The Ontario ECOA is dedicated to providing an auxiliary emergency communications network utilizing a wide range of telecommunications equipment and technology and through objective planning of these resources to deliver a quality communications system that meets the needs of all our served clients at the Municipal and the Provincial Government levels in the interest of public safety and service.

ASSOCIATION DEDICATED CALLSIGN : VE3OEC THIS ASSOCIATION OFFERS LINKED DUAL DOMAIN ACCESS: ecoa.ca >>> emergencycommunicationsontario.ca " PUBLIC SERVICE IS OUR LEGACY, PUBLIC SERVICE IS OUR FUTURE " SATURDAY MAY 25, 2013. ********** *************** TROUBLE ON THE NATIONAL FRONT *************** ****************** RAC = REFORM AND CHANGE ****************** HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION ABOUNDS, TRUST AND PATIENCE HAS ERODED ALLEGATIONS ARE FLYING, E-MAILS ARE CIRCULATING, ETHICS ARE ONLY SILENCE REPUTATIONS ARE BEING SMUDGED, RESIGNATIONS DEMANDED WITHOUT ANSWERS TO MANY KEY QUESTIONS ********* RAC IS NOT "ALL ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO." WITHOUT TREATING VOLUNTEERS WITH RESPECT INSTEAD OF BEING AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. ONTARIO http://ve3hg.wordpress.com/ NATIONAL http://cqcanada.ca/ *** VISIT THE ABOVE SITES: "NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY" *** "WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE, WHEN FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE" ********************* MAY THE TRUTH PREVAIL ********************* "FOUNDATION LICENSE" WILL ONLY DEGRADE THE AMATEUR SERVICE AND DOES NOT DESERVE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVENUE. THROW AWAY THE INTERNAL POLITICS AND SECRET BLIND LOYALTY RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST AND SUPPORT IN A NATIONAL STRUCTURE BUILD A NEW OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ORGANIZATION WITH PRIDE EMBRACE ALL PROVINCIAL EMCOMM RESOURCES ACROSS CANADA TREAT MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT ***** CANADA`S AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY DESERVES NOTHING LESS AND MUCH MORE ***** **UPDATED STATEMENTS FROM THE ECOA PRESIDENT** THE ECOA EXECUTIVE IS EXTREMELY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF BRETT GILBANK VE3ZBG AS THE SECTOR MANAGER FOR WESTERN ONTARIO. BRETT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR: GREY- BRUCE COUNTIES HURON COUNTY PERTH COUNTY LAMBTON COUNTY MIDDLESEX COUNTY OXFORD REGIONAL COUNTY NORFOLK COUNTY ELGIN COUNTY KENT COUNTY AND ESSEX COUNTY. THE ECOA EXECUTIVE ALSO LOOKS FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE CANWARN EXPANSION IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF THIS NEW WESTERN SECTOR. BRETT ALSO BRINGS A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE IN THE PROMOTION AND COORDINATION OF SEVERAL ACTIVE CLUBS AND GROUPS WITHIN THE SECTOR. ********** ** ECOA GOING HF MODE 3.755 MHZ. 80 METERS ** ECOA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON TUESDAY JANUARY 22, 2013 A NEW ECOA EMCOMM NET WILL BEGIN RIGHT AFTER THE LAURENTIAN NET ON THE FREQUENCY 3.755 MHZ. WITH GOOD PROPAGATION AND COVERAGE. WE THANK THE ONTARS GROUP AND BARRY- VE3ISX FOR THE HELP AND SUPPORT FROM MANY MEMBERS AS ECOA EXPANDS TO HF OPERATIONS. ********** **NEW ECOA CENTRAL SECTOR MANAGER** THE ECOA EXECUTIVE IS VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF RUSS HEMPHILL VE3FI AS THE NEW ECOA CENTRAL SECTOR MANAGER. IN THIS POSITION RUSS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR: NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY CITY OF PETERBOROUGH COUNTY OF HALIBURTON CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF