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HAM Radio

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)

This is a collection of links concerned with amateur radio emergency operations

• PortaPacket ( pic shows up below.. I have to fix that)
• National ARES website
• National Emergency Alert Notification System
• ARES NC Section Emergency Plan
• ARRL National Traffic System Methods and Practices Guidelines
• A printable Radiogram blank
• A printable Radiogram blank (2 per page)
• FEMA form ICS-213
• FEMA's list of forms used in ICS

Automatic Position Reporting (APRS)

Another amateur radio service is automatic position reporting. Here are some pages that include my current position report.

• APRS Specifications
• My portable APRS setup
• Current APRS Position Report

Software Defined Radio

Ok this one falls under the "I wish I were rich" category. I'm saving up my pennies!

• Universal Software Radio Peripheral

Solar-Terrestial Data

Solar activity has a direct impact on radio wave propagation. This little widget from Paul Herrman at http://www.hamsql.com provides real time information as to the state of solar activity.

Network Monitoring

My MIB library

Here is a copy of the MIBS and SNMP crap I've collected over the past few years. Currently it is a jumbled mess of data that I hope to better organize it someday but for now its a all in one large file

• mibs.zip 249Mb

Weather

Local and National Weather

These pages are concerned with local and national weather

• Current Weather Advisories
• Current Weather Conditions at the Concord Regional Airport

Home Weather Station

I've wanted to setup a weather monitoring station for awhile now but I've not yet started on that. Here's a few links on the subject

• Citizen Weather Observer Program
• Amateur Weather Stations in NC

Academia

ECU

I'm currently enrolled at East Carolina University's School of Technology and Computer Science. I'm working toward my Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology Major.
Since I am taking most classes on-line, this is a placeholder for the various links that I use to access classes and present assignments.

• Blackboard, the online classroom
• OneStop, the student portal