AREDN Project Manager Andre Hansen K6AH details this mesh based data network that’s up and running in the San Diego CA area Source: HamRadioNow: Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/november/hamradionow-amateur-radio-emergency-data-network.htm#.WDRZd_8rLIU). Big Island ARRL news, 22 November 2016, 15:15 hrs, UTC, Post # 50. Accessed on 22 November 2016, 15:15 hrs, UTC. Reporter: HamRadioNow. Please click link…
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Ham Radio Emergency Antennas
Big Island ARRL News, 21 November 2016, 23:20 hrs, UTC, Post #47. http://www.jpole-antenna.com/2013/02/10/ham-radio-emergency-antennas Accessed on 21 November 2016, 23:20 hrs, UTC. Author: Michael Martens (KB9VBR). Please click link to read the full article. Comment: One of the basic items in your amateur radio station should be backup antennas for your HF/VHF/UHF equipment. In this brief…
ARRL Letter for 17 November 2016
Big Island ARRL News, 18 November 2016, 04:05 hrs, UTC, Post #45. http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2016-11-17 Accessed on 18 November 2016, 04:05 hrs. UTC. Please click link to read the full issue. Here are the top stories and events from the current issue of “The ARRL Letter”: “ARRL Calls on Members to Press for US Senate Passage…
Ham Radio’s Role In Emergencies
Big Island ARRL News, 17 November 2016, 06:35 hrs, UTC, Post #44. https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/ham-radios-role-in-emergencies Accessed on 17 November 2016, 06:35 hrs, UTC. Author: KH6OWL–ARRL Public Information Officer, Oahu, ARRL Pacific Section. Please click link to read the full article. Comment: Thanks to KH6OWL for this upbeat article concerning the role of radio amateurs in emergencies. The…
ARES E-Letter for November 16, 2016
Big Island ARRL News, 16 November 2016, 14:35 hrs, UTC, Post #43. Here are the latest topics covered in the current edition of the “ARES E-Letter”: Learn to Use Your Repeater’s Autopatch Notes from California Wildfire Responses; Lessons Learned Popular TV Show HamRadioNow Adds “EmComm Extra” Profiles in ARES : Meet Bob Turner, W6RHK,…
ARRL needs your support for The Amateur Radio Parity Act in the U.S. Senate
Big Island ARRL news, 16 November 2016, 01:00 UTC, Post #42. Listed below is the complete message from Rick Roderick (K5UR), who is spearheading the ARRL’s efforts to get The Amateur Radio Parity Act passed in the U.S. Senate during the “lame duck” session of Congress. Rick provides a link to a letter you can…