MUSKOKA SIMCOE COUNTY PARRY SOUND DISTRICT. RUSS BRINGS A HIGH LEVEL OF DEDICATION AND EXPERIENCE TO THIS ROLE AND TO THE GROWTH OF THIS ECOA SECTOR AND OUR EMCOMM ASSOCIATION. A NEW EMCOMM GROUP IS ALSO PENDING TO SERVE HALIBURTON COUNTY MINDEN ANSON HINDEN THE ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS AND HIGHLANDS EAST. ********** AS I BEGIN MY TERM AS PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING BOB FOR HIS SERVICE TO ECOA AND THE GREAT EFFORT AND TIME HE PUT INTO THIS PROVINCIAL EMCOMM ORGANIZATION. TO QUOTE THE BEATLES, " ITS BEEN A LONG AND WINDING ROAD " AND I SUPPOSE WE CAN ADD " ROCKY " TO THAT DESCRIPTION AS WELL. WITHOUT BOB`S STEADY HAND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. MANY THANKS BOB, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLE AS THE PROVINCIAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR FOR ONTARIO. AS OF TODAY WE START TO MOVE FORWARD BUILDING ECOA INTO A FIRST CLASS HIGHLY VISIBLE AND ENERGETIC EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION. THIS WILL BE DONE BY RECRUITING QUALIFIED AND HIGHLY ENERGETIC INDIVIDUALS INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS FOR OUR NEW FIELD SERVICE AND BY FULLY SUPPORTING THEM AS THEY GROW THEIR DISTRICT GROUPS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL THROUGH THIS EXCITING TIME AS WE LAUNCH THIS REBUILDING PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICE. BILL NANGLE VE3CLQ. ECOA PRESIDENT. ** LENNOX-ADDINGTON COUNTY EMCOMM GROUP ** ECOA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AUTHORIZATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ACTIVATE A NEW EMCOMM GROUP IN THE LENNOX-ADDINGTON COUNTY REGION OF EASTERN ONTARIO EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2ND. 2013. UP TO THIS TIME THERE HAS BEEN NO EMCOMM GROUP ACTIVE IN THIS AREA AND SUPPORT HAS BEEN ON AN AD-HOC BASIS FROM VARIOUS GROUPS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. THE ECOA PROVINCIAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR WILL ISSUE THE ACTIVATION CERTIFICATE AND CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW EC SHORTLY. ADDITIONAL EMCOMM ACTIVATION IS PENDING FOR OTHER GROUPS THIS YEAR. BILL NANGLE VE3CLQ. ECOA PRESIDENT. ********** **ONTARIO ECOA REFLECTOR OPERATIONAL CHANGE** STARTING SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25TH.ECOA EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ONTARIO AND THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS WILL COMBINE TO CONDUCT SEPERATE NETS 0N THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECTOR #9035 THE ECOA NETWORK FROM 7-8PM. FOLLOWED BY THE PROCOM NETWORK AT 8PM. PLEASE CONTINUE TO USE AND SUPPORT THIS EXPANDED FEATURE AND HELP BUILD OUR EMCOMM RESOURCES AND ASSETS FOR THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. ********** A NEW NET WILL BEGIN OPERATION ON THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE IRLP REFLECTOR CHANNEL 4 #9034 EVERY SATURDAY EVENING. THE WEATHER RADIO NEWS NETWORK WILL OPERATE FROM 7 TO 8 PM EDT. NET CONTROL STATION WILL BE GORD VA3WXA AT TORONTO AND A SPECIAL INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO ALL THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN ONTARIO`S WEATHER RADIO SYSTEM TO JOIN AND SUPPORT THIS NET AND SHARE NEWS RELATED TO WEATHER RADIO, SEVERE WEATHER AND CANWARN ACTIVITY. ********** DISTRACTED DRIVING LEGISLATION. THE MTO HAS POSTED A REGULATORY NOTICE ON APRIL 16, THAT CHANGES ONTARIO LEGISLATION # 366/09 THE DISTRACTED DRIVING BILL TO EXTEND THE CURRENT EXEMPTION FOR LICENCED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 YEAR PERIOD UNTIL 2018 IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. THIS IS A WELCOME MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR EMCOMM PROVIDERS. ********** "" FRONTIER EVENT "" 60 METERS ** THE FIRST CANADIAN AMATEUR HAS RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION BY INDUSTRY CANADA TO BE ISSUED THE DEVELOPMENTAL CALLSIGN VX9GHD ON 60 METERS. THIS HONOUR GOES TO RUSS HEMPHILL VE3FI V.P. FOR THE PROVINCIAL ECOA OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED ON 5 FREQUENCIES WITHIN THE BAND LIMITS AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE U.S. AND CANADA. ********** ONTARIO ECOA MEMBERSHIP COVERAGE: ACTON AMHERSTBURG ANGUS AURORA BELLEVILLE BLOOMFIELD BOBCAYGEON BURLINGTON CONCORD DEVLIN ETOBICOKE FERGUS FRONTENAC HALIBURTON HAMILTON HUNTSVILLE KINGSTON KLEINBURG LEAMINGTON LONDON MAPLE MOFFAT MISSISSAUGA NORTH BAY NORTH YORK OAKVILLE ORANGEVILLE OTTAWA PETERBOROUGH PICKERING ROCKLAND SCARBOROUGH WOODSLEE SPRING BAY ST.THOMAS TAVISTOCK THAMESVILLE THORNHILL THUNDER BAY TILBURY TILLSONBURG TORONTO VINELAND WELLAND WHITBY WINDSOR WINGHAM WOODBRIDGE AND BELLE RIVER. ********** NOTICE OF OWNERSHIP AND OPERATIONS CHANGE ********** EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2012. THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATIONS OF THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECTOR #9030 WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CARE OF ECOA AND REGISTERED AS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ONTARIO INCORPORATED. THIS PROVINCE-WIDE RESOURCE WILL BECOME THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF ECOA ON THE ABOVE DATE AND WILL BE USED FOR EMCOMM PURPOSES BY THE ASSOCIATED NETWORKS THAT ARE REGISTERED AND AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE EMCOMM ACTIVITY AND OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT ONTARIO. THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECTOR WILL REMAIN AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION IN HALIBURTON COUNTY UNLESS AN AGREEMENT TO RELOCATE IS REQUESTED BY THE ECOA EXECUTIVE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND USE THE REFLECTOR WITH COURTESY AND PROPER CONDUCT AND DIRECT ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO THE ECOA DIRECTOR TEAM OR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS ONLINE WEBSITE. *********************************************************************** *************** OPEN STATEMENT FROM ECOA INC. *************** *********************************************************************** WELCOME TO THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL ECOA WEBSITE PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS SITE AND READ THE PREPARED STATEMENT BY OUR ECOA DIRECTOR TEAM. SINCE THE INCORPORATION OF ECOA ON MARCH 1,2011. OUR EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTORSHIP HAVE BEEN FULLY TRANSPARENT AND HAVE ENGAGED IN VERY LABORED NEGOTIATIONS WITH RAC OFFICIALS TO RESOLVE PERCEIVED ISSUES ON RAC`S PART AS TO THE MOTIVATION AND INTENTIONS RELATED TO OUR APPLICATION FOR AFFILIATED STATUS AND THE RAC SPONSORED INSURANCE. THIS RESULTED IN RAC FAILING TO RECOGNIZE ECOA AS A NEW PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATION AND THEREFORE EVEN DENYING OUR APPLICATION REQUEST. THE ECOA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT INCLUDE: GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES TO EXPAND A PROVINCE WIDE NETWORK AND UPGRADE COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT SMALL LOCAL LEVEL ARES/EMCOMM GROUPS AND UNINCORPORATED CLUBS THAT HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM INSURANCE COVERAGE DUE TO RAC REQUIRMENTS. THE