Anything you do in Amateur Radio that advances your knowledge or skill is potentially helpful when it comes to emergency communications preparedness. There are a couple of planned events coming up in the beginning of 2025.
While you can operate "deployed" any time, Winter Field Day on January 2...
September 8, 2024
This year the SET will take place on Saturday October 5th
Last year we did a deployment exercise, and a lot of valuable lessons were learned. This year we would like to build on that and do another deployment exercise. Here is a summary of what we will do.
County Groups depl...
Empire Challenge is an annual Civil Support Operations interoperability exercise inclusive of New York Guard State Defense Force, New York Naval Militia, Army and Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System, New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Department of Homeland ...
Q: What do you do when the repeaters don't work and you need beyond line-of-sight radio communications?
A: You use HF with a NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) antenna on the lower frequency bands (80/75. 60, and 40).
The good news is that NVIS antennas are very simple and inexpensive to bui...
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will traverse the northern counties of NNY Section.
While the eclipse itself is not a problem, up to 100,000 people are expected to come to the area. It is expected that local resources will be overwhelmed.
Communications will likely become a problem, as cellu...