eHam.net News for Saturday 30 April 2016
 

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Emergency Responders Bring Communications Equipment Together in Drill:

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:02 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36683


Emergency responders and law enforcement from across Las Vegas valley got
together Thursday with their mobile command units and their communication
equipment that is necessary during major events, emergencies, or crises.
The Metro-sponsored event was part of an annual communications drill held
at the Las Vegas Speedway. "The equipment that is so vital to making sure
there is communication between the front line firefighter, police officer,
medic, way back to the command center to make sure we can provide services
to the community," said Metro Deputy Chief Gary Scofield. Amateur radio
volunteers and even members of the National Guard participated. "Cell
towers may go out and there would be no communication other than this type
of communication that we do, and this communication is kind of an old
style. It still works, even when the lines are down," said amateur radio
volunteer Gerry Earl.


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Ham Radio Event at Dresden School:

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:02 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36682


DRESDEN - The Dresden Elementary Amateur Radio Station Club will have a
live ham radio event at 2:30 p.m. May 17 at the elementary school.


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Hey Ed, How Can We Make the Storm Spotter Training Better?

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:02 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36681


This is a little late in coming, but a big "thank you" is due to everyone
who took the time to come to the second KTVQ Storm Spotter Training Session
last Thursday, April 21, 2016. We hope you walked away with new knowledge
and information that you can use. Special thanks to Tom Frieders from the
Billings National Weather Service Office for condensing his Storm Spotter
Training course to meet our needs. Tom's presentation gave great
information about how severe storms form, and how to identify them. Tom
also discussed safety precautions, and how to report storms when you spot
them. We started the evening with Ron Glass, who shared information about
amateur radio and how ham operators help out emergency managers when
natural and man made disasters occur. We had a great turnout of amateur
radio enthusiasts to support him.


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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #18 de K7RA:

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:44 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36680


At 0121 UTC on April 29 the Australian Space Forecast Centre
released a geomagnetic disturbance warning for April 30 and May 1.
Increased geomagnetic activity is predicted due to high speed solar
wind coming from a coronal hole. There is a chance of minor storm
levels.


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Pirate Radio -- Surprising Challenge:

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:45 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36679


Interesting article on the challenges posed by pirate radio stations.