The holidays are a great time to send radiograms to friends or relatives. Recommendations for origination are: 1. Include a current telephone number and email address for the recipient with your origination. 2. Use an “ARL Numbered Radiogram” such as “ARL Sixty One” or keep your text concise. Less than 25 words is recommended for […]
Last week, RRI had the pleasure to meet Fred Hopengarten K1VR who is running for re-election to the ARRL board of directors, representing New England. We were interested in Fred’s options about traffic handling and related matters. Now, this was the first time we’ve attempted something like this, and Zoom proved to be troublesome! But […]
An emergency bulletin has been issued in advance of Hurricane Ida landfall: http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hurricane-Ida-290001Z-Aug-2021.pdf
34 R W6RRI 33 BUCHANAN MI 1504Z AUG 22 QNC RRI/NTS RADIO OPERATORS SUBJ HURRICANE HENRI BULLETIN UPDATE BT DUE TO INTERFERENCE FROM A RTTY CONTEST THE 14 MHZ CW FREQUENCY REFERENCED IN BULLETIN DTG 220021Z HAS MOVED TO 10117R5 MHZ X THE 7115 KHZ EVENING/NIGHT FREQUENCY REMAINS UNCHANGED AT THIS TIME BT RADIO RELAY […]
Radio Relay International has issued a bulletin in response to Hurricane Henri. It is posted to our “Publications” page at: http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hurricane-Henri-220021Z-Aug-2021.pdf
A variety of updated material has been posted to the National SOS Radio Network and Neighborhood Hamwatch sections of our web page. These include a new Neighborhood Hamwatch brochure designed to target neighborhood associations and community relief organizations, two revised flyers for the National SOS Radio Network, one of which is designed for use in […]
The First Quarter 2021 emergency communications exercise will emphasize portable operation. A scoring system is used to encourage a diversity of capabilities while rewarding field-expedient solutions, operator skill and overall station performance. The exercise is open to individual radio amateurs, radio clubs, and emergency communications organizations Worldwide. This exercise should be of interest to traffic […]
A new CW Training Broadcast Schedule Effective January 1, 2021 has been released. These CW training broadcasts occur on the first and third Wednesday (Tuesday local time in North America) at 0001Z on 14060 kHz: 0100Z on 7060 kHZ; 0200Z on 3560 kHz. A complete description of this program may be found here: Click to […]
Radio Relay International would like to invite radio amateurs to send a holiday greeting radiogram via the traffic system. If you follow these instructions, your Christmas radiogram will be delivered on a special Christmas radiogram form, a sample of which, as formatted for delivery, is shown. Holiday radiograms can be originated by checking into a nearby […]
In keeping with our on-going cycle of public service communications training classes, Radio Relay International will be presenting the following classes during the month of November, 2020: Emergency Communications Planning (Class TR-006): This class introduces the student to basic disaster telecommunications theory, discusses the emergency management cycle and how its applied to telecommunications resources, how […]