Amateur Radio Digital and Voice Emergency Communications: Build your community group's assets & expertise

Amateur Radio Digital & Voice Emergency Communications -- A down-to-earth how-to book for inexpensively creating both voice and digital emergency communications assets and skills within your community. The story of how the ARES group in Alachua County Florida (home of the Gators ) went from "0 to 60" on digital communications in only a few months. CERT volunteers became hams through Technician classes, five VHF packet server stations were created using Raspberry Pi's to reduce costs, WINLINK servers came into existence....client stations were created. Skills involving antennas, software, operations, propagation -- all were developed. Technicians graduated to General Class, "solder sessions" and other educational sessions sprang up on weekends. Antenna-Raising Parties & slingshots became popular VHF distances achieved broke all expectations. And everyone had FUN learning, building and doing This 2nd Edition adds new information on MESH, easier keyboard to keyboard packet communications, NIMs-compliant Full Scale Exercises and leadership idea.

Author: Gordon L. Gibby MD
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 06/09/2017
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9781548004347
ISBN10: 1548004340
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Radio

About the Author
Gordon L. Gibby MD has two degrees in Electrical Engineering and 40+ years of amateur radio experience as well as his medical career. He enjoys teaching others advanced skills that will allow them to better serve their community.

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