Remember that day, during the summer of 2022 when Rogers Communications wasn't? Wasn't providing communicaions, that is. No cell service. No Internet. It was the nearest thing to Armageddon for many users, but not for me. I actually felt a complete sense of relaxation and smug satisfaction that my own life was not completely bound … Continue reading Hooray, No Internet!
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What Are We Prepping For?
In the summer of 1969 a musician called Country Joe McDonald went onto the stage at the Woodstock festival in New York and performed an impromptu solo performance to fill a gap in the schedule. The song he performed became an iconic memento of the festival. To paraphrase Country Joe's lyrics: "and it's 1,2,3 what … Continue reading What Are We Prepping For?
Enough About Winlink Already!
The most important task that amateur Radio operators could be asked to perform in an emergency is … to send emails? The amateur radio emergency preppers have circled their wagons around a technology called Winlink. This proprietary collection of software facilitates sending emails over radio. Those who live in the Winlink bubble have made sending … Continue reading Enough About Winlink Already!
Ham Radio Outside the Box 