Vacation with #hamradio

 Once a time in the West, vacations and roadtrips involved a walkie talkie, an HF mobile radio, a paper repeater guide, and tolerance from family and friends.

Today the road trip is easier.

A smart phone holds your online RepeaterBook and either Echolink or RepeaterPhone app.  

 The former gives you location based identifiers of  LOCAL repeaters that the trustess and users care enough to share with you.  If it's not accurate, blame them.  The volunteers at this free service do their best vetting the reports.

The other resource gives you an opportunity to connect to the local folks at the far end of the microphone cable to let them know you're coming and get tips before hand.  Sadly, there are places that don't have, to this day, Echolink or, better, Allstar connections.

Once there, or even before you leave, you can program the HT for the splits and tones required.  

So how do YOU road trip?

BIG NEWS! $100,000 STOP THE BLEED(R) Grant and more now available! #SMEM #HSEM

Grants from $1,000 to $100,000 - application period open

Featured The 2023 STOP THE BLEED® Grant Program starts today, with grants ranging from $1000 to $100,000 in value. The grants consist of US Department of Defense licensed STOP THE BLEED® Equipment and are designed for organizations seeking to enhance their ability to address a bleeding emergency increase through training and the installation of public safety infrastructure. Applications are now open to eligible U.S. based organizations. Apply Now The STOP THE BLEED® Training Kit Grant Training is the heart of the STOP THE BLEED® Campaign $1,000 Value The STOP THE BLEED®Training Kit grant is designed to provide training equipment to organizations conducting approved STOP THE BLEED® training courses or that are planning to do so. These kits are valued at $1,000 and include a best-in-class set of training tools for in person training. Applications are open to eligible U.S. based organizations (government entities, schools, non-profit organizations, civic groups and faith-based organizations). The STOP THE BLEED® Response Cabinet grant NEW this year! - For school communities. Valued at up to $15,000. The STOP THE BLEED® Response Cabinet grant consists of up to ten (10) Response Cabinets, each of which include eight (8) STOP THE BLEED® Kits. These cabinets are compliant with the most recent Department of Defense STOP THE BLEED® standards and include QR codes for easy access to just in time instructions and other STOP THE BLEED® information. Applications are open to U.S. based schools including pre-schools, elementary, middle and high schools, colleges and universities. The STOP THE BLEED® Response Station The biggest STOP THE BLEED® innovation since STOP THE BLEED® itself! Valued at up to $100,000 The STOP THE BLEED® Response Station is an innovative mix of necessary public safety infrastructure and digital outdoor media. Designed as a "forward operating post," these stations are highly accessible safety beacons, providing communities with a centralized hub for emergency response. Each station's response cabinet includes 5, grab-and-go, STOP THE BLEED® Response Belts with military grade tourniquets and hemostatic dressings. A 2-in-1 breaching tool to force entry, 2 ballistic shields for law enforcement protection, a power bank to connect electronics, adjustable shelving, whiteboard and interior LED lighting. The Station grant consists of the station itself, delivery and installation at the grantee's location and 3 years of operating costs. Apply Now! Spotlight Christopher Gray Tennessee "I am incredibly passionate about the STOP THE BLEED® project. I first became involved as a trauma nurse in Nashville. I worked with our trauma outreach program to educate bus drivers and legislature at the TN Legislation Conference about STOP THE BLEED® (prior to it being put into TN state law). I am currently a lead instructor at my medical school. We have taught over half of our medical school (around 250 students). We are working on training faculty and staff in our school in addition to getting bleeding control kits in our entire University. I plan to continue teaching this course as a physician." Get Involved There are many ways to get involved. Join Today Podcast News Tune into the STOP THE BLEED® Podcast Hear from medical professionals, trainers, survivors, bystanders, and to learn about the importance of the STOP THE BLEED® campaign. New episodes are always added so check in to hear the latest. Listen Now! Connect with the Stop the Bleed Coalition The Coalition is a community of individuals and organizations who are passionate about the STOP THE BLEED® campaign. The Coalition's goal is to support the growth and impact of the campaign by providing access to information and services to the growing STOP THE BLEED® community as well as financial support to the STOP THE BLEED® Project. STOP THE BLEED® is a national campaign to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. It is a public/private partnership led by the Department of Defense and many other stakeholders, including the Stop the Bleed Coalition. Copyright (C) 2023 Stop the Bleed Coalition. All rights reserved. Thanks for opting in to messages from the Stop the Bleed Coalition. Our mailing address is: Stop the Bleed Coalition 88 E Main Street Ste 439H Mendham, NJ 07945

THIS WEEKEND: 2023 Green Country Hamfest - April 7th& 8th in Claremore, Oklahoma. #hamradio #hamfest

 THIS WEEKEND!!
2023 Green Country Hamfest - April 7th& 8th in Claremore,Oklahoma.

Only 30 minutes from Tulsa!
Claremore Expo, 400 Veterans Parkway, Claremore, OK, 74017
MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/X9kEa
Talk-in on: 147.09+  
Free Parking!!! - Low Cost ON-SITE RV Parking!
 
Terrific Prizes! Fantastic Forums - Learn something new! See 
Flea Market - Great Bargains!
Free Test Table - Check It Before You Buy It!
On-site VE Testing Get or upgrade your license!

Tickets are $10.00 at the door.
Online Preregistration Closed
March 31, 2023

Children 12 and under are Free!
 
Friday open to public at 4 PM to 9 PM
Saturday open to public 8 AM to 3 PM
Setup Friday 12:00PM.
Setup at 7:00AM Saturday until 8:00AM.


More info at http://www.greencountryhamfest.org/

 

 

How do you know 10 meters is dead? #ARRL #hamradio

Ten Meters is one of my favorite bands. Even when it's not "open", it's frequently open. With the sunspots on the rise, so should the activity on the band increase.


Have you found http://ten-ten.org/daily_nets.html yet? Nets listed there will help determine if the band is open. If you look at http://www.qsl.net/steelcity/nets/whichnet.html, one will see a search box that lets you know which nets are in operation.

http://www.dxwatch.com/dxsd1.php?f=92 or http://hamspots.net/10/ will also give you DX Cluster spots, just for 10 meters.

At http://www.vhfdx.info/spots/warnings.php, one can get email alerts when six meters is open. If SIX is open, it's almost a given that TEN is open.

http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=28&ML=M&Map=W2L&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N also offers a map of openings AND the ability to post spots all in one place.


There's a number of 10 meter software defined radios that one can use to see where's the band is open. Two are dedicated to the "Beacon Band".

http://userpages.troycable.net/~wj5o/bcn.htm is a list of beacons on Ten. Tune here to see where the band is open, even when it's not.

Ten Meters is one of my favorite bands. Thankfully, there's plenty of tools to take some of the Magic out of the Band.  What is your favorite band?