Oklahoma State University?s Amateur Radio Club is making a comeback.
Having been around since the 1920s, Amateur Radio Club is one of the oldest clubs on campus.
Long before Facebook, email, cell phones and satellites, a select group of people were able to communicate across continents, often broadcasting from obscure locations using ham radios. By today?s standards it may not seem too impressive. But what happens when the next big earthquake hits us?
Colorful, flashing buttons proudly worn by Ernie Chiles and Phil Nash sport the saying, “When all else fails … Amateur Radio.”
The radio club will make use of the new applied mathematics and engineering lab in Stutzman-Slonaker, room 303.
The radio club uses shortwave and high frequency radio to broadcast on wavelengths not used for commercial or other specific broadcast purposes.
During emergencies and disasters, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office relies on a vital yet obscure member of their volunteer quartet to provide emergency communications. The Clinton County Emergency Communications Team is a group of volunteer amateur radio operators who help area first responders communicate with one another when normal communications channels are broken or overloaded.
The Uniontown Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Gabfest on Saturday, an event that is geared toward ham radio operators and electronics enthusiasts.
Arlo Raim, KB9LLF, of Danville, Illinois, was killed by a southbound Canadian National freight train on the morning of Friday, August 20. He was 67. Raim had been in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve — part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage (Illinois) County — to monitor the effect of increased train traffic on cardinals.
The Nevada County Amateur Radio Club is turning 50 years old.
Nevada County supervisors honored club members with a plaque, presented to club President Walt Hannontree at their meeting on Tuesday.
Many people know that amateur radio operators like to chat. Few realize that the chatter can sometimes save lives.
Many amature radio (ham) operators gave up so much time and at their own expense to help others after the Aug. 28, 1990, tornado. Most of us only slept for 15 to 30 minutes a day for an eight-day period. To begin with, we train for these kind of emergencies every year with an event called field day. This is held the last full weekend in June. We set up sites in fields and in public parks and make as many contacts as possible while trying to get through cluttered airways. This event is done so throughout the United States. We also take emergency tornado trainings, as well as, for most of us, keep up on advanced first aid.
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