RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 26, 2017
- 3 min
# 36 - Serious SHTF Comms
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope that everyone has had a safe and joyful holiday weekend with their families. I started building my Emergency Communications (EmComms) go-box after a lot of debate over its contents and layout. I decided to go with a Gator Case 12U which is the largest portable rack system made by Gator cases because I have so many different communications options that I am putting the box, I needed all the room I could get. I have CB, FRS/GMRS radios along wit
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 16, 2017
- 2 min
# 35 - Worldwide Communications via EchoLink
I have been hearing a lot of ham radio operators talking about EchoLink so I decided to try it out yesterday. I downloaded the EchoLink app to my iPhone 7Plus and registered my FCC callsign with EchoLink. It took just a few minutes after uploading a copy of my amateur radio license to get verified then the app was ready to go. I opened the app, logged in, and started looking around the app to see what it consisted of when I saw a list of stations and conferences all over the
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 16, 2017
- 2 min
# 34 - Base Station Radios
Well, I got both the BTech UV-50X2 50 watt dual band mobile radio and the Yaesu 857D HF/VHF/UHF radio set up and programmed now and I must say that for an EmComs radio, I like the BTech radio much better than the more expensive Yaesu. The Yaesu is good for what it does by combining HF, VHF, and UHF into one compact radio, but by doing that it misses many of the features that the cheaper BTech radio has. One of the main things that I like about the UV-50X2 is that I can monito
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 12, 2017
- 4 min
# 33 - 45th Annual Honolulu Marathon
Yesterday amateur radio operators from across the island assisted with the radio communications for the 45th annual Honolulu Marathon. I was assigned to Aid Station #12 located at the 25.5 mile marker of the race course, which is the last place for first aid and medical care before the finish line. I arrived at Kapiolani Park at 3:00am to start getting my communications equipment set up and the medical team started arriving around 4:00 to get ready for the start of the race.
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 9, 2017
- 3 min
# 32 - It's Honolulu Marathon Time
Well, it's that time of year again. When many locals here in Hawaii try to stay as far away from Honolulu as they can over the weekend. Yea, that's right, it's time for the Honolulu Marathon which will be held this Sunday morning. This year I will be one of the volunteers working the marathon. I will be the radio operator at Medical Aid Station #12, which is the final first aid station before the finish line. This station is notorious for being very active in recent races. It
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 5, 2017
- 2 min
# 31 - 13-Band MF HF ANTENNA
I received a new antenna that I wanted to check out. The Fat Spectrum antenna claims to be ale to provide coverage on 160m, 80m, 75m, 60m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 11m, 10m, and 6 meter continuously with no frequency gaps through entire range, all without the need for an antenna tuner. This is an amazing claim, and one that I want to put to the test. The antenna came in today and only took me about 10 minutes to put together and install. Since I live in a Home Owner's As
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Dec 4, 2017
- 1 min
# 30 - A New Chapter for Hawaii
We are in the beginning stages of getting a new REACT Team chartered here in Honolulu, the Oahu Emergency REACT Team. Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams (REACT) are volunteers who are organized internationally and use radios to provide public service communications for travelers and their local communities. REACT Teams also provide communications in response to emergencies and for community events. We utilize CB, UHF, VHF, Amateur, and other radio services. REACT
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