Thank you to John Ward and the Clay County Department of Emergency Management. The equipment for our Go-Kits arrived and this morning Joe Bassett (W1WCN) and Scott Roberts (KK4ECR) assembled the kits. Next step is to get the radios programmed, then we will spend time training on the assembling and use of each radio. Continue reading
NBC’s “Left Field,” a new digital news unit, produced a video news story about the vital role that Amateur Radio plays in Hawaii’s emergency communications system
We were also given permission from the producer of the piece (Sky Dylan-Robbins) to use this piece in any promotional way that we wanted. So you and your organizations are free to show this seven-minute piece at any gatherings where it would be appropriate. (NBC prefers that you use the link to the video on You Tube rather than from the Left Field web site.)
Written by: ANDREW SEYBOLD
As I am preparing a report on the commercial and public safety communications activities during and after Harvey, Irma, and now Maria, which was the worst of the batch, I took some time to reach out to the amateur radio community to find out what they have been doing. The answer is a lot, and often! First, the Radio Relay International (RRI) organization made up of amateur radio operators who specialize in long-range communications has been busy handling health and welfare messages from the islands. Meanwhile, the Red Cross, which has a relationship with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), put out a call for fifty Red Cross certified ham radio operators to travel to Puerto Rico. Tim Duffy, president of the Radio Club of America (RCA) and president of a large amateur radio supply company also played an active role.
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07/25/2017
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, is calling on League members to urge their US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017, S. 1534. ARRL has opened a RallyCongress page to simplify the task. “[W]e are at a crossroad in our efforts to obtain passage of The Amateur Radio Parity Act,” Roderick said. He said the campaign to secure passage of the bill scored a major victory earlier this year when H.R. 555 passed unanimously in the US House of Representatives. Obtaining passage of the companion Senate bill, S. 1534, is the final legislative hurdle. Continue reading
A HUGE “Thank You!” to Jim MacKinnon, KB2EZN, and KME America Marine Tube, who helped us repair the trailer that was donated to ClayARES by Clay County Department of Emergency Management. On Saturday, May 13, Jim Winfrey, Chris White, and Scott Roberts took the trailer to KME America Marine Tube to work with Jim and make the repairs. You can see the photos of the work as it progressed. Continue reading