RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Jan 13, 2018
- 2 min
# 38 - Inbound Ballistic Missile Warning
Early this morning everyone in Hawaii woke up to the following message on the screens of their cell phones: "EMERGENCY ALERT BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL." Along with this message on our cell phones there was also an audible computer generated voice message on KGMB channel 8 with the same information and instructions on what to do. At least one of the warning sirens located across the island of Oahu was also activated
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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE
- Jan 6, 2018
- 3 min
# 37 - Worldwide Email via HF Radio
One of the main things that we have to consider in our preparations for a SHTF event is communications, both outgoing and incoming. We have to be able to find out what is really going on, and we have to be able to reach other people for help. Cellphones wont work because they will either be overloaded or the towers that they depend on will be down. Telephones will be in the same situation if it is a wide area disaster because the circuits will be overloaded with hundreds or e
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