Public Service

The Lakehead Amateur Radio Club Inc. provides radio communications volunteer support to local and area public events without charge.
In most cases the use of our area repeaters provide excellent radio coverage for emergency, message and information transmissions for the event.

The network of operators also are capable of providing Provincial and National Emergency organization assistance with the use of different frequencies on home and club radio facilities. Most have emergency backup power capabilities should a major power outage and or major commercial communications failures occur. Amateur Radio operators prove to be invaluable in keeping communication paths open even in extremely hard hit areas.

	ARES Club members support and are part of ARES. ARES stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Service which is organized through Radio Amateurs of Canada  and the American Radio Relay League in the United States.
	CANWARN Club members support the Environment Canada’s Weather spotting and reporting program, Canadian Weather Amateur Radio Network (CANWARN). Environment Canada provides scheduled weather observers training for interested members and others in spotting, reporting and observing severe weather events.