Tag Archive: damage

Mar 26 2013

ZL9HR DXpedition Financial Summary

The HARAOA committee has conducted a review of all the financial transactions for the ZL9HR DXpedition. All the team members contributed an equal share of the DXpedition contribution fee and NZ DoC landing fee. The expenses incurred where all directly related to the ZL9HR DXpedition. While the accounts are still not finalised an interim financial …

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Mar 02 2013

Cross Country Wireless release HF Active Antenna

The HF Active Antenna was developed during work on the Sentinel HF SDR noise measuring system. The antenna is a balanced small dipole type with an overall length of 1.4m. The frequency range is 100 kHz to 50 MHz. The antenna uses ethernet cable to connect the head and base units, transformer coupling is used …

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Dec 30 2012

GB3JB – Off-The

Following storm damage the South Wiltshire repeater GB3JB (145.7875 MHz) is off-the-air. On the repeater blog Dave G3ZXX says:  It seems like the end of December / beginning of January, each year brings us bad luck. Two years ago, it was the theft of the solar panel. Last year, it was the damage to the …

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Dec 06 2012

Disaster liberation helped by pledge radio

The pledge radio village was prepared when a super gale unleashed a ire on a Philippines, uprooting trees, gnawing energy lines, sparking landslides, cancelling flights and ferries promulgation 40,000 people to shelters. Claiming some-more than 200 tellurian lives, it was a strongest of 16 typhoons in a nation this year, as Pablo (internationally named Bopha) …

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Apr 28 2012

When storms topple towers, HAM radio can help save the day!

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When modern communications systems in Nebraska were knocked out by recent tornadoes and severe storms, local officials had no way of calling for help or reporting damage. That’s where amateur radio, or “HAM” operators stepped in. Tom Reis, a Skywarn coordinator for the National Weather Service, says HAM operators are a valuable asset who can …

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