January 2013
Jan Media Hits 2013
In Defense of Ham Radio
Radio World
I am responding to a letter posted by Burt Fisher, chief engineer of WCCT(FM), Sandwich, Mass., in which he misses an important aspect of amateur radio, which is the development of many key RF communication technologies by radio amateurs. A significant ...
Wanted: Wethersfield Hams
Hartford Courant
Carbonell and Mary Hobart, chief development officer of the American Radio Relay League in Newington, said ham radio has boomed since 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Those disasters ripped huge holes in communication systems, and amateur radio helped ...
Amateur radio, Morse code useful yet today
Daily Union
Several local amateur radio clubs were on hand to assist with Kid's Day Sunday, including the Tri-County Amateur Radio Club, Lake Area Amateur Radio Club, Walworth County Emergency Management, Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association (MASA) and the ...
Amateur radio festival Hamfest comes home to Shelby, NC
Spartanburg Herald Journal
After five years of being held in Dallas, N.C., the amateur radio festival will return to the Cleveland County Fairgrounds during Labor Day weekend. “We are just tickled pink,” said Cleveland County Fairgrounds Manager Calvin Hastings. “We are very ...
Midland ARC got a nice hit concerning the school club we sponsor:
http://www.ourmidland.com/news/article_4e2aa45c-81c1-591f-9da3-af0f3466dabc.html
Sussex Tech students pass ham radio test
Cape Gazette
Source: Submitted Electronics teacher Dennis Smith, in front, is proud to pose with his students who passed the ham radio operators test. Shown are (l-r) Chaz Gouert, Milton; Brandon Veasey, Millsboro; Jessica Bishop, Milford; Alex Hassman, Greenwood; ...
Amateur Radio Community Honors Special Member
WKBN/WYFX-TV
The Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club hosted its annual post-holiday dinner meeting in Canfield Sunday. The meeting had another purpose, to present Mike Austin of Warren with long range ham equipment that speaks. Austin is visually impaired and just ...
Local radio group to hold event Feb. 2
WoodwardNews.net (subscription)
"A whole bunch of amateur radio operators get together, like an amateur radio swap meet.," Melissa Wilkerson with the Tri-State Amateur Radio Group, said. "They bring anything and everything that has to do with ham radios, whether it be the computer ...
January 2013 edition of Urgent Communications recognizes ham radio capabilities in emergency communications.
http://urgentcomm.com/intrado/intrado-inks-deal-apocalypse-proof-hf-offering
Ham radio alive and well in Boulder County
Longmont Daily Times-Call
Wessels is a database administrator for IBM by trade and a self-described "ham," as ham radio operators call themselves. The tiny building he operates out of -- with a "Ham Shack" sign posted outside -- is jammed with all manner of hardware, cables and ...
Ham radio alive and well in Boulder County
Daily Camera
Wessels is a database administrator for IBM by trade and a self-described "ham," as ham radio operators call themselves. The tiny building he operates out of -- with a "Ham Shack" sign posted outside -- is jammed with all manner of hardware, cables and ...
Longmont company finds global niche catering to ham radio enthusiasts
Longmont Daily Times-Call
Hardman is the vice president of sales and support for Longmont's RF Concepts, which makes and services Alpha amplifiers for amateur, or ham, radio enthusiasts. "I was in grad school and was in love with a guy who was going to be spending a year in the ...
"Historic Olathe radio crackles back to life" by Ted Hart from the Kansas City E-Star http://tinyurl.com/azh3ctq
Ham radio club starts training classes
Mountain Home News
The Elmore County Amateur Radio Club will begin the first in a series of free ham radio classes starting today, Jan. 18. Classes are held from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays at the Elmore County Emergency Services building on East 8th North Street. "Immediately ...
10 Questions
The Record (Stockton, CA)
Sam Hernandez discusses Amateur Radio and emergency work with Dana Nichols.
HAM Radio Operators prep for potential winter disaster
ABC 57 News
"I've got several hobbies, but this one allows me to make friends in a wider array than what I can do anywhere else," Gary McDaniel, President of the Hoosier Lakes Radio Club, said. His group is dedicated to talking over the airwaves, but often, it's ...
Boulder County's airwaves also taken up by residents operating ham radio ...
The Republic
If the phrase "ham radio" seems like a blast from the past in this age of the Internet and smartphones, think again: According to the latest numbers from the National Association for Amateur Radio, there were 704,236 amateur radio license holders in ...
Ham Radio Operators Take Part In Winter Field Day
Stacey Page Online
The Hoosier Lakes Radio Club will be participating in the 2013 Winter Field Day tomorrow in the Marsh Supermarket parking lot, Warsaw. Club members will begin putting up antennas starting at 9 a.m. Saturday from where they will be transmitting signals ...
Amateur Radio Club Picnic -
The Daily Ridge
What was the first “Social Network”? Facebook? Twitter? AOL chat rooms? If you answered with any of those you are incorrect. The answer is amateur radio (ham radio). Hams have been socializing globally for the better part of a century, yes, almost 100 ...
When all else fails, amateur radio club stays on air
The University of Alabama Crimson White
In today's technological age, being prepared means a fully charged phone battery and a backup electronic device in case that fails. Members of a local amateur radio club, though, know relying on modern communication in times of need may not always be ...
http://rtdna.org/article/stations_need_emergency_communications_alternatives
http://www.radioworld.com/article/dedicated-ham-keeping-morse-code-alive/217343
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