Author Archives: David KK7WXV

AT&T Discontinues Messaging Services

AT&T stopped supporting email-to-text and text-to-email transcription services. Why does this matter? Emergency notification services broadly depend on those services to notify subscribers. A recent example is the 8.9 earthquake on July 29th. The US Government supplies earthquake notification services via email and text message. Many monitor for such events primarily because they live inContinue reading “AT&T Discontinues Messaging Services”

POTA Page Update

Sunday afternoon at Bullards Beach State Park Gary N6BLU and John KK6GUK inhabited a picnic table with a radio and a couple of antennas. What’s worth noting is that John has been very busy interfacing the POTA powers that establish listed parks. He’s had two added in Coos County just this year. Anyway, those areContinue reading “POTA Page Update”

Field Day Notes – What Radio?

User modded operations – The Xeigu x6100 Thank you fellow CCRC members and visitors who stopped past my table and asked questions Here are some notes on the radio I was operating to fill in the picture. At full power the Xeigu x6100 transmits 10 watts. Many acquire the radio for POTA/SOTA operation. It hasContinue reading “Field Day Notes – What Radio?”

Arrastra Saddle

Field report from the Tour de Fronds The Club supported the Tour de Fronds with radio-assisted rider tracking. At one point Gary N6BLU, acting as a roving station, stopped to assist a rider who was having difficulty breathing. He called for rider assistance. A sag wagon picked up the rider somewhere in the “Cruiser Crush”Continue reading “Arrastra Saddle”