Hi everyone, I hope this finds every doing well. As we start this month’s newsletter I wish to thank the following members who responded to the callout of March 26 & manned K4NWS: Howard Moss KC4QJA, Ronnie King WX4RON, Ed Manley W4AGA & Johnny Knobloch. Your efforts and dedication are appreciated, both by ALERT & our served agency, the NWS. Telephones and Emergencies – Hints and Kinks “So very sad and yet amazing” – those are the words that come to mind when I think about the recent images coming from the Japanese earthquake. Here we have, for that type disaster, the most prepared nation on Earth & yet with all the technology and knowledge, once the event began they were helpless as they gazed into the eyes of a tragedy. The communications infrastructure was of course demolished. Yet a flood of messages emerged. Not via voice communications, but by internet, tweets & texting. How coul Continue reading →