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Disaster Volunteers: June 2013

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This blog is about a special breed of volunteers- Disaster Volunteers. People who show up to fill sand bags, put out fires, support the medical community, care for disaster survivors and many other ways. Sunday, June 2, 2013. Volunteer Management in Disaster- you are behind when you start. Last week I attended a a Volunteer Reception Center exercise by one of my contemporaries who is the EM coordinator for ESCA. Our conversation got me thinking about this question:. Why bother you might say? Those volunt...

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March 2013 - N7LEO

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A new ham's adventures with amateur radio. Archives for March 2013. Toyota Sequoia Radio Installation. March 2, 2013. I drive a 2010 Toyota Sequoia that we got for towing our 26′ travel trailer. Not long after I got my ham license I decided that the thing to do was to put a mobile radio in it. I did a fair amount of research beforehand, and what follows is what I ended up doing. I’ll start where most things start, under the hood at the battery:. 10 gauge wire connected to the battery with in-line fuses.

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Making Windows 8 Work for Radios - N7LEO

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A new ham's adventures with amateur radio. Making Windows 8 Work for Radios. December 13, 2014. Ever since Windows 8 came out life has not been simple for folks programming radios. The problems were many:. The Windows 8 tiled interface bothers a lot of people. Drivers for USB programming cables wouldn’t work in Windows 8. Programming software for some radios wouldn’t recognize Windows 8 as a supported operating system. At least, those are the problems I’ve encountered and heard of. The Windows 8 Interface.

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Preparing for "the big one" - N7LEO

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A new ham's adventures with amateur radio. Preparing for “the big one”. April 28, 2013. On Saturday (April 27) I participated in an exercise with the local RACES arm of ESCA. 8211; the Emergency services organization for which I volunteer my amateur radio “skills”. To a couple of mobile antennas placed on camera tripods. April 28, 2013 at 1:18 pm. The only thing I don’t see much of is food. I belong to a Food Club in Central New Hampshire that dabbles in radio. Here’s a video. N7LEO is Leo Notenboom, in ...

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Falling Down on the Job – Brian K Haney

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Empowering people with Internet technology since 1993. What is Work For? Failure: The Milestones to Success. I work for Google, but my words are mine, not Google's. Please do not ascribe anything I say to Google's official policy or position. I don't put words in their mouths. They don't put words in mine. Falling Down on the Job. Yup I’ve been neglecting my blog. Mea culpa. I’ve been keeping myself (too) busy lately, mostly with volunteer projects. Just this spring, I have worked on:. With my local RACES.

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The Purse - leo.notenboom.org

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Every day is a new experiment. About & Contact. April 7, 2014. The address on the driver’s license made it pretty clear: the home of the woman pictured no longer existed. I’d volunteered to spend a day at the Oso slide. Allowed me to volunteer to work at the site. And in particular this photo of a recovered American flag. Which hung at our work station. This photo. Best represents our view throughout the day.). Is among the best for understanding the sheer magnitude of what happened.). Our work was slow&...

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Emergency | Sherwood Elementary PSO

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The InfoZone for Sherwood Families. Safe Schools Tip Line. Edmonds School District Links. Edmonds School District Emergency Notice. There are several ways you can find out if schools are closed or operating on an abnormal schedule:. There are three levels of notices:. Two hours late Limited Buses. Navigate to SchoolReport.org. The information on the website is removed after 10 AM and 3 PM daily. Many local radio and Television stations will announce closures. Put up security barriers to limit/direct vehi...

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Washington | Ready.gov

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Skip to main content. Landslides and Debris Flow. Snowstorms and Extreme Cold. Make an Emergency Plan. Plan for Your Risks. Tailor Your Plan to Your Needs. Access and Functional Needs. Infants and Young Children. Plan to Protect Yourself and Your Family. Evacuating Yourself and Your Family. Community and Other Plans. Build an Emergency Supply Kit. Basic Disaster Supplies Kit. Business Continuity Planning Suite. Be a Preparedness Leader. National Preparedness Month (NPM). Calendar and Social Media Toolkits.

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APRS - I wanna be heard! - N7LEO

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A new ham's adventures with amateur radio. APRS – I wanna be heard! June 29, 2014. At an event last year I was one of a handful of amateur radio operators who used a smartphone application ( APRSDriod. In my case) to report my position to the operation control center via APRS. As long as there’s cellular coverage, that is. I resolved not to contribute to that problem this year and set out to assemble a “real” APRS radio. After a couple of false starts I settled on a Kenwood TM-281A. Single band radio as ...