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Antenna modeling using nec2c on Ubuntu Linux
New Thing! Video! I’ve been playing with antenna modeling, and decided to make a video series introducing this to other people who may be interested. I’m new to this, but I think it came out pretty well. I only misspoke … Continue reading
Posted in ham, Open Source, Ubuntu
Tagged amateur radio, ham radio, hamradio, linux, planetubuntu, ubuntu, ubuntu linux, ubuntu-hams
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I feel like I found an easter egg!
I was jotting some notes for a future wiki page about how to debug network connections to dx clusters, and for my examples, I decided to use the host name dxspots.com. and I ran across this: sconklin@xps-1:/src/ubuntu$ whois dxspots.com [ … Continue reading
Amateur radio operators: How to prepare to assist in disasters
In a previous post, I covered a bunch of ways in which you can prepare to be useful after a disaster. If you’re interested in helping as a radio amateur, or you’re already a ham and want to get more … Continue reading
Would you like to help after the next disaster?
There’s a fundamental fact about disasters and disaster recovery that I try to explain every chance I get. Here it is again: The roles that can be filled by untrained volunteers during and after a disaster are very limited. Walk-up … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur radio, ares, arrl, disaster, earthquake, emcomm, ham radio, hamradio, tornado
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How to prepare for your family for the next Disaster
I’ve written that my family was well prepared to survive with no power for a week. There’s a mnemonic that someone taught me sometime during some disaster prep training. The fact that I can remember the mnemonic and not where … Continue reading
Another first-person account of the tornado event here
Here’s another first-person account of April 27th and after, with some really informative links to some weather resources about the event.
