Puerto Rico Communications Manager Appointed
The Radio Relay International Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jorge Rivera to the position of Puerto Rico Communications Manager. Mr. Rivera (licensed as NP4ZB) has…
RRI Bulletin, Huricane Milton, October 8, 2024, 1945Z
Radio amateurs in Florida may want to prepare for a significant hurricane due to impact the west coast of the state within the next 48-hours. As with all such tropical…
Q.E.D: Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene: Q.E.D. Several decades ago, the author described radio amateurs as being “prostrate at the altar of the god baud, cowering in fear.” This tongue-in-cheek statement was intended to…
Customer Service!
Those who have taken the time to attend our on-line presentations or read our training documents know that Radio Relay International generally classifies customer service in two categories; “direct” and…
Cognitive Dissonance in an Uncertain World
Radio amateurs are subject to the same level of generational myopia and propensity for denial as any other group of human beings. Like many today, the average radio amateur has…
Broadcast Network Coverage of 1948 ARRL Field Day
With the annual ARRL Field Day event rapidly approaching, we thought it might be nice to share this audio recording of a 1948 network radio broadcast covering Amateur Radio and…
RRI National Response Plan Updated
Despite having been heavily involved in promoting public service and emergency communications for over a century, the legacy organization that predates the creation of Radio Relay International had never developed…
Storm Spotting or Storm Chasing
During a 25-year association with the National Weather Service I was responsible for training “Skywarn” storm spotters throughout a seventeen-county area (CWA). Total annual attendance at these training classes measured…
The Lahaina Fire: Are the Cellular Carriers Responsible?
Associated Press recently reported that Maui County, Hawaii is suing several cellular carriers for a failure to notify law enforcement of cellular outages during the disastrous Lahaina wildfire during August…
An Emergency Exercise
On a recent Sunday morning, after checking into a routine CW net, some adjacent channel interference appeared near 7116 kHz. The transmissions seemed unusually brief, so curiosity got the best…