Articles: Amateur Radio & Scanning

A look inside Kansas City’s new communications center

February 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

KSHB 41 of Kansas City gives us a look at the new Kansas City (Missouri) communications center, located downtown at 1111 Locust Street. KCPD, KCFD, and other agencies recently moved over to the Metropolitan Area Regional Radio System (MARRS), an 800 MHz P25 simulcast system.

Hams: Are you covered?

February 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

This article was originally prepared for and published as the President’s Soapbox column in the February 2012 edition of the Static Sheet, the bi-monthly publication of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Asssociation. By now most of you have made new year’s resolutions for 2012, and some have already abandoned their resolutions. Of those that made [...]

Looking back at 2011, looking forward to 2012 in the DMRAA

February 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

This article was originally prepared for and published as the President’s Soapbox column in the December 2011 edition of the Static Sheet, the bi-monthly publication of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Asssociation. What a year! Coming off of two very well-received general meetings in September and October, it’s time for the annual DMRAA Chili Feed [...]

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