Tagged “ham_radio”

1. Tropospheric ducting - part 3
   • 2011 October 12
   • radio,
   • ham_radio,
   • science

   Driving to work yesterday (October 11), I heard two Detroit radio stations from Erie:

   • 102.7 WHDD

   • 104.3 WOMC

   The last time this happened was November 12, 2010 when I heard WOMC. WOMC must be on a really clear channel to be able to get this station every time.

2. Tropospheric ducting -- again
   • 2010 November 12
   • ham_radio,
   • erie,
   • radio,
   • technology,
   • space

   This is actually a cut and paste (mostly) of a previous entry I had exactly one year ago today! Strange how these atmospheric conditions manifested themself on exactly the same day.

   This morning on the way to work, I received WOMC, a Detroit radio station broadcasting on 104.3 Mhz from a tower near Ferndale, Michigan, according to the Wikipedia entry. It was an extremely clear signal, and I listened to it for a half an hour until I arrived at my destination, and the signal never faded. Every so often, Erie receives good broadcasts from Detroit without interference. In fact, it was a better signal strength than most of the local stations.

3. Amateur radio in Haiti
   • 2010 January 23
   • ham_radio,
   • technology,
   • haiti

   This article at CNN discusses the role that ham radio is playing in the 2010 Haitian earthquake.

4. Amateur radio in Haiti unsafe
   • 2010 January 23
   • ham_radio,
   • technology,
   • emergencies,
   • haiti

   From the ARRL, some amateur radio operators, installing an emergency site at the Dominican Republic's embassy, were fired upon while in a convoy.

   "Within a few hours though, reports via the RCD Facebook page -- confirmed by a long telephone conversation between Hugo Ramón, HI8VRS, and Ramon Santoyo, XE1KK -- reported that the HI8RCD team of eight amateurs were back in the [Dominican Republic] border town of Jimani," Mossop said. "Their convoy, which included other non related Dominicans, was assaulted and one person is reported dead. The radio amateurs are uninjured, but they decided to leave the capital for safety [reasons] and return to the border unescorted. They report the situation as 'extremely unsafe.'"

   No good deed goes unpunished.

5. Tropospheric ducting
   • 2009 November 12
   • ham_radio,
   • erie,
   • radio,
   • technology,
   • space

   This morning on the way to work, I received WOMC, a Detroit radio station broadcasting on 104.3 Mhz from a tower near Ferndale, Michigan, according to the Wikipedia entry. It was an extremely clear signal, and I listened to it for a half an hour until I arrived at my destination, and the signal began fading. Every so often, Erie receives good broadcasts from Detroit without interference. In fact, it was a better signal strength than most of the local stations.

6. Erie Red Cross amateur radio club hamfest
   • 2009 June 09
   • erie,
   • ham_radio

   The Erie Red Cross Amateur Radio Club will be holding their chapter's Hamfest (CHAMFEST) at the Erie Red Cross located at 4961 Pittsburgh Avenue in Erie.

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