Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day – ARMAD 2012 will be held on 26 May 2012 (the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend). The purpose for having Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day is to give a shout out in support of those serving on the Front Line as First Responders and Military Personnel. As well as those […]
The Derby RF Gateway is getting close to being back on the air. Should be fully operational within the coming week. The will also be two new PBX servers coming online shortly. Will have some added features available through the new PBX servers plus the ones that were available previously. Updated 2011 09 23 15:36 […]
A lot of testing going on, gradually get some of these new features implement. Like to find some ways where we can send SITREP and situational awareness messages without having to rely on the Internet. Still feel that high speed multi media (HSMM) will be a good tool for local and interurban applications. What needs […]
Social Media – When the Internet is out What’s the quickest most efficient way to get the word out when a situation needs immediate attention? Going to be working on getting the public feed tied into the OPS website http://ops.alertradio.net Remember there is a RSS feed available that can be plugged into your email client […]
We are back online. We continue to need your support in order to remain online. The PBX and RF Gateway – Derby will be back as soon as we restore the large broadband pipe. ALERTradio ERC definitely can use your financial support so we can indeed be ready. […]
In the 1800s there was the frontier of West. Today we have digital frontiers to explore. The digital frontiers may not always be digital voice or data that appears within this new frontier. Some may remember the days of 1200 baud packet that was quite popular in the 1990s. This technology is now present in […]
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day – ARMAD 2012 will be held on 27 May 2012 (the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend). The purpose for having Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day is to give a shout out in support of those serving on the Front Line as First Responders and Military Personnel. As well as those […]
The Challenge that is on everyone’s mind tends to end up dealing with financial requirements to maintain focus on the ideas and goals that a group and individual needs to accomplish. We are in that same situation as well, we need to have financial support in order to maintain the web site as well as […]
In development news we picked up five more nodes for connectivity to the Allstar Link Network. These five nodes will be used in the Communications Transportable Systems (CoTS). Also they are beneficial in understanding the proper procedures for setting up multiple node servers both for the Asterisk Radio Network – ARN and Asterisk Amateur Radio […]
Check out the Overo Fire, it has Bluetooth and 802.11(g) on-board, a perfect solution for Asterisk HSMM package. Did someone mention a video phone? How about a mobile rig with Bluetooth access and hands-free connectivity. Good job Gumstix … […]
Remote Base: What is the function? What will it be used for? How will it connect to other stations? What is the function: A Remote Base provides a method in which locations outside the normal range of a Base Station or Repeater can be accessed. Thus providing additional communications coverage area. What will it be […]
Do you know what 711 TRS is? 711 is the nationwide telephone number for accessing Telephone Relay Service (TRS). TRS permits persons with a hearing or speech disability to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device to call persons with or without such disabilities. Making TRS Calls If you want […]
A new digital project is coming up that will provide a method to push digital radio traffic to SIP / IAX2 phones as well as PSTN. Testing is in progress now, more details coming soon. […]
Forward-Thinking Digital Imagining 1) HSMM capabilities at least in the 70cm band and even in 1.25m band. 2 ) Long range HSMM networks with data/video/voice capabilities. (With products like the Ubiquiti Networks Bullet [ubnt.com] should be able to get some decent range) 3) Low-cost Digital Interface that can plug into any radio with a data […]
The Digital Analog Radio Network is near. DARN defined as “to mend by weaving thread across a gap” that is what is being done. Those that want to see flexibility will go with the DARN approach, as a improvement while there will be others that find it to be just annoyance. DARN definitely fits the […]