ARMAD 2012 Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day is coming up on 26 May 2012. The Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. It is the time set aside each year to give a special SHOUT OUT to all Military and First Responders to let them know that they are indeed appreciated. Also we seek to honor those […]
Thank You for all the Technology Resource Operators that were ready to assist over the weekend. Some valuable lessons once again have taken place. One particular lesson deals with the importance of having a self-contained power system SePS (a battery system that can easily be moved). Most of the equipment that we use now days […]
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day – ARMAD 2012 will be held on 26 May 2012 (the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend). The purpose for having Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day is to give a shout out in support of those serving on the Front Line as First Responders and Military Personnel. As well as those […]
The Derby RF Gateway is getting close to being back on the air. Should be fully operational within the coming week. The will also be two new PBX servers coming online shortly. Will have some added features available through the new PBX servers plus the ones that were available previously. Updated 2011 09 23 15:36 […]
A lot of testing going on, gradually get some of these new features implement. Like to find some ways where we can send SITREP and situational awareness messages without having to rely on the Internet. Still feel that high speed multi media (HSMM) will be a good tool for local and interurban applications. What needs […]
Social Media – When the Internet is out What’s the quickest most efficient way to get the word out when a situation needs immediate attention? Going to be working on getting the public feed tied into the OPS website http://ops.alertradio.net Remember there is a RSS feed available that can be plugged into your email client […]
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So what’s been happening lately? Still working on the Asterisk PBX and RF Gateways, should have some new information regarding the Communications Transportable System (CoTS). Looks like the containers (transportable rack cases) will need to be a few more rack spaces in height to fit everything. Most likely go with a separate power unit so […]
Network Configurations – Let us start out with the very basic Ad-hoc network, in which users connect directly to each other. With the Add-hoc network it is possible to connect more than two stations, if each station is using a omni antenna (all direction) all stations can hear the others when within range. But what […]
A new digital project is coming up that will provide a method to push digital radio traffic to SIP / IAX2 phones as well as PSTN. Testing is in progress now, more details coming soon. […]
Forward-Thinking Digital Imagining 1) HSMM capabilities at least in the 70cm band and even in 1.25m band. 2 ) Long range HSMM networks with data/video/voice capabilities. (With products like the Ubiquiti Networks Bullet [ubnt.com] should be able to get some decent range) 3) Low-cost Digital Interface that can plug into any radio with a data […]
The Digital Analog Radio Network is near. DARN defined as “to mend by weaving thread across a gap” that is what is being done. Those that want to see flexibility will go with the DARN approach, as a improvement while there will be others that find it to be just annoyance. DARN definitely fits the […]
High Speed Multi Media (HSMM) is often referred to as being the Hinternet (Ham Internet), as it is primarily used under FCC Rules & Regulations Part 97. Under Part 97 commercial off-the-shelf equipment can be used at higher power and higher gain than the more common Part 15 802.11a/b/g operations. The primary purpose for HSMM […]
Just like other living things there are good and bad times for dynamic paths that are taken. One can opt to be static yet knowing dynamic paths will move you. What does this mean to those that work in the area of emergency response? Be flexible with the methods that are used, yet maintain the […]
In the 1800s there was the frontier of West. Today we have digital frontiers to explore. The digital frontiers may not always be digital voice or data that appears within this new frontier. Some may remember the days of 1200 baud packet that was quite popular in the 1990s. This technology is now present in […]