ARRL National Traffic System "NTS"

 

ARTICLES ABOUT VALUE OF ARES/MARS/RACES/etc

Info to use to explain the value of ARES and Ham Radio

RELATED COMMERCIAL ARES- EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS

LINKS to INFO you REALLY need to KNOW!

 


REFERENCE and RESOURCE SECTION
 
• NVIS PROPAGATION MAPS: http://tinyurl.com/4hyej
• GEAR AND EQUIPMENT LIST: www.emcomm.org  (Click on GEAR LIST)
• FEMA TRAINING COURSES:  http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp
• FEMA TRAINING COURSE IS-700 (NIMS):  http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/is700.asp
• ARRL FSD-218.  The famous “pink card” that contains (almost) “everything you ever needed to know about RADIOGRAMS”.
  An electronic version of FSD-218 is at: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#fsd-218
• NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN www.emcomm.org (click on NWS or links) or
  Contact your EC or local SKYWARN coordinator for local net information.
• BEAUFORT WINDSPEED SCALE:   http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sigs/weather/Met_Codes/beaufort.htm
• STANDARD TIME ZONE SCALE:   http://www.travel.com.hk/region/timezone.htm
• GROUND-TO-AIR EMERGENCY CODE and GROUND-TO-AIR VISUAL SIGNALS       http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/Chap6/aim0602.html
• U. S. AIR FORCE SURVIVAL MANUAL MIRROR SIGNALING  http://www.emcomm.org/drawings/Mirror_Signaling_mid.jpg
 

 

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