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Art H.Just finished up a real nice two hour conversation with some of the hams back where I used to live via <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/AllStar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AllStar</a>. Man I miss those guys. I've talked to a couple of hams here and they all seem to be <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/emcomm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> guys who aren't interested in rag chewing. I joined one of their nets the other day and it consisted of nothing more than jumping from repeater to repeater to make sure they were all still working in case a disaster strikes. They seemed friendly enough, but emcomm is not the reason I'm in to <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/HamRadio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a>. <a href="https://sharkey.world/tags/AmateurRadio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a>

Bruce MacDonald"The art of radio only begins with what you buy to get you on the air. The real work of refining your art comes from consistent practice." <a href="https://iaffaiorg.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/radio-communications-for-autonomy-2025-guide-to-radios/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://iaffaiorg.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/radio-communications-for-autonomy-2025-guide-to-radios/</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EmComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmComm</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#survival</a>

Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3<a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wdlindsy</a> too many <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/trumpers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trumpers</a> in my local <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/hamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamRadio</a> clubs for me to see them as <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/safeplaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#safeplaces</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/ARES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ARES</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/RACES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RACES</a> particularly so. (<a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/CERT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CERT</a>, not so much because it largely led by <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/blackwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackwomen</a> & run by <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FEMA</a>). How would they respond to communications <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/emergenies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emergenies</a> in 75% <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AfricanAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanAmerican</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/princegeorgescounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#princegeorgescounty</a>? I began to lose interest in local <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> years ago when "teammates" indicated that they wouldn't <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/volunteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#volunteer</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/sketchyneighborhoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketchyneighborhoods</a> 🙄. <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#america</a> is <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/sketchyneighborhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketchyneighborhood</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/blackfolks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackfolks</a>.🤔 <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackmastodon</a>

w6ah<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ai6yr</a> this is exactly what started me down this <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wavetalkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wavetalkers</a> path back in the early hours of the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ThomasFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThomasFire</a>Wildfires can move way faster than official channels are able to keep up with. The work you do to help keep us informed of rapidly changing events is so critical. Thanks for all you do!

Patrick W1PACHad a great time providing radio communications at the <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HeadOfTheCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadOfTheCharles</a> Regatta the past 3 days. Relatively uneventful for me aside from a few out of tent responses.<a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amateurradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#volunteering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicService</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/headofthecharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#headofthecharles</a>

KE0FFTFarpoint Farms (Erik) on YouTube makes a good case for why we all might want to consider owning an old-fashioned analog <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/scanner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scanner</a> for use during emergencies - even if most of the comms around you have moved over to digital ~ <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/EMCOMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EMCOMM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Helene</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/DisasterCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisasterCommunication</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Hurricane2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hurricane2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a> ~ <a href="https://youtu.be/BX7EH708Jd0?si=jZDKYIv9dsPRaoye" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/BX7EH708Jd0?si=jZDKYIv9dsPRaoye</a>

KE0FFT<a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/SARNET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SARNET</a> - <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a> State Wide Connected Repeater System ~ <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HurricaneHelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HurricaneHelene</a> related Comms ~ <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/EMCOMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EMCOMM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/ARES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ARES</a> ~ <a href="https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/35392" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/35392</a>

w6ahTalk about Effective Communications. The MD governor reported the ship called a mayday and the traffic going onto the bridge was stopped before the collapse. No sense of how much time passed or when the mayday was called in relation to the collapse, but it couldn't have been very long. Strong work! Strong Communications!<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/KeyBridgeCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeyBridgeCollapse</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/keybridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keybridge</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maryland</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#baltimore</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communication</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a>

Abraxas3d W5NYVLast week's <a href="https://mastodon.radio/@RATPAC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RATPAC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> panel had several memorable quotes that I really hope we follow up on. The one about professional emergency services people avoiding <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> people and actively discouraging incorporation of hams into plans was hard to hear. There was a strong consensus that the way forward was "more training" and "appear professional". A quote was "don't show up (to volunteer) dressed like you live under a bridge".

Ethan J. A. SchoonoverTip on emergency response kit:In the setup shown in the previous post you can spot a little point of sale receipt printer.They don't need any ink. They sip only a tiny amount of power (mine is actually battery or plug powered). You can dump text files to them easily, which is good for message passing during incident response.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a>

AI6YR BenDownside of the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> folks here in my county: lots of stress chattering on the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/repeaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repeaters</a> about their personal experience, with no breaks if there were emergency radio traffic. No net control. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earthquake</a>

w6ah<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ai6yr</a> thanks for helping me get into this hobby and service. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wavetalkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wavetalkers</a>

Ben AI6YR<a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/emcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emcomm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/acs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/ares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ares</a> A contact of mine at CalOES tells me they are trying to fill a spot for All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader (COML) course. The course will be held on April 24 – 27 at Ben Clark Training Center 16791 Davis Ave., Riverside, CA, requires ICS 100,200,300,700 and 800 as prerequisites. Ping me if you might fit that profile.

Arnie the DXman | HF4According to DXWorld.net, 28540 MHz (sic!) is the frequency for <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emergency</a> traffic following Turkey's major M7.8 <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earthquake</a> earlier today.10cm?! Or should it be 28540 *k*Hz in 10m?Well, in any case... please keep this frequency clear ❗<a href="https://twitter.com/DX_World/status/1622548786517102593" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DX_World/status/1622548786517102593</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amateurradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/EmComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmComm</a>

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