DU Hams, MARS, CAP, CB .... check in.

[DemoTex]

How many do we have, in case of emergency? What would be a good emergency frequency common to all of the above? I suggest a 10/11-meter freq and a 20-meter freq (and maybe a 80-meter freq for nights) for SSB communications.

Mac
K9STR
Amateur-Extra (all amateur band privileges)

[havocmom]

1. Good idea, Mac

Wish I had a radio. Thinkin pigeons might not be a bad thing as back up too.

Old shortwave in the basement. Should I dust it off and pop in some batteries just in case the internet goes dark and I need news? I live REALLY far off the beaten path.

If you ham operators go into action, will there be any way for short wave stations to get your news and broadcast to us peons?

I am wave challenged.

[DemoTex]

3. Dust it off, HM.

I'll always be on the easy-to-remember 20-meter freq of 14.28 mHz. I have a dipole cut to that exact frequency, and I can easily do 1-KW power on that frequency.

Mac

[liberaldemocrat7]

11. WA2UTV here in New Yawk

I have 2 meter and 450 mhz

[Canuckistanian]

2. Good idea

I'm going for my Basic Canadian ticket soon.

What about IRLP? Provided there are enough repeaters and the Internet links stay intact, it could be a great resource.

Other than that, low-power systems such as PSK31 that are resistant to interference would be a good choice, too.

[DemoTex]

5. I was thinking about an internet down.

PSK-31 is fantastic. I regularly work Japan, New Zealand, and Australia on 10 meters/5-watts PSK-31! Download the programs now and be totally independent of the internet.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. We still have some radios.. but they are 2 and 6m i think. Dad has bigger

gear. I haven't even renewed my license, but I spose i could get that taken care of.

[DemoTex]

7. Renew now.

Get the gear in shape. The two meter band is very important during local emergencies. Six is less important, but cultivate it.

Mac

[karlrschneider]

6. That's actually a good idea, Mac.

20 or 40M would probably be the best choices. I don't have a current ticket or any gear, though.
If things get real weird I wouldn't even worry about the license...I really should get my old call
K5ETH back, it never got reassigned. A rig is easy to latch onto. Dammit, I knew I should've kept
my 75A4 and KWS1. ;-)

No tower here but I could throw up a decent enough dipole in an hour...
K

[DemoTex]

8. No tower here either .. yet!

Renew or standby as a pirate. Either works for me when the shit hits the fan. If I ever have to go pirate, I'll do about 10KW with a bootleg Svetlana tube grounded-grid amplifier.

Mac

[karlrschneider]

10. What's that rig? Is it a Kenwood?

It looks a bit familiar but the center part with the spectrum analyzer display baffles me...?
..

Oh wait, it's a Icom! I finally managed to read some of the text below the S meter. Can't make out the model number though...
K

[aka-chmeee]

9. One from Zero-land

K0HK, mostly traffic nets ( not that anyone passes any real traffic via HAM radio anymore, unless there has been a disaster somewhere ) But, interested in the digital modes and HF QRP.

73
Huck

[havocmom]

12. Keep it kicked. We need more info about broadcast frequencies

for all you guys. I agree with Mac's pro-active stance. The net is what is bringing the junta down, after corporations spent all that money on pols to deregulate media ownership and then all that money on buying the media. The people would not know how bad the junta is were it not for the Internet and the junta now understands the threat of free exchange of information on this medium.

There will be attempts to shut it down, bet ya dollars to donuts. When cheney refuses to turn over the reins, there will be disarray in the extreme. We will need ways to get information across vast distances and you HAM operators may well be the only way to do it.

So many people will rely on you folks. I know I will. Without some way to know what is going on in other places, we would be COMPLETELY vulnerable and lost in many parts of the nation. The west coast and east coast, for all their sophistication, culture and massive populations, would be just as isolated as I am up here on the plains of eastern Montana.

Keep it kicked. Post link to this in other threads to get the word out to hams. We need a resource that those of us without transmitters, but with receivers, can print out and stash away.

And we need batteries if we don't have generators.

Thanks Mac. :patriot:

Hey, if you guys are not comfy posting your signals here, at least PM some of us with them so we can come up with a decent web of frequencies to monitor when the excrement hits the ventilating device.

