scanner options.

Sub-nanometer chip technology arrives. Having worked in x-ray crystallography it is interesting to me to see the term "angstrom" being used. 1 angstrom is about the length of a carbon - hydrogen bond, say in an alkane. www.zdnet.com/education/co...

METEOR M2-4, 3:00 PM, VE7AFV, Vancouver, TA-1 turnstile antenna, Nooelec SDR/LNA. From a pass well E of Metro Vancouver. First sprinkles ahed of widespread rain have shown up in the Metro area early this evening.

Testing new SDRplay RSPdx R2, shown here tuning the Vancouver-area FM band and listening to 103.5 Move-FM. Note the HD sidebands. My lineup now runs from RSP1, RSP2, RSPdx, RSPduo, to this latest unit.

Ice still present on Hudson's Bay this last week of June. Shot from METEOR M2-4 at 1:30 PM PT as the satellite passed well W of Vancouver.

Ice still present on Hudson's Bay this last week of June. Shot from METEOR M2-4 at 1:30 PM PT as the satellite passed well W of Vancouver.

About those arcs and halos this morning... This 11:45 AM shot from Russian weather satellite METEOR M2-3 nicely shows why that halo spectacle was visible for Metro Vancouver this morning. The turquoise coloration is ice/snow, in this case in the clouds.

Climate change and possible healthcare collapse. @bettycjung.bsky.social

Must look into this more closely.

Major "doublet" earthquakes strike Venezuela. Building collapses reported in Caracas. Tsunami advisory cancelled. Prelimary magnitudes of 7.2/7.5. Less than a minute apart. @earthquakeguy.bsky.social

Just ahead of the anticipated weather change for Metro Vancouver / SW BC. Beautiful shot from METEOR M2-4 as it passed directly overhead, ending at 3:30 PM. A few signal dropout lines handled by @Grok. 30 C here in the Fraser Valley. TA-1 Turnstile antenna by @wimo_de, radio gear by @Nooelec.

METEOR M2-4, 13:45 PM PT, VE7AFV, Vancouver; TA-1 antenna, Nooelec radio gear." From a pass far to the E of my location here in Vancouver. Seeing mostly Alberta-Manitoba. Some ice remaining on Hudson's Bay. @mbweathercentre.bsky.social

More on RCAF in flight refueler operations over Metro Vancouver for the Canada - Switzerland World Cup match today. As for the previous match, HUSK98 flew out to around Sicamous from Comox, presumably accompanied by a CF-18 Hornet, before returning to the city area. Snapshots at 2010z / 1:10 PM PT.

A very cool small electronics project. TARGET — nearest aircraft: callsign, type icon, distance, bearing, altitude, speed INTEL — airline, departure → arrival route, ETA RADAR — North-up PPI with a rotating sweep; blips move in real time (dead-reckoned) www.instructables.com/Plane-Spotte...

RCAF action overhead in Metro Vancouver as the Canada - Switzerland game gets underway. Perhaps you can snap a shot of a CF-18 on inflight refueling. Canadian PM Mark Carney is in the house. @bcnewsaddict.bsky.social @bobmackin.bsky.social @justingeographic.bsky.social

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the move again. Here we see Canforce1 heading W to Vancouver for the FIFA World Cup match between Canada and Switzerland.

Some of the @SWRadiogram Sunday night-Monday morning action on 5850 kHz, WRMI Florida, as received in Vancouver. MLA-30+ loop antenna, SDRplay RSPdx tuner. Six images partially or nearly fully decoded, quite a bit of text.

Beautiful cloud patterns over Metro Vancouver early this morning at around 8 AM.

Beautiful cloud patterns over Metro Vancouver early this morning at around 8 AM. @bcnewsaddict.bsky.social @bobmackin.bsky.social @weathergoddess.bsky.social

Retrospective: looking back on almost thirty years of technology reporting. bccatholic.ca/voices/peter...

METEOR M2-3, 10:30 AM PT, VE7AFV, Vancouver; TA-1 antenna, Nooelec radio gear. Grok handled a signal dropout line but also decided to alter the colour scheme. I gave up trying to have it leave the spectral settings untouched! Beautiful day here in Metro Vancouver. @spann.bsky.social

Beautiful day here in Metro Vancouver. Temperatures in the 30 C range. Gorgeous shot from METEOR M2-4 ending at 4:10 PM PT. @weathergoddess.bsky.social @seattlewxguy.bsky.social

What a beauty! METEOR M2-4, 2:30 PM PT, from a pass well told the E of Metro Vancouver. Lovely view of much of North America. Still a bit of ice on Hudson's Bay. From my own ground station. @spann.bsky.social @seattlewxguy.bsky.social

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Covering the neighborhood! Canada's two contract RCMP Black Hawks patrolling Metro Vancouver's perimeter, as well as the southern border out to about Chilliwack. All part of the FIFA - World Cup security arrangements. Snapshots at 2:30 PM PT. @steffanwatkins.bsky.social @bobmackin.bsky.social

Another beauty from METEOR M2-3, ending at 11 AM PT, from a pass nearly overhead for Metro Vancouver. Signal dropout segments have been "repaired" by Grok. Ignore the upper right Grok repair for Hudson's Bay! Note the marine cloud / coastal fog for much of the North American west coast.

RCAF refueler HUSK98 continuing to work the World Cup NZ-Egypt match at BC Place in Vancouver. HUSK98 has pretty much maintained a 23,000 foot altitude, typical of refueling operations. The CF-18 Hornets being refueled are no coughing up any positional details. Snapshot at 7:20 PM PT.