Pat Lambert
WØIPL
[ ECom | TNCs | NVIS | ]

I have been active in the Emergency Communications aspect of amateur radio since 1978 and have spent the last ten tears as the Colorado Training Manager for that group. During that time I worked with the ARRL in developing the source material for their ARECC program (I was lead of sixteen people working on the project) and once the ARRL took what they wanted from our product (project disbanded), I added another 50+ percent to the size, in the form of: ICS and NIMS overviews, suggested equipment lists, log forms, NVIS antenna information, TNC information and incident debriefing information. The end result has been the Colorado training standard for the last six years. I then added an introduction, shown below.

Should I be in ECom?    A question worth asking yourself.

We THE PEOPLE
The USA?
The Difference
Wolf, Sheep or Sheepdog   Sheeple?
Gun Control Symposium April 8, 2008 - A MUST READ
Here's a Should Happen
Fry Your Bacon
Social (In)Security?
Freedom
Todd Jarrett video.
Handgun Laws (all US)
Handgun action - High speed photog.
Unsafe?    Not at all.
HandGun information and discussion
Pat Sez
ANGRY!?
What IF?
Oklahoma is OK    If you are not illegal.
Global Warming    and a test to see if you actually understand it.
Are you Happy?
Gun Town? Kennesaw Georgia mandates each head of household own a gun - crime rate drops, no gun deaths in 25 years! UPI quote: "The rate of violent crime is approximately four times lower than the state and national rates"

I'VE GOT MY RIGHTS!

Current USGS Stream flow data for Colorado

High and Low temperature records - by month and day

Equipment Manufacturers and Retailers

DON'T BUY HP computers!

- Links -

  • American Stupidity. Things that you will only see in America.

  • Apocalypse NOT - 12/31/99 Event

  • APRS Implementation information. This has a UI-View slant because we have not gotten input from very many other software users.

  • After Action Summary Summary of the last five years After Action reports. "Lessons Learned" are actually "Lessons Forgotten" from previous years.

  • ECom Staffing Also known as the "soapbox" letter ;-) WELL worth the read.

  • Communication Guidelines and Net Participant's Guide as a PDF.

  • Consistency in Training - - NOT found as often as we should.

    Important information about NIMS (ICS-700) is at:

  • Crime Mitigation at your house.

  • CW Keyer Kit    WELL worth the $34

  • Definitions:

  • Is this the new Democratic Party Seal?

  • Did You ever think about . . .

  • Digital Skills . . . Useful skills list for those interested in digital operation.

  • Digital Skills - PDF . . . Useful skills list for those interested in digital operation.

  • Disaster Links LARGE Amazing list!

  • FCC Database Searches

  • Frequencies:

    FORMS

  • Forms Please note: Some of these forms will require printing as "landscape" rather than "portrait" (presuming you want them to be usable).

  • Forms, ICS:     Do a Google search with "ics forms" as the search argument. Include the quotes, to get links to any ICS form you may need.

  • Free FBI records search   ;-)

  • Go Bag - a PDF copy.

  • What is Good Enough?

  • Good Operators

    Handhelds

  • Hand-Helds I have known.
    My opinion on several hand helds I have or had.
    Not a technical review. Just the user perspective.

  • HF propagation numbers. Where you can find them and what they tell you.

  • HTML - Examples. From very simple to VERY complex.

  • I'll be ready when ..... Horse Feathers!

  • Information for your 9-1-1 Call

  • J-Pole Antenna Information.

  • List posts or - do you see yourself in any but the first two entries?

  • List etiquette - in case you do find yourself in the previous item.

  • Management Options

  • Mediocrity     Are 1970's communications adequate in 2007?

  • NO Meth!

  • Mission Plan - Outline of those items a person doing the actual planning for an event or incident needs to think about. NOTE: Not everything in this document applies to every event/incident. Use what applies!

  • Radio Modifications that I trust.

  • Net Participation.   You can be a big help!

    NVIS

  • NVIS Antenna Information.

  • NVIS Propagation.

  • KD0RC Packet software is available at
    http://www.coloradoares.org/software.htm

  • Personal Preparation - obvious things we tend to forget.

  • Points to ponder - Information, jokes and my opinions on a few items.

  • Proof - that some things are not as they seem.

  • "Random" Length wire antennas.

  • Repair Windoz errors. You to can fix all of the errors you have with Windoz! Click on the link to fix ALL windoz problems. ;-)

  • RF Exposure Information.

  • Smoke Screen!

    SUN SPOTS

  • Sun Spot Cycle

  • TNC information

  • TenTec Argonaut-V   A small 160-10M rig.

  • TenTec Jupiter   Less than adequate.

  • "Top Twenty" errors, omissions, flubs, etc. overheard in event or weekly nets. These are to help everyone learn better techniques, not point a finger at anyone (except for a very few ECs that really need to be pointed at).

  • Troubleshooting electronic circuits.

  • ECom Users

  • 30 WPM CW training software from G4FON. Look under "Koch CW Trainer". I use release 3 but he has others.

  • 45ACP velocities

  • 60 METER Operation Information from ARRL.
    60 METER Frequency List also ARRL.

  • 60 METERS with MODIFIED Radios from ARRL. This PDF contains information that everyone NEEDS to look at. You will note that some very expensive modified radios do NOT meet FCC specifications on 60 Meteres!

  • 72-Hour Family Emergency Kit

  • Glossary of terms and acronyms used in ECom and ICS.