To: All radio amateurs From: Bill Talanian Subject: Island trip Rev A dates
Oooppss. Got a conflict on the Island for the dates I originally put out. We are good for 13-15 June. Probably never a date that fits all so we take what we get.
We have a limited number of openings for a weekend of work & play at the UC compound on Santa Cruz Island. Transportation paid. Leave on Friday June 13 and return on Sunday June 15nd. Tasks will be to install mobile radio's in vehicles and one base station. Sleeping quarters are included. However, cost of food is typically shared amongst team members once a menu is agreed upon. This is an ideal time to learn about the centuries old history of Santa Cruz Island and the 30 year history of amateur radio. This will be a split exercise with one team at The Nature Conservancy and the other at UC. Joint team tasks will be performed when required. There are a lot of tools, test equipment, food, water etc. and logistics to be planned and worked upon so we need to know very soon the total number we can take. Each team member is expected to take on planning and support tasks to make it all work. If you have an interest then contact "Ken Owen" ken@cirweb.org or Bill Talanian, w1uuq@cox.net.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/05/19/ham-radio-old-technology-gets-new-respect/
Ham radio: Old technology gets new respect
By Jonathan Serrie Published May 19, 2014
ATLANTA Seeking reliable backup communication in a crisis, emergency managers are finding new solutions in an old technology: ham radio.
Its just another avenue, another opportunity for us to be able to communicate, said Herb Schraufnagel, public safety captain with Emory University Hospital Midtown.
Emory HealthCare is among a growing number of hospital systems to adopt ham radio. Hospital administrators and government officials took a lesson from Hurricane Katrina, which left some Gulf Coast medical centers isolated from the outside world, as landlines and cell towers failed.
When power, phone and Internet services go down, a battery-powered amateur radio and portable antenna can provide that crucial link to the outside world.
Ham radio will never die, said Barry Thomas, Sr., a ham radio enthusiast and employee at Emory University Hospital Midtown.
The quickest means of communication is Morse Code. Itll get out when none of this will, Thomas said, referring to a room filled with computers and smartphones.'
It is interesting that some of the technology that has been around for 80, 90, 100 years is still relevant, said John Davis, a ham radio enthusiast.
In addition to major hurricanes, Davis says the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 rekindled interest in ham radio as a public safety tool.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) has set up a permanent ham radio station in its command center.
We look at ham radio operators just like GEMA staff, just like DOT staff and Georgia State Patrol staff, said GEMA Director Charlie English. They are a critical partner with us.
The number of ham radio licenses is at an all-time high in the U.S. (723,182, as of April, according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data compiled by Joe Speroni of the Amateur Radio Education Web Site, ah0a.org.
I really hope that it stays relevant and that we can be a resource to emergency management agencies, enthusiast Davis said. Because I think that is where ham radio shines.
Fox News producer David Lewkowict contributed to this article.
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http://www.wired.com/2011/02/ham-radio-tweets/ ... 350,000 practitioners in Europe, and a further 700,000 in the United States, some 60 per cent more than 30 years ago.
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