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Ham radio attempts to fill communication gaps in Nepal rescue effort
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| 4-29-15
| John Ribeiro
Posted on 04/29/2015 10:18:57 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
Ham radio??? LOL!
Just open up Skype or Snapchat on Wi-Fi if you cant get a phone signal. Like who is going to use that old clunky crap?
LOL!!!! Bwahahahaha!!!
To: markomalley
Wire in a tree, car battery. Don’t need no steenking IP.
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posted on
04/29/2015 11:16:27 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Uncle Miltie
Yes, absolutely. But it's more likely to be a modified bicycle-generator nowadays, and as these Special Forces guys found in 1964, it's helpful to have a good supply of "volunteers" on hand:
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posted on
04/29/2015 11:23:56 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: VanDeKoik
If that wasn’t sarcasm,you are an idiot.
The same general infrastructure supports the phones and internet.
The ham operator can be completely independent of all that,although it does mean point-to-point communication only. But the ham OUTSIDE the affected area can “patch” the signal from the disaster ham to the working phones in the unaffected places. IF the governments permit it. Some non-US hams have lost government jobs, had their radios confiscated, and been fined, all for rendering aid in an emergency because their nation’s government have very strict rules on use of radios/telecommunications.
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posted on
04/29/2015 11:31:43 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isn't free)
To: JRandomFreeper
CW ftw. Working on mine atm
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posted on
04/29/2015 11:37:10 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: Noumenon
When I had brain surgery in January, it wrecked my voice. I can't use it to communicate.
Text and morse are ok, so once again, morse makes it, where voice doesn't.
/johnny
To: factoryrat
Flash and priority traffic is being handled by 9N1AA on
14.205 Mhz Secondary traffic is on 14.215 Mhz with various net control ops. Supposedly lots of Indian hams in to handle local comms on VHF. Monitoring here in Jerusalem with a ZS6BKW at 70 feet AGL. 73, 4X1SO/KE2SO
To: markomalley
Hams are always the ultimate backup for comms in an emergency.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:02:39 PM PDT
by
zeugma
( The Clintons Could Find a Loophole in a Stop Sign)
To: zeugma
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:12:17 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
ARRL bump.... Thanks for reminding me. I need to renew.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:23:30 PM PDT
by
zeugma
( The Clintons Could Find a Loophole in a Stop Sign)
To: zeugma
I got my license a few years ago. You can get a cheap, Chinese transceiver for $30 on Amazon. The technician's license isn't very difficult. Even if you don't plan on using it a lot it is good to have a way to communicate without a phone/cable/power infrastructure working.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:23:53 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
To: hoosierham
LOL! Ham is outdated trash that just some old goats use just to feel special.
(And yes I was being sarcastic)
To: TxAg1981; factoryrat
>> down below 40m <<
If you are an old-timer you’ll remember that back in the day, 20m was considered “down” from 40m, and 15m was “down” from 20m.
On the other hand, 14 MHz is definitely “up” from 7 MHz, just as 21 MHz is “up” from 14 MHz.
Confusing? You bet!
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:36:20 PM PDT
by
Hawthorn
To: Uncle Miltie
>> Can ham radios operate on pedal power? <<
Yes, but only if your generator has pedals attached.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:37:49 PM PDT
by
Hawthorn
To: Sleepless in Jerusalem
>> Flash and priority traffic is being handled by 9N1AA <<
My understanding is that he was (and maybe still is) the only Nine-November station on the air right after the quake, because he can run on solar power.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:41:56 PM PDT
by
Hawthorn
To: bigbob
Spark gap radio. It’ll do in a pinch.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:42:56 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: mylife
Thought this would be an interest of yours.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:46:32 PM PDT
by
StoneWall Brigade
(And I will send fire on Magog- Ezkiel 39:6)
To: LadyBuck; Kartographer
Kartographer, do you know if there is a ham radio ping list ?
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:52:54 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: JRandomFreeper
Text and morse are ok, so once again, morse makes it, where voice doesn't. If you haven't already, check out the Straight Key Century Club (http://www.skccgroup.com/). I normally operate higher speed CW with a paddle and keyer, but it's a real hoot to plug in a straight key and have a ragchew at 15 WPM or less. Takes me back to the good old days.
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:55:49 PM PDT
by
109ACS
(If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
To: markomalley; appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...
Kartographer, do you know if there is a ham radio ping list ?
I think so
Preppers?
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posted on
04/29/2015 12:57:16 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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