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Amateur Radio Braces for Hurricane Isabel
TaxSlave writes "Amateur Radio operators in North Carolina and elsewhere in the projected track of Hurricane Isabel are getting ready for action. ARES has been activated in many areas, and hams are recommended to be ready. NC ARES has an information page for the storm and Hurricane Watch Net has a good info page as well. Even outside the major storm area, hams are posted at shelters which are filling up with storm refugees."
Mmmm... Ham.
hams are posted at shelters which are filling up with storm refugees
Good thing too. All this evacuating is making me hungry!
That's all very well, but what about vegetarians? Are we going to just let them starve to death?
If I seem short sighted, it is because I stand on the shoulders of midgets
Man, we don't get ANY good storms up here anymore. It used to snow like crazy back in the mid 80s. Now I'm lucky if it's a white Christmas! Time to relocate to NC so I can get involved in all that hot ham radio action!
Tom
KB8UFJ
Well, only in the USofA.
Other countries are dumping Morresey Code as requirement.
Atleast they're the amateur model..When I was young I always wished my braces could play the radio. Now a stinkin hurricane gets radio braces. Feh!
I'm a vegetarian you insensitive clod!!!
While you make a good point, I wouldn't worry too much. I'd take a guess that they probably have a reliable backup plan for communications. =)
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A woman on Slashdot who has a clue about ham radio?
May I ask you what your gridsquare is?
See the Pictures of the Flood of '08
You ever notice when disaster strikes(weather, blackouts, etc), those ham radio people are always there? Hmmm..
"Marge, prepare the emergency ham!"
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Please, oh please, let's not damage ham radio's image this way. Some folks here on ./ still think we are okay.
> Who said it was a woman?
:-)
My BF and I actually met on Slashdot three years ago...we're engaged. I had a Slashdot account, but lost the password and the email address associated with the account was long gone...so I haven't bothered to re-register. I suppose I could provide you with some proof of my gender, but as they say on the Internet, those could be anyone's breasts
Why use Ham radio when you can have SPAM radio! It's the radio that comes in a can to protect from the worst weather conditions.
Not only will Spam Radio keep you updated on the latest conditions in Nigeria, you will also learn how you can take advantage of offers that will let you achieve, erm, "personal growth", (wink wink, nudge nudge)
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Depends on your definition of pr0n I suppose. If you mean nekkid wimmin, well, yeah. If you mean images so vile that they go against the morals of a decent and civil society, then Pictures from the Dayton hamfest surely qualify.
Think 22,000 sweaty, smelly, unbathed, short, fat, old, bald white guys.
On second though, Don't.
Still one of my guilty pleasures even though it's become a real dive in the past 10 years or so.
Cheers, Peter, W2IRT
Hmm.. 802.11b Moonbounce. Talk about war-driving.
Why did you rtfa? You shouldn't have rtfa!!!!
Everything seemed to be going so nice
'till the end of all beings punched right through the ice
Well send us a photo of your breasts and we'll make up our own minds. Thanks!
My girlfriend and 11 year old daughter passed their novice/tech tests without effort.
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.you're telling us that you live in Arkansas?
Ewww. .
Soooo. . .
But Grandpa is still in diapers!