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Disaster Plan

bkeevil - 2021, April 12 - 15:13

Is there was any sort of plan for local Hams in the event of a disaster?

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New to this hobby

Lambertus - 2020, April 6 - 06:06

Greetings,

I'd like to get in to this hobby, are there courses in the area that I can take?

What are some portable radios folks use?

Thanks

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[Operation] New digipeater/igate in Huntsville

VE3MOW - 2019, October 24 - 10:49

I have placed my FT-2900R and an old i3 laptop into digipeater/igate operation in order to fill in some of the APRS gap in Huntsville. I noticed there was no APRS coverage over here, so I have set out to change that.

From what http://aprs.fi shows, I have about a 10.8km range and have received station from up to 15km away at times. (Not counting the stations from 100km+ away cause those aren't daily and tend to happen only early mornings....)

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Smart Meters in the 900mhz ISM band causing interference issues in southwestern ontario

KD8LWV - 2011, February 21 - 17:56

Does anyone know what spectrum the Hydro smart meters in North Bay will be using?
 

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Andy Carvin TEDx talk- The New Volunteers: Social Media, Disaster Response And You

KD8LWV - 2011, February 20 - 14:08

Thought this might be interesting for NBARC folks -
Andy Carvin @ presented this at TEDxNYED (2010) - The New Volunteers: Social Media, Disaster Response And You

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Links to radio gear at CAD government auction

KD8LWV - 2011, January 31 - 21:14

I thought I'd post here links to auctions that show up at the CADC site that might have local amateur interest:
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Huge set of Motorola radio equipment 70 cm - repeaters, handhelds, mobiles ending 14-April-2011 @ 12:07 p.m. EASTERN TIME
(83) Motorola MSF-5000 75 W UHF Repeater
(2) Motorola MSF-5000 75 W UHF Repeater (incomplete)
(64) Motorola Saber II Radio 5W UHF 120ch Dvp
(44) Motorola Saber I Radio 5W UHF 12ch Dvp     
(1) Motorola Visar Radio 400 MHz DTMF
(30) Motorola Spectra E 30W UHF DVS Flashable

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What's Better Than Wi-Fi? Super Wi-Fi! How the FCC paved the way for the next generation of wireless innovations.

KD8LWV - 2010, October 21 - 19:21

What's Better Than Wi-Fi? Super Wi-Fi! How the FCC paved the way for the next generation of wireless innovations.

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Applying for Federal and Provincial grants

KD8LWV - 2010, October 15 - 19:51

I thought I would propose this on the forum to see if it gets any traction: now that NBARC has been re-incorporated, would there be any interest in applying for grant money to fund some new club radio stations or expand the range of club activities? If NBARC has participated in grant processes in the past, maybe we could even build on that...
 
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Red tape snarls B.C. rural internet collective

KD8LWV - 2010, September 19 - 11:26

In northeastern British Columbia, Arvo Koppel’s small Internet provider employs field technicians who hike and ski through deep valleys and thick forests with telecommunications equipment strapped to their backs. They’ll hammer antennas to trees, or place signal repeaters on the top of mountains.

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