EDUCATION Category

Content related to the activities of the RRRA Education Committee and educational topics of general interest.

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Where Hams fit into the Incident Command System

In this episode of ARRL’s monthly On The Air podcast: “The March/April 2023 issue of On the Air featured an article on The Incident Command System and Amateur Radio, that introduced the Incident Command System (ICS), an emergency management system that public safety agencies use to respond to everything from small incidents to large-scale emergencies. ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, joins this episode of the podcast to share more about the system’s origins and uses, where and how amateur radio operators fit into the system, and where to get ICS training.”1

Portable Operations

The July RRRA Meeting is your opportunity to get out and experience portable operations rather than sit through yet another slide presentation.

Enjoy an interactive experience and eyeball QSOs; no club business will be be discusssed at this meeting!

The Thrill of the Chase: Radio Orienteering

In this episode of ARRL’s monthly On The Air podcast: “Radio orienteering (aka Amateur Radio Direction Finding, or ARDF) is a radio sport like no other. It gets you out of your shack chair and bounding through the woods or a park, using a handheld receiver and directional antenna to find a transmitter that’s located somewhere in the vicinity. People of all ages and skill levels can have fun with radio orienteering – and you don’t even need a ham radio license to join in. In this episode, we talk to USA ARDF Co-coordinator Charles Scharlau, NZØI, about how get involved in what he calls, “the only athletic radio sport.””1