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Do You Depend Upon Cell Phones For Emergency Use?
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Maybe you should ask some Hurricane Katrina survivors
whether that is wise. Just like victims of other emergencies and
disasters have discovered, Amateur "Ham" Radio is much more than bearded old men, sitting in
their basements, talking or tapping out Morse code to other bearded, old
men in their basements. Even in this era of cell phones and the
Internet, it is still often the only reliable communications in
emergencies. Learn
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Read a great book as it's written...
Two of my favorite authors, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, perform
online, without a net:
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Electronic News Gathering Safety
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| One of my projects is promoting safety for technicians, photographers, reporters, and engineers operating in and around television Electronic News Gathering (ENG) vehicles, commonly known as "live trucks." |
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 People have been seriously injured and killed when their live truck mast came in contact with energized power lines. Lightning is also a significant danger.My 1997 Radio World article, On Remotes, Look Up and Live, is essentially a compilation of information I learned from Mark Bell, the risk management department of Georgia Power, the National Lightning Safety Institute, and other sources. Be sure to visit Mark Bell's ENGSafety.com site!
And the
best ENG Safety videotape I've seen is "Safety Is Good News" from the Salt River Project, an Arizona power utility. To promote safety they are distributing it at no charge to the broadcast industry. Send email to request your own copy.
(Important: free to broadcast industry only!) |
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Public Relations Tips — "Getting Stories On Local TV News"
 | Trying to improve your organization's public relations efforts? Take a look at
these tips for getting local television
news coverage of your event. While written
specifically for getting television coverage of Amateur ("Ham") Radio, the
concepts described here apply to all organizations and all news media. |
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Poking Fun at TV News — "TV Sweeps from Hell"
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web site seems to have disappeared. On his site was his hilarious promotion
spoof "TV Sweeps From Hell" — a humorous take on promoting local television news, especially during the ratings "sweeps " months (February, May and November).
I have been unsuccessful in contacting Charlie, so since he made the parody
freely available it is now available here for
your enjoyment. |
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Passing Multiple-Choice Exams | Need to pass a multiple-choice exam? My Guide to Passing Amateur Radio Exams, while (again) written specifically for Amateur ("ham") Radio licensing tests, has concepts which apply to all "multiple-guess" tests. (Hey, it can't hurt to take a look...) |
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News, Weather and Commentary
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There are numerous news sites on the web, some of which allow webmasters to "borrow" content for use on their own sites. I've put together a modest collection at News.ARFunk.com. |
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Camp Spruce Hill? Does "Tolland, via Granville" ring a bell? Did you summer at Camp Spruce Hill in Tolland, Mass?
Then visit the Spruce Hill "club" on Yahoo! |
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but your cost is the same either way.) |
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