Edmonton’s Get ready in the Park

Merriam Webster defines an emergency as: “an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.” That immediate action is required from those involved and usually from support services of some kind, such as fire, medical, or police. And, the key to mobilizing support, informing them of the severity, and coordinating […]

Another tool in our kit

Early in HAM radio, in our tool kit, we had CW. It is an efficient way to send messages but it takes a certain skill to be effective. You have to learn Morse code and the “lingo” of the mode. You needed to understand the short cuts or Q-codes and the abbreviations like “fb om […]