And please keep it kicked. Don't let the important stuff drown in all the flashy diversions. That would be letting the junta win another battle. Time for us to rack up some wins.

Mac: pats to that pup from hm ;)

[Stardust]

13. Kick!

[havocmom]

14. Thanks, Now, how 'bout some more Recommends

This is too important to let it get lost in all the glamour of other issues.

It's the nuts and bolts stuff that saves yer ass when the chips are down, folks.

[satya]

15. This is great info -- K&R. nt

[corkhead]

16. I am a general with 2M, 440, and Shortwave capability.

Got my license the last time BFEE was in the whitehouse for this reason.

[byronius]

17. All right, you've got me interested.

I'll have to check Ebay.

[helderheid]

18. I want to learn how to do this

[Canuckistanian]

19. Here you go:

Some starting points.

http://www.hello-radio.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio

http://www.hamuniverse.com/

[havocmom]

20. one more kick from me

bookmark this one, folks, and download the info... print it out. Come a day it may be very important way to keep in touch and informed

[helderheid]

22. thank you - we need as many ways to keep in touch as possible

[havocmom]

23. I keep suggesting carrier pigeons

and only half in jest!

[helderheid]

25. but they can be eaten by pelicans!

[havocmom]

26. Or ordered executed due to 'bird flu' and/or West Nile Virus!

Think all this anti-bird sentiment being built in our culture is an accident? ;)

[helderheid]

27. *giggle*

:spray:

[havocmom]

28. G' mornin, kiddo

Always start the day with a chuckle. Makes 'em wonder what you're up to ;)

[helderheid]

30. A much needed way to start the day. My 4 year old is crying...sigh...

[havocmom]

21. In light of the SS going for subpoenas to use on DU,

BIG FUCKING KICK for this thread.

Mac and others know it's important. Glad we have such people on our side.

[Change has come]

24. is there a DU forum for this?

very interesting.

[kath]

31. But, but, but havocmom, don't you know that the SS and the FBI

are our FRIENDS?? I know it from reading the messages of many of the posters on the Secret Service thread. It's a GOOD thing that the SS and FBI aggressively investigate websites like DU and people with anti-Bush t-shirts, anti-Bush posters in their apartments, and anti-Bush artwork. Investigating dissenters is not in ANY way intended to have a chilling effect on free speech or free expression.

(it's a fokkin' shame that I think I probably need to attach the :sarcasm: icon for the benefit of other DEers.
ACKKKKK. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: )


Oh, and BTW, The Progressive is all wrong when they print articles like "The New McCarthyism" on their website http://progressive.org/newmccarthyism and when they have a "McCarthyism Watch" section on their website that is 20 pages long http://progressive.org/mccarthy

Wait,wait - I forgot the Dept. of Homeland Security. They're our friends too, because they also investigate dangerous dissenters, and their artwork, and t-shirts, etc.

All these agencies keeping us safe. It's a great day in 'Murka.

[havocmom]

32. I DO know there are good guys AND bad guys in most departments

and there is a not-so-civil war going on between many of them.

I also know cheney won't stop at anything to save his own ass. That means I expect the worst.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

35. Your Sarcasm Wreaks Of Stupidity.

Sorry, that was the only reaction that popped into my head.

[ramapo]

29. KD2MX here

I'm active on all bands 160M-432Mhz depending upon propagation, etc. Basically a QRP enthusiast so I work mostly CW. Have a FT897 and KX1, both field-ready.

I've dabbled with PSK but have to get more into it. It's also ideal for QRP ops.

There is no one band that is good as a meeting place. 10M just isn't open enough. Probably a combo of 80/40&20M DU calling frequencies.

[havocmom]

33. Thanks. Adding it to my little list

and getting more batteries.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

34. Why? Did You Forget To Pay Your Phone Bill Or Something?

:rofl:

[havocmom]

37. Don't make me put a message in a bottle

and whomp you on the head with it. ;)

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

38. LOL

[LiberalArkie]

36. both VHF and HF General and Army MARS

Mainly HF with a Kenwood TS-480SAT and A Kenwood TS-440SAT and a pair of Alinco 2m mobile rigs..

I wish we had a Liberal HF net somewhere.. I sure would like to join in..

[havocmom]

39. What with GOTV, we are currently a hit and miss crowd.

:kick: for those who have been out.