Powhatan Today - News: County exploring ham radio as part of emergency shelter plan

Powhatan Today - News: County exploring ham radio as part of emergency shelter plan: "“There were 63 licensed ham radio operators in the county,” Mica recalled. He and Brown wrote letters to every one and eventually came up with a core group of eight who were willing to take on the challenge of assisting in catastrophic situations. Early this year, “we went to Mr. Green and said ‘here we are. We want to help. What can we do?’’ Mica recalled.

The drill earlier this month was the group’s first chance to demonstrate its potential.

The timing could not have been better. The OEM has reached the physical capacity of its current facility “and we are going to have to build a new communications center for our county,” said Greene. “We must have a larger space. A backup communications system may be planned for it from the beginning.”"

Introduction - Sound Card Packet

Introduction - Sound Card Packet: "This amateur radio web site explains how to use the AGWPE utility program to send and receive packet -- a digital data mode -- using the sound card or sound chip of your PC instead of a traditional TNC or radio modem. (TNC = Terminal Node Controller, a hardware device that codes and decodes packet signals.)

The site offers:

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instructions for configuring AGWPE, Windows, and some compatible packet programs
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advice about building or buying a sound card-to-radio interface
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troubleshooting advice"

Looking for an expert???

A few of us have Yaesu VX170 HT's and one of the features of that animal is the ability to connect to a WIRES II network over a computer.. The manual seems to imply this can be done without a TNC... Then they just stop talking about it.... I have run through all that I can read from Yahoo and Google and Yaesu and still have this big question mark strapped to my forehead...

This all came about due to Jim Hawley's field day lectures on D-Link and Win-link... Somebody who has struggled with this before... Please point me in the right direction....

themagicband : 50 MHz The Magic Band

themagicband : 50 MHz The Magic Band: "Everything 50 MHz goes here. Antenna talk, equipment and set up, amps, conditions, skeds, JT6M, EME, DXTV, equipment for sale and more! Anything 6 meters!"

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New Links on the Right...

WinLink 2000 and WL2K for dummies .....

This is the portal for you to enter the world of computer to Radio to internet through the use of a terminal node controller (TNC). John Wilson (W7BL) spoke highly of both sites and says this is the way to go for beginners.

Obvious uses will be the use of the internet.. even where there is no internet provider.... I will be playing with this and maybe down the line we can have a self help group something like the members learning code now.

www.kansascity.com | 07/06/2008 | Amateur radio operators holding their own in the Internet age

www.kansascity.com | 07/06/2008 | Amateur radio operators holding their own in the Internet age: "When electricity and phone service in New Orleans went down during Hurricane Katrina, ham radio operators, running on batteries and generators, kept communications open.

They relayed a distress call from a rooftop in New Orleans through a nationwide network of amateur (ham) radio operators from Louisiana to Oregon to Utah to Baton Rouge. Emergency responders then rescued the 15 stranded people."

Announcing New Registration Form and Spreadsheet

The new Registration form and registered members spreadsheet is now a part of this web page...

Here is how it works.. Over there on the right you can see 2 links with a flashing red arrow. The first is a registration form.. If you want to register to let others know about your station fill out as much of the form as you like. Omit anything you don't care for and it won't be entered... No field is mandatory.

The next link is a spread sheet where your information is added instantly after you press the submit button. If you members and even visitors fill out the form we may get to know you a bit better....

You old pro's look at this and see how easy it would be to add a net control form... and spreadsheet... food for thought. Why not do things the EZ way?

By the way... we can add any questions you would like answers to... no limit.
RT

Philadelphia Area Hams Nail Rogue Radio Signals:

Philadelphia Area Hams Nail Rogue Radio Signals:: "When residents of a Philadelphia suburb complained http://www.nbc10.com/investigators/16701097/detail.html?dl=mainclick to an area television station about how their remote car door entry devices wouldn't work in the parking lot of a local department store, an investigative reporter for NBC-10 (WCAU) called everyone she could to help her discover why. No one knew anything -- until she called on some local ham radio operators."

Ham radio operators help out in fire crisis - Chico Enterprise Record

Ham radio operators help out in fire crisis - Chico Enterprise Record: "OROVILLE — One of the local groups that has pitched in to help throughout the recent wildfires in Northern California is the Oroville Amateur Radio Society.

The group is composed of 'ham' radio operators licensed to transmit at high frequencies, said president Larry Thompson.

Radios have been set up in the basement of the society's station, where unpaid amateurs communicate with the Red Cross, Salvation Army and other agencies to transmit information 24 hours a day.

Most society members belong to the American Radio Relay League, which was established by the federal government a 'long, long time ago,' Thompson said.

In World War II, people in occupied countries used amateur radios to communicate with the outside world.

'That's how the amateur-radio emergency thing started,' he said. 'Communicating on frequencies that nobody else would be on.'"

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Field Day on Horizon Hill

*In an email... John Cooper said:
I thought you might like to post some pictures taken on field day on top of Horizon Hill in Yachats.

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