Tag: emergency

W6TRW Club Meeting June 13, 2023

Speaker Topic for this Month: “W6TRW Field Day 2023 – An Experiment in QRP“ Greg Shreve KE6YEX, Dylon N6MX, Mark KD7DTS   We’re planning for Field Day 2023.  We’ll be at Friendship Park again, and this year we’re doing something different – QRP (5-watt transmitter power maximum, battery/solar power only).  W6TRW Field Day 2022 was …

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Field Day 2021 Is On!

W6TRW Field Day 2021 Is On! June 26-27, 2021 QTH: Deane Dana Friendship Park, San Pedro 1805 W 9th St, San Pedro, CA 90732 Event Schedule: 1800 UTC Saturday (11:00am local); Ending at 2100 UTC Sunday (2:00pm local) Due to recent COVID restrictions being lifted and thanks to the quick work of several club members, …

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W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday July 9, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting July 9, 2019 Tuesday @ 6:00pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Bob Lanahan, KK6WYW: “Winlink Tutorial and Demo” Winlink is…a global email system via radio. …a worldwide radio email service that uses radio pathways where the internet is not present, and is capable of operating completely without the internet–automatically–using …

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NBC News Report Says Hams “Could Save Our Lives” in a Disaster

  A team from NBC News’ digital news unit Left Field was in Hawaii to visit with some radio amateurs to produce a report when the false nuclear missile alert happened on January 13. Left Field’s report points out how much we rely on cell phones and 21st-century technology…and what we would do if these …

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Club Meeting Tuesday October 13 – Duane Mariotti, WB9RER – The Future of Emergency Communications

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 5:30 PM Round Table Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd., Torrance   In less than 20 years, cell phones have gone from a basic communications device to a handheld multi-functional communicator. Significant funding has supported statewide integrated two way voice and data radio systems. Does amateur radio have a role with the new …

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Information on W6TRW Field Day

Hi, all – It’s summertime, and the annual ARRL Field Day is here again!  Please join us on 27-28 June at Friendship Park in San Pedro.  There will be lots of opportunities to learn about radio technology and radio operation firsthand, and to get on the air!  It’s also a great time to meet the …

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W6TRW Field Day June 27-28

The W6TRW Amateur Radio Club returns this year to Deane Dana Friendship Park in San Pedro for Field Day. Since the first ARRL Field Day in 1933, radio amateurs throughout North America have practiced the rapid deployment of radio communications equipment in environments ranging from operations under tents in remote areas to operations inside Emergency Operations Centers …

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