This weekend I gave a short presentation on bicycle mobile amateur radio at the Wisconsin ARES/RACES Leadership Conference. Ever since I’ve been an active cyclist I’ve carried a small HT with me. I’ve also ridden in several Bike Wisconsin rides across the state as a member of the SAG team and a bike mobile ham. Cell [...]
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AB429 an affront to Wisconsin Amateur Radio Operators
Inattentive driving is a big concern in today’s society. Recent traffic accidents that are the result of texting while driving has brought the matter to the state legislature. Assembly bill AB429 focuses on this issue by outlawing the use of any type of wireless communications devices. Unfortunately amateur radio is also caught in this net [...]
Emcomm Ten Essentials
In the backpacking world, the ten essentials are considered to be the 10 items that anyone should have before going out into the wilderness. The list has evolved since it was first proposed back in the 1930’s and there is still ongoing debate of what is considered essential. But the ten essentials can be considered [...]
The price and the promise of citizenship
President Obama says it so succinctly in his inaugural address:
Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old. These things are [...]
Super Versatile Mobile Routers
In emergency communications, it’s what you can bring to the table that matters. The Kyocera mobile routers give you a lot and themsome. Not to be content with just wireless and wired network connections; the Kyocera Mobile Routers also add ports to connect multiple EVDO devices; Express card, PC Card, USB Port (phone or modem). They [...]