In this age of GPS, cell phones, and the Internet, many have lost the ability to read a paper map. I like the conveniences all those modern technologies provide and use them myself. But, what happens when the power grid goes down, your GPS and cell phone don’t work, and you need to find or […]
The latest addition to my shack is the Icom IC-2730A dual band 50 Watt radio. The main reason I purchased this radio was the cross band repeater function. With this feature enabled I am able to be on a low power HT anywhere in my neighborhood (1 mile radius) transmitting to my base station (70cm […]
Flint Hills Amateur Radio Club returned to Beaumont, Kansas on October 23, 2021 with a special event station (WØT) in honor of the Beaumont Historic Hotel. The city of Beaumont built a beautiful community center where we set up our base of operations. The community center represents an old Frisco Railroad depot that used to […]
Contesting may not be one of your favorite parts of amateur radio, but it can be useful to improve your amateur radio skills in case of emergency. The goal of Amateur Radio contesting is to contact as many stations as possible during the contest period. Contests regularly take place on the HF bands: 160, 80, […]
Tropical Storm Ida has been upgraded to a hurricane and is expected to bring “life-threatening storm surge inundation” to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama later this weekend. It is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the coast of Louisiana. Hurricane force winds are expected to begin Sunday with landfall occurring early […]
T-Rex … wow, was that a wild 48 hours? And, it wasn’t even real. I can’t imagine the chaos and confusion that would accompany a real world emergency. I’ve spoken to one person who experienced the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma and he described overwhelming chaos and confusion. Another friend shared with […]
The goal of AmRRON is to connect people. Even though the average citizen is NOT an Amateur Radio operator, this is a way to build a layered communications network that includes them in a standardized method of being able to communicate with one another. Because this link-up protocol is being distributed among various circles, if […]
AmRRon will be holding its annual T-Rex exercise Friday through Sunday, August 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2021. This exercise is for anyone wishing to test their communications and disaster preparedness plan in a simulated nationwide cyber attack scenario-based training exercise using unconventional communications such as ham radio. Even those with limited radio capabilities will be […]
Advantages and Purposes of Police Scanner Codes Surprisingly a police scanner can help people in many ways, whether it is through excitement or through a sense of safety. Firstly, police scanners are quite exciting to tune into. It is a human instinct to want to know what is happening when, for example a police car, […]
Adding an additional communication ability to my toolbox, DMR radio enables me to contact other DMR radios (and other modes when linked together) in my local vicinity as well as world-wide. (This is also a great 2 meter / 70cm radio). I really didn’t know anything about DMR and other digital voice mode radios, but […]