 | Adam,
Just a note to say thanks for acknowledging the work that the ham operators
have been doing since the storm hit New Orleans last week. There have been a
number of stories in the media about how they are helping to keep
communication lines open during this devastating period of time.
While there are a number of HF communication nets running constantly, there
are also a couple of services that use Voice over IP as their primary method
of communication. Have a look at the Internet Radio Linking Project
(www.irlp.net) and the Voice over IP Weather Net (www.voipwx.net) as
examples. Both of these sites offer streaming audio of the communications
when the nets are active, as they probably will be next week when the next
storms start making their way west.
And just as an aside, Morse code is no longer required for access to some
parts of the ham spectrum in the US, and is not required at all up here in
Canada.
Thanks for a great show, Adam. I listen to it every day on the commute to
work.
73,
Rod Templeton, VE7RJT
Vancouver, BC
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