ECOA EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTORS TEAM PLEDGE TO PROVIDE A STRONG LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AND TO USE EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE AT OUR DISPOSAL AS STATED IN SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH RAC AND THE FIELD SERVICES. ECOA OPERATES IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE USING ALL SOURCES AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS TO MAINTAIN A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CAPABILITY TO PROMOTE AND DELIVER A WORLD CLASS EMCOMM PLAN AND THE OBJECTIVE APPLICATION OF VIABLE ASSETS NEEDED IN OUR PROVINCE. ECOA IS FURTHER COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE MANDATES AND WILL PROUDLY CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE BETTERMENT OF THE ONTARIO ARES AND EMCOMM PROGRAM TO BENEFIT ALL ONTARIO RESIDENTS AND EXPAND NEW INITIATIVES IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO UTILIZE ALL VOLUNTEERS. *********************************************************************** UNITED WE STAND - DIVIDED WE FAIL *********************************************************************** THIS PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATION IS INCORPORATED TO SERVE AND COMMUNICATE. *********************************************************************** TO BETTER SERVE AND COORDINATE EMCOMM. ACTIVITY IN THE PROVINCE THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECTOR NOW OFFERS ECHOLINK / IRLP CROSSOVER ON CHANNEL 8. #9038 AND THE NORTHWESTERN REGION LINKS THAT INCLUDE: THUNDER BAY, KENORA, DRYDEN, PINAWA, SIOUX LOOKOUT SIOUX NARROWS, IGNACE, FORT FRANCES AND ATIKOKAN WILL MIGRATE OVER TO THE PERMANENT AND EXCLUSIVE USE OF CHANNEL 1. #9031 THESE CHANGES COMPLETE AN IMPORTANT PHASE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF THE ONTARIO REFLECTOR SERVICE. ******** **INTER-COUNTY CANWARN NETWORK** DURING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS THAT GENERATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS THE **INTER-COUNTY CANWARN NETWORK** WILL BE ACTIVATED ON THE ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECTOR #9030 TO CO-ORDINATE SEVERE WX. INFORMATION BETWEEN ADJACENT COUNTIES AND TO PROVIDE A DIRECT LINK WITH THE ONTARIO STORM PREDICTION CENTRE USING THE ONLINE META PAGE ********** THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT BUSINESS OFFICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN INCORPORATION PATENT HAS BEEN GRANTED AND REGISTERED AS: ONTARIO CORPORATION NUMBER 1844321 DATED MARCH 1, 2011. TO THE: EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ONTARIO ASSOCIATION INC. ********** ONTARIO NETWORK MERGER THE ONTARIO IRLP NET AND THE PROCOM NET HAVE COMBINED TO FORM THE NEW " ONTARIO PROVINCIAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK " NET OPERATIONS WILL BE ON SUNDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS AT 20:00 HRS. A NEW FORMAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED THAT WILL CALL STATIONS BY USING 14 EMO DISTRICT NAMES TO EXPEDITE THE ADDED CHECKINS AND ACTIVITY. CONTINUE USING YOUR NORMAL MODE AND ACCESS TO SUPPORT THIS EXPANDED PROVINCE-WIDE NETWORK AND HELP DEVELOP A SEAMLESS EMCOMM RESOURCE.
	Ontario Provincial Communications Network Sunday Net Schedule Ontario ARES HF Net 13:00 Hrs Eastern  7.080 MHz Ontario Provincial Communications Network your local IRLP link to the new Ontario Public Service Reflector # 9035 at 20:00 Hrs Eastern Backup Reflector # 9005 Thursday Net Schedule Ontario Provincial Communications Network your local IRLP link to Exp. Reflector # 0040, 20:00 Hrs Eastern Asterisk, Echolink, D-star