This week I am using this column to discuss Field Day. Field Day is an annual on-air event. It is part emergency preparedness exercise and part contest. Depending on who you ask it could be described as either. I would be define it as an emergency preparedness exercise first with […]
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Below is the newsletter for April 1, 2024. I could use some help with the newsletter so we can keep sending one out weekly. If you can help, please let me know. Steven Christy, N5ZQn5zq@n5zq.us Ham Corner – Nets What is a net? Many hams may be familiar with nets […]
Below is the newsletter for March 25, 2024. I could use some help with the newsletter so we can keep sending one out weekly. If you can help, please let me know. Steven Christy, N5ZQn5zq@n5zq.us Ham Corner – AREDN Part 2 – The Node User Interface In the previous part […]
Below is the newsletter for March 18, 2024. I could use some help with the newsletter so we can keep sending one out weekly. If you can help, please let me know. Steven Christy, N5ZQn5zq@n5zq.us Ham Corner This week I am using this column to discuss Field Day. Field Day […]
Last week I used this space to discuss the question of “What radio should I buy?”. This week I am going to keep it a little simpler and provide some good resources for amateurs and especially those who are just starting out. Recently I wrote about the ARRL, what they […]
Below is the newsletter for March 11, 2024. I could use some help with the newsletter so we can keep sending one out weekly. If you can help, please let me know. Steven Christy, N5ZQn5zq@n5zq.us March Board Meeting EARS holds a monthly board meeting on the second Tuesday of each […]
What is AREDN? A very good question. In Amateur Radio it means Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network. It is a modern way to communicate using radio rather than the internet, but the tools used in AREDN are those used on the internet. At the technical level it is a mesh […]
I am going to attempt to address one of most frequently-asked questions of new hams and even more seasoned veterans. What radio should I purchase? The simple non-answer is the radio that meets your needs and that you can afford. The real question is what does this mean? There are […]