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CQ’s July Editorial: Emergency Communication is not just Public Service
CQ’s July Editorial rebuffs ARRL’s inartful attempt to downgrade Emergency Auxiliary Communications Volunteers to a basic Public Service category! What’s in a name? The name we give to what we do greatly influences how people perceive it. From things like car accidents to supporting local government communications in an disaster, we definitely provide an effective…
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Summer Is Finally Here…
Finally winter is gone. The leaves are on all the trees . . . and absorbing RF. It’s time for antenna work, Hamfests, and Field Day. Think about insuring that your VHF and UHF path to our great ARPSC repeater system is solid. Check out the mast height, coax connections, and lightning protection. And take…
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New Auxiliary Communications Field Guide now available
The Department of Homeland Security OEC Version 1.0 of the 2014 AUXFOG is now available for download. Go to www.publicsafetytools.info under the resources tab.
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America’s Early Radio History
While surfing the Internet recently for information about the early days of broadcast radio in the Washington, DC, area, we came across this interesting website – United States Early Radio History. While the website is not amateur radio specific, it provides comprehensive history on, for example, early vacuum tube development (1917-1930), and the expansion of…
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Discovering amateur radio – a video
The World Genesis Foundation has produced a lengthy video (32 minutes) with a new view toward discovering amateur radio. The production received UN funding.
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2013 CQ Worldwide DX Contest
The 2013 CQ World Wide DX contest was held recently and one DX station decided to combine the audio from his station with QRZ data related to the operators he worked. A pretty neat idea. Check out the YouTube video created by DX station IZ5NFD, Italy:
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Retirement recognition for Dan Gillenwater, K9SLY
K9SLY- Dan is one of the founding members of the ARPSC and active supporter of the RACES protocol established in Arlington County Government after 9/11/2001. When the newly appointed RACES Officer for the county issued a request for Civil Emergency Amateur Radio Operator volunteers Dan didn’t have his amateur radio license. Dan was the one…