Spread the love This is the second in a series of Articles I am writing to try and demystify emergency and disaster communications. This time we will talk a little about the National Traffic System. What is the National Traffic System? The Public Service Communications Manual tells us: “The National Traffic System is a means for…
Spread the love What the heck is ARES? by Richard KB5JBV This is the first of what I hope will be a series of articles to try and cover the basics of the three heads of public service communications. ARES, NTS, and RACES all have their strengths and weakness. Hopefully these articles will help you to…
Spread the love This is a propsasal for a training exersize I sent to my RACES officer and was approved. We executed it the very next net. Use it if you like. and Thanks Craig Green. Summary: This drill will be designed to test the ability of the group to operate in the case of a…
Spread the love I was watching the tweets go by on Twitter the other day and somebody ask the question “ What good is a packet BBS anyway”. That makes me a little sad. When I was freshly licensed Packet was the king of digital modes on VHF and above. It was also one of the…
Spread the love I was listening to a conversation on the local 2 meter repeater the other day. I heard an old timer telling another HAM that he needed a beam antenna and an amplifier if he really wanted to chase DX. The flow of the conversation lead me to believe that the old timer was…
