Big Island ARRL News, 17 January 2018, 1545 UTC, Post #430.
Source:
http://www.arrl.org/ares-el?issue=2018-01-17
Editor: Rick Palm (K1CE).
Here are the main topics discussed in the current edition of the “ARES E-Newsletter”:
- DOD Comex 17-4: A Resounding Success
- ARRL Georgia Section Conducts Wide-Ranging 2018 Statewide Annual ARES Meeting-Training
- Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest Tests Hardware, Coverage
- Real Disasters Happen to Real Hams: The Great Tubbs Fire of 2017
- K1CE For a Final: IARU Spectrum Management and Planning
ARES Briefs, Links
Radio Amateurs Track Major East Coast Winter Storm (1/10/18); Thomas Fire Response Also Demonstrates Amateur Radio’s Social Media Value (01/05/18); Philippine Radio Amateurs Activate for Weather Emergencies (12/26/17)
The latest version of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Emergency Telecommunications Guide is available for downloading in PDF format here. The guide was developed to provide the IARU member-societies with materials for training their members to participate in emergency/disaster response, but also provides guidance to the individual amateur operator for enhancing skill sets and a better understanding of basic theory and practice of handling emergency telecommunications traffic.
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Aloha es 73 de
Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)
Public Information Coordinator
Hawaii Count, ARRL Pacific Section
