The great thing about a hobby like ours is that there is so much diversity that you can pick whatever niche suits you. From a public perspective, though, there is one branding message that should unite us all: We are the Communication Experts. During Hurricane Harvey, I saw amateur radio…
Category: EMCOM
In my days as a radio broadcaster, one of the most exciting things we did was a “remote”, where we took our gear and our talent out into the community to broadcast live. My good friend and legendary programming consultant, Gary Berkowitz, recently wrote a column about how to accomplish…
The American Radio Relay League‘s Ward Silver’s terrific webinar on leveraging contesting as training for public service communications.
From the CMEN Facebook Page Central Michigan Emergency Network is at it again, we just connected our multi-site linked APCO P25 Network to the emerging world wide amateur radio P25 network. Brother TJ (KC8LTS) had a QSO with David (NX4Y) in Land O’ Lakes FL and Mitchelle (KH6MP) in Honolulu,…
(Via KX9X/ARRL) Hams in Nepal, already in limited supply, continue to turn out to aid in the ongoing recovery from the April 25 earthquake that struck the Himalayan nation. Radio amateurs in neighboring India are also pitching in, and at least two groups of hams from Gujarat, India, are planning…