April is National Inventors Month
April is #NationalInventorsMonth! In 1914, Hiram Percy Maxim founded the #ARRL. He also invented the gun silencer and car muffler. #HamRadio pic.twitter.com/XNbbkETN6a
— ARRL (@arrl) April 2, 2017
The Doctor is In: Speech Equalization, Compression and Processing
Learn about how you can sound better on the air, and help your signal get through a pileup, in the Speech Equalization, Compression and Processing episode of the ARRL The Doctor is in podcast.
Radio Operators needed for Walk MS Fargo 2017
Seven amateur radio operators (hams) are needed to provide communications support for Walk MS: Fargo 2017 on April 29th, 2017.
New hams are encouraged to participate in this event to gain experience in Public Service Communication operations.
Introducing AREDN
Our served agencies are accustomed to utilizing direct (i.e. person-to-person) and virtually instantaneous communications to conduct their operations. These means of communication (e.g. the telephone, email with attachments, and instant messaging through a wide variety of platforms) depend upon extensive, and often fragile, infrastructure which can be disrupted during incidents ranging in scale from a localized fiber-optic cable cut to regional severe weather events.
As past FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, said in Ham Radio Now Emcomm Extra #8, when an incident occurs “they just want their email to work.”
Traditional public service (aka Emcomm) messaging often does not meet the expectations of today’s served agencies (our customers). Amateur Radio operators typically utilize indirect communication paths with paper forms for origination / delivery and transcription style transfer methods (e.g. voice or CW); this is not the direct style of communication preferred by our customers.
Online SKYWARN® Training Resources
Those who were unable to attend the Fargo and Sabin SKYWARN® classes may wish to visit the NWS WFO Grand Forks, ND page to learn about other 2017 Spotter Training Sessions in the Red River Valley.
