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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor
September 23, 2003
This week, visit a Web site dedicated to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) where everybody is the Webmaster.
ARES Training Resources Web site is a great place to learn about the Amateur Radio Emergency Service and a place where you can put your two cents in, too. |
I recently received the following e-mail from Dean Davis, KL7OR: "I would imagine that you get hundreds of e-mails telling you of this or that neat ham radio Web site. And yes this is another, but it is different. The Web site is ARES Training Resources and what makes this site different is that it is intended to become a repository for Amateur Radio Emergency Service information. What makes it unique is that anyone, I mean anyone, can add material there without going through someone like myself.
"The other neat thing is that if you view a page there and find an error, you can correct it. The technology is called `Wiki' and it is very exciting... The information contained there can be maintained by everyone; yep, all 685,000-plus hams in the US can make additions or changes without the help of a Webmaster. I would suggest that you visit the site, play in the sand box to give it a try and if you have a minute or so, let me know what you think."
I think that the Web site is great. It has volumes of information regarding ARES and you can find almost everything you would want--the ability that allows users to create and change pages is icing on the cake. Wiki adds a new dimension to any Web page and its capabilities are especially useful for a Web page where the state of the art is constantly changing.
Dean is building a Wiki Web site for QRP enthusiasts that should be live by the time you read this. He is also considering a Wiki Web site for Amateur Radio, in general. If you want to learn more about Wiki, go to the Wiki Wiki Web site.
Until next time, keep on surfin'.
Editor's note: Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, resides in downtown Wolcott, Connecticut, and has been a QST writer for over 25 years. Since getting his ticket in 1969, Stan has sampled nearly every entrée in the Amateur Radio menu (including a stint as Connecticut Section Manager), but he keeps coming back to his favorite preoccupations: VHF and packet radio. As a result, he runs a 2-meter APRS digipeater and weather station (WA1LOU-15) from his mountaintop location in central Connecticut. Stan, a long time advocate of using computers with Amateur Radio, wrote programs to dupe contests and calculate antenna bearings way back in 1978. Today, he is on the board of directors of Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) and uses his Mac to surf the Internet searching for that perfect ham radio Web page. To contact Stan, send e-mail to wa1lou@arrl.net.
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