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…
Approved: CRO Training Plan & Fast Telegram Routing Procedure
Radio Relay International would like to thank everyone who provided feedback on the restructuring proposal introduced this past February. We received many comments regarding the proposal and, of the many…
RRI Announces CW Field Exercise Contest
The growing interest in CW within the amateur radio community presents an exciting opportunity to reinvigorate CW nets and traffic operation. It has been known for years that CW nets…
Do Traffic Operators Underutilize 30-Meters?
Do Traffic Operators Underutilize 30-Meters? The 30-Meter (10-mHz) band offers several advantages for CW and manual-mode digital traffic operators, some of which are: The combination of a contest-free slice of…
Shall We Standardize IATN Schedules?
For those unfamiliar with IATN (formerly referred to as “TCC”), this is a group of point-to-point circuits that transfer message traffic between areas. IATN circuits are not “nets” but rather…
RRI Restructuring Proposal Approved
RRI Restructuring Proposal Approved On March 5, the RRI Board of Directors met to discuss the results of the recent restructuring meeting. Of particular interest during discussions was the input…
RRI Restructuring Proposal
On February 27, 2024, Radio Relay International hosted a meeting of Registered Radio Operators, the purpose of which was to discuss a proposed restructuring process. Over the past year, the…
2100 Miles on a Handheld Radio?
2100 Miles on a Handheld Radio? In recent months, social media has been inundated with advertisements for handheld two-way radios promising nationwide, survivable emergency communications. This is the verbatim text…
Prepper Comms: Connectivity versus Communications
Prepper Comms: Connectivity versus Communications It appears an entire cottage industry has emerged in which various vendors sell ham radio, GMRS, and similar resources as a preparedness tool. Search YouTube…