Armed Forces Comm and Elec Assn Supports MARS & SHARES
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffOn Feb 17th the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, known as AFCEA printed a very nice article about amateur radio MARS support as well as MARS supporting and providing operational expertise for the National Communications System SHARES program. Please ...
HAM RADIO EMCOMM SETS UP AT HOME DEPOT
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffHome Depot as a location for disaster communications prior to, during and after disaster strikes. What an idea. Just when you thought that hams were doing just about everything they could do for emcomm around here, up comes someone with a ...
Distress Beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz Phased Out
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffAs of February 1, the Cospas-Sarsat (Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking) satellites are no longer monitoring distress beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz. All mariners, aviators and individuals who use emergency beacons on those frequencies will need to switch ...
