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 […]
Practice, practice, practice. Contesting may not be one of your favorite parts of amateur radio, but it can be useful to hone your amateur radio skills in case of emergency. Breaking a pile-up when the station you’re calling is very weak can be good practice for when the SHTF. Listening through the atmospheric noise and […]
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 me stories […]
The goal of AmRRON is to connect people. Even though the average citizen is NOT an Amateur Radio operator, this is a way to include 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 someone needed assistance they had the […]
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 a Police Scanner 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 […]
For Field Day 2021, I got together with other AmRRon members to compare the Wolf River Coil antenna to the Buddipole. I have always been impressed with the Buddipole and was interested in buying one until I discovered the Wolf River Coil which looked even more portable and lower cost. The Buddipole was compact, seemed […]
The Police Want to Speak With Me What Should I Do? Have you ever stopped to consider what you would do if you were suddenly faced with the prospect of getting arrested and being asked by the police to speak to them? Most people never consider such circumstances since they do not foresee the possibility […]
Springtime is antenna time. As all hams understand… height is your friend when it comes to antennas, especially for simplex on the 2 meter band. While I was generally happy with my current Tram 1480 dual band antenna, I wanted to improve my signal and reach our farther. My current antenna was installed on a […]