When things happen such as earthquakes or staying in contact with and find people who are lost at sea, ham radios can come in handy!
Here is a link to an article that talks about one's man participation in ham radio. For him, he started it out as a hobby by just listening to the ham radio broadcasts and then it became much more to him. (He has even worked in conjunction with the police!)
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"A few nights ago, George Scott was in his bathroom getting ready for bed when he felt one of the earthquakes that shook Yuma recently. He quickly got on his ham radio and found that three of his fellow operators were already on the frequency talking about it. "
Friday, February 29, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Aether?
What is Aether?
Aether a new application designed to log ham radio sessions. Take a look at the screenshot below:
Aether provides tools to quickly and easily log contacts while on the air, as well as organize, search and track contacts after the fact. Features include instant search, automatic callbook lookup, serial rig control, cocoaModem integration and more. Aether is available for $40 and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
*Unfortunately Aether requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. But if you have this Mac Operating system then this program is available for around $40.
Aether a new application designed to log ham radio sessions. Take a look at the screenshot below:
Aether provides tools to quickly and easily log contacts while on the air, as well as organize, search and track contacts after the fact. Features include instant search, automatic callbook lookup, serial rig control, cocoaModem integration and more. Aether is available for $40 and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
*Unfortunately Aether requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. But if you have this Mac Operating system then this program is available for around $40.
source
Macnn
Macnn
Monday, January 21, 2008
Ham Radio Club Celebrates!
The Tacoma Radio Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary!
The club currently has about 300 members.
Here is an excerpt from an online article:
"RCT members, young and old, hail from all over the South Sound. And when your 400 googleherz of megaram fails and the Y2K bug finally burrows in and shorts out “the grid,” it’ll be these amateur radio operators who’ll keep the information flowing and help get things back online."
The Radio Club of Tacoma's clubhouse looks like any other home in the 1200 block of South Washington Street – except for the giant antenna that looms over the entire neighborhood. The clubhouse is home to a library of vintage radio operating manuals and a museum of antique radios as well as some of the club’s current broadcasting equipment. And it’s open to the public for a few hours every Saturday.
One thing that is interesting to note is that while knowing the morse code is no longer a requirement, a lot of the club members still practice it.
source
The News Tribune
The News Tribune
Monday, January 14, 2008
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Amateur Radio Newsline™ is not directly associated with the former Westlink Report Newsletter (no longer in production ), the ARRL Letter, or any organization or amateur radio lobby group.
All participants in the Amateur Radio Newsline™ operation are professionals in the news media who have volunteered their time and skills to help prepare each weekly bulletin.
Amateur Radio Newsline™ has no paid staff and all funds go directly to the defraying operating costs.
Amateur Radio Newsline™ along with Vertex-Standard and CQ Publishing is a co-sponsor of the Young Ham of the Year Award program. The award was created in 1986 by ARNewsline™ founder Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. Full information on this program is at http://www.yhoty.org
Amateur Radio Newsline™ created and sponsors the Roy Neal K6DUE Amateur Radio Mentoring Project. This is a program designed to take newly licensed radio amateurs and place them one-on-one with veteran hams so that they may learn the traditions and operating skills that no classroom or home-study environment can teach. Please see http://www.arnewsline.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=42 for more information.
About the Newscast:
Amateur Radio Newsline™ proiduces a weekly newscast of interest to radio amateurs worldwide. The bulletins conform to all sections and codes as outlined under the United States FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio Service rules regarding the legal means of amateur radio operators issuing "QST’s" or "Bulletins of Interest to All Amateurs." We differ only in format and follow a more traditional radio "spot news" format. Whenever possible,
Production Values:
Amateur Radio Newsline™ stories include the voices of the newsmakers themselves so that you can more easily understand the effect that the story will have on all radio amateurs. If you have ever heard CBS Network Radio News or NBC News on the Hour then you will be familiar with the format utilized by Amateur Radio Newsline™, with the exception that the information we provide is strictly directed to radio amateurs.
Distribution:
Amateur Radio Newsline™ does not directly sponsor any on-air operation. We have no transmitting facilities of our own on any band: HF or VHF / UHF. We are producer / distributors only.
Amateur Radio Newsline™ is delivered primarily by MP3 Internet Audio at our http://www.arnewsline.org website and by automated telephone feeds from various locations nationwide.
Since most Amateur Radio Newsline™ bulletins contain a lead message to the issuing bulletin station called a "Closed Circuit Advisory" we recommend that bulletin stations pre-record the service and retransmit only that part which constitutes the text of the service itself. This is easily accomplished by calling into one of the numbers listed below and recording Amateur Radio Newsline™ for delayed retransmission on your local repeater (or FM simplex / HF SSB frequency.) This also permits easy integration of Amateur Radio Newsline™ into an already established net or on-air amateur radio information service.
Newscast Release Schedule:
The website audio and text feed is usually updated early on Friday of each week – Pacific time (PST or PDT depending on time of year.)
The Los Angeles (661-296-2407) telephone feed is updated by midday Friday Pacific time with other lines usually updating within 24 hours. (Please note that with the exception of the Los Angeles area lines, all other feed points are privately funded and sponsored.)
Technical Stuff:
The weekly Amateur Radio Newsline™ Amateur Radio bulletin is formatted and engineered primarily for distribution on VHF / UHF amateur repeaters and by FM simplex bulletin stations. Audio processing is specifically contoured for these delivery media, but the service can also be relayed with good results on HF SSB.
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