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Radio Operators Plan Hurricane Season Drill:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 05:06 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30302
WESTLAKE, La. (AP) -- Amateur radio operators in southwest Louisiana will
prepare for emergency work during a hurricane season drill June 22-23. The
Southwest Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/17CX5D2) the operators, known
as "hams," will gather at Pinderosa Park for an exercise sponsored by the
Southwest Louisiana Amateur Repeater Club. Local operators and amateurs
throughout the United States will send messages in a network designed to
get information out in the event of a hurricane.
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Shortwave Radio Works When All Else Fails:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 05:05 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30301
When the non-hygienic organic substance strikes the oscillating blades of
the air distribution device and everything from 911 communications radios
to cell phones are rendered useless, you can still rely on the weird guy
down the street with the big antenna strapped to the side of his house.
More than 100 years after the advent of amateur radio, known as short wave,
the old form of communication remains a backup to emergency crews in times
of disaster. "We're sort of the third tier for disaster situations," said
Dick Becker, an Orange County amateur radio enthusiast and member of the
Culpeper Amateur Radio Association, which includes operators in Orange and
Louisa counties. "If the power goes down, police and emergency radio
communications can fail. They fall back on cell phones. But in emergencies,
cell phones get overused and become useless. They then fall back onto the
third tier. That's us."
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Fathers Day for Coast Guardsmen at Sea:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 03:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30300
Fort Huachuca, Arizona -- The
calling station was a rather unusual one for
operators at the Army MARS gateway in the
Arizona desert: a seagoing U.S. Coast Guard
cutter.
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2013 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30299
2013 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule:
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Radio Operators Plan Hurricane Season Drill:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 05:06 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30302
WESTLAKE, La. (AP) -- Amateur radio operators in southwest Louisiana will
prepare for emergency work during a hurricane season drill June 22-23. The
Southwest Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/17CX5D2) the operators, known
as "hams," will gather at Pinderosa Park for an exercise sponsored by the
Southwest Louisiana Amateur Repeater Club. Local operators and amateurs
throughout the United States will send messages in a network designed to
get information out in the event of a hurricane.
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Shortwave Radio Works When All Else Fails:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 05:05 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30301
When the non-hygienic organic substance strikes the oscillating blades of
the air distribution device and everything from 911 communications radios
to cell phones are rendered useless, you can still rely on the weird guy
down the street with the big antenna strapped to the side of his house.
More than 100 years after the advent of amateur radio, known as short wave,
the old form of communication remains a backup to emergency crews in times
of disaster. "We're sort of the third tier for disaster situations," said
Dick Becker, an Orange County amateur radio enthusiast and member of the
Culpeper Amateur Radio Association, which includes operators in Orange and
Louisa counties. "If the power goes down, police and emergency radio
communications can fail. They fall back on cell phones. But in emergencies,
cell phones get overused and become useless. They then fall back onto the
third tier. That's us."
///////////////////////////////////////////
Fathers Day for Coast Guardsmen at Sea:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 03:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30300
Fort Huachuca, Arizona -- The
calling station was a rather unusual one for
operators at the Army MARS gateway in the
Arizona desert: a seagoing U.S. Coast Guard
cutter.
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2013 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule:
Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/30299
2013 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule:
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