The DC Emergency Radio Network is a great idea. But its limited reach needs to be improved. Linking this network of family radio service (FRS) radios to a...
(Apologies in advance if you receive more than one copy of this note due to cross-posting. Thanks for your patience and good humor.) Hi Gang -- Here's a...
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DCERN@yahoogroups.com
Apr 1, 2003 10:14 pm
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Apr 1, 2003 10:15 pm
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Forgive my ignorance if that is what it is, but this map at DCAll.jpg is not meaningful to me at all. It has no markings, and I can't tell where in the DC...
Ok, I'm the guy that made the maps. I have about a dozen people in Arlington and Alexandria and some folks up in Maryland who are not on maps yet. Ruth and...
As I understand it, DCERN is only activated during an emergency, when other means of communication won't work, or for weekly tests. Since FRS radios are used...
Hi everyone, Thanks to the wonderful DCERN logo designed by Andrew Christian, we now have DCERN t-shirts. And baseball caps, messenger bags, tote bags, ...
Just noticed that the period in the sentence with http://www.dcradio.org/store.php was accidentally included in the link (It's fixed in this message.) I...
I wouldn't recommend keeping a FRS radio on all the time. However, think it's prudent to keep the radio on at night when we're asleep. How else would you know...
Concerning batteries: Many FRS handhelds use AA 1.