Comments - Resiliency, HAM Radio and Major Disasters - Urgent Evoke2024-03-28T17:39:49Zhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4871302%3ABlogPost%3A93124&xn_auth=nohttp://www.afrigadget.com/200…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-21:4871302:Comment:986622010-04-21T08:09:05.512ZLucasGhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/LucasG
<a href="http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/03/13/liberias-blackboard-blogger/" target="_blank">http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/03/13/liberias-blackboard-blogger/</a> and other stuff over at <a href="http://www.afrigadget.com/category/communication/" target="_blank">http://www.afrigadget.com/category/communication/</a><br />
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This shows the potential to learn p2p, where p = country. Country2Country.<br />
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<a href="http://www.appropedia.org" target="_blank">http://www.appropedia.org</a> is a good hub, tho'.
<a href="http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/03/13/liberias-blackboard-blogger/" target="_blank">http://www.afrigadget.com/2009/03/13/liberias-blackboard-blogger/</a> and other stuff over at <a href="http://www.afrigadget.com/category/communication/" target="_blank">http://www.afrigadget.com/category/communication/</a><br />
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This shows the potential to learn p2p, where p = country. Country2Country.<br />
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<a href="http://www.appropedia.org" target="_blank">http://www.appropedia.org</a> is a good hub, tho'. This is pretty sweet. Radio c…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-21:4871302:Comment:985252010-04-21T03:25:31.144ZDiego Bankhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/DiegoBank
This is pretty sweet. Radio communication powered by portable generators. I send most of my relief funds to WorldVision, yet I also had the opportunity to donate to the Chilean Earthquake relief when one of the most popular bands from Chile (Inti Illimani) was on tour in Canada this winter :)
This is pretty sweet. Radio communication powered by portable generators. I send most of my relief funds to WorldVision, yet I also had the opportunity to donate to the Chilean Earthquake relief when one of the most popular bands from Chile (Inti Illimani) was on tour in Canada this winter :) As an amateur radio operator…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-21:4871302:Comment:984762010-04-21T02:27:55.175ZJeff Archambeaulthttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/JeffArchambeault
As an amateur radio operator (KC2SDS) with emergency communications training, I can certainly appreciate this blog entry, nomadHAR. With a really good makeshift antenna, 5 watts (what we'd call QRP) can certainly go a long way. BTW...I don't think most US Hams know or use morse code (CW) - I know I don't, but I did learn it at one time and remember about 20%.<br />
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Communicating efficiently, whether via ham radio or "sneaker-net", can be as important as the actual ability to communicate. Ham radio…
As an amateur radio operator (KC2SDS) with emergency communications training, I can certainly appreciate this blog entry, nomadHAR. With a really good makeshift antenna, 5 watts (what we'd call QRP) can certainly go a long way. BTW...I don't think most US Hams know or use morse code (CW) - I know I don't, but I did learn it at one time and remember about 20%.<br />
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Communicating efficiently, whether via ham radio or "sneaker-net", can be as important as the actual ability to communicate. Ham radio has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Traffic_System" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Traffic_System</a> which uses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiogram_%28message%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiogram_%28message%29</a> as a format for maximizing message efficiency.<br />
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<a href="http://www.villagetelco.org/mesh-potato/mesh-potato-faq/" target="_blank">http://www.villagetelco.org/mesh-potato/mesh-potato-faq/</a> is also a very cool bit of tech that could be deployed fairly inexpensively. Moving back to the good old d…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-16:4871302:Comment:948532010-04-16T20:46:22.351ZShakwei Mbindyohttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/ShakweiMbindyo
Moving back to the good old days of smoke signals, drums and the pigeon post :) +1R
Moving back to the good old days of smoke signals, drums and the pigeon post :) +1R I think all the solutions tha…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-16:4871302:Comment:947662010-04-16T19:44:37.903ZPatricio Buenrostro-Gilhuyshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/PatricioBuenrostroGilhuys
I think all the solutions that everyone here has shared are possible. Cool to learn about HAM radio, Open BTS and fm radio in India.<br />
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I think Ushahidi and HAM radio and Open BTS and cellphones are viable solutions as long as they have energy: We have to work in 3 solutions at the same time to create redundancy:<br />
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1- Expand the use of HAM radio´s and Open BTS and build more resilience around the way we are going to power them. Batteries, hand-cranked, solar, wind, bio fuels, friction . . .…
I think all the solutions that everyone here has shared are possible. Cool to learn about HAM radio, Open BTS and fm radio in India.<br />
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I think Ushahidi and HAM radio and Open BTS and cellphones are viable solutions as long as they have energy: We have to work in 3 solutions at the same time to create redundancy:<br />
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1- Expand the use of HAM radio´s and Open BTS and build more resilience around the way we are going to power them. Batteries, hand-cranked, solar, wind, bio fuels, friction . . . everything<br />
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2- Build resilience for Ushahidi. We need to build regional Ushahidi centers where again they can get energy from every possible source.<br />
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3- Build resilience for cellphone towers, satellites, and again make them dependent on more than 1 single source of power. bangalore is the it hub so in…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-16:4871302:Comment:943772010-04-16T13:56:02.585ZA.V.Koshyhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/AVKoshy
bangalore is the it hub so internet could of course easily be leveraged but the common man links up best and fastest through cell phones and fm radio<br />
lol turil yeah thats a good idea
bangalore is the it hub so internet could of course easily be leveraged but the common man links up best and fastest through cell phones and fm radio<br />
lol turil yeah thats a good idea Also, local communication is…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-16:4871302:Comment:943692010-04-16T13:42:25.954ZTuril Cronburghttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/TurilCronburg
Also, local communication is vastly improved by having regular old bulletin boards all over the community. Offers and requests and meetings and general information can easily be posted by anyone with a piece of paper and a pen, or crayon, or lipstick. :-)
Also, local communication is vastly improved by having regular old bulletin boards all over the community. Offers and requests and meetings and general information can easily be posted by anyone with a piece of paper and a pen, or crayon, or lipstick. :-) in india in the city i come f…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-16:4871302:Comment:943492010-04-16T13:09:43.714ZA.V.Koshyhttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/AVKoshy
in india in the city i come from i think fm radio and cell phones would be the best bet though ushahidi would also help
in india in the city i come from i think fm radio and cell phones would be the best bet though ushahidi would also help "a system is only as resilien…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-15:4871302:Comment:931582010-04-15T03:25:10.591ZPatricio Buenrostro-Gilhuyshttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/PatricioBuenrostroGilhuys
"a system is only as resilient as the systems it relies upon" Exactly nomadHAR!!! HAM radio is a very viable alternative. Another option could be to develop resilience for regional Ushahidi headquarters and give resilient tools to members of Ushahidi like handcrancked cellphones and HAM radios.<br />
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I like your ideas of morse code and laser billboards but your Running Network is AWESOME!!!<br />
"foot, a bicycle or a motorcycle. marathon runners, sprinters, parkour players and others carry messages and…
"a system is only as resilient as the systems it relies upon" Exactly nomadHAR!!! HAM radio is a very viable alternative. Another option could be to develop resilience for regional Ushahidi headquarters and give resilient tools to members of Ushahidi like handcrancked cellphones and HAM radios.<br />
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I like your ideas of morse code and laser billboards but your Running Network is AWESOME!!!<br />
"foot, a bicycle or a motorcycle. marathon runners, sprinters, parkour players and others carry messages and deliveries across unsafe and unstable terrain." it´s not only a resilient idea but it´s also a really cool one!!! I was checking to see if anyo…tag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-04-15:4871302:Comment:931482010-04-15T03:05:07.121ZMike Matessahttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MikeMatessa
I was checking to see if anyone else was posting about ham radio, and noticed we posted minutes apart. (<a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/when-all-else-fails-amateur">my post</a>)<br />
Also, great ideas on using lasers and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet" target="_blank">sneakernet</a>.
I was checking to see if anyone else was posting about ham radio, and noticed we posted minutes apart. (<a href="http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/when-all-else-fails-amateur">my post</a>)<br />
Also, great ideas on using lasers and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet" target="_blank">sneakernet</a>.