For all members of any Emergency Response Team(FEMA TF Teams, ARES, RACES, CERT and others) we learned early on what we need to take when we deploy. The standard kit: Clothing, medicines, Comms gear along with backups, First Aide kits, personal care … [Continue reading]
Well at least the government is looking at real life examples of things that could change life as we know it. The US Military is conducting an exercise with members of the Amateur Radio Community to help us understand what we need to do before a CME … [Continue reading]
Just received this email on current upcoming DX activities from ARRL SB DX @ ARL $ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news ZCZC AE43 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 43 ARLD043 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 29, 2015 To all radio … [Continue reading]
From my friend John Miklor the Baofeng Guru's Facebook page Buyer Alert. Beware of eBay fraud and mislabeling. I did a search this morning and found vendors selling what looked like and are branded as Baofeng BF-F8HP radios. Read the … [Continue reading]
My weekend hack: I have been living with a MFJ 281 ClearTone(yea right) http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-281 speaker on my 857D since day one. With the bands so bad and the noise floor so high it drives me crazy to have to … [Continue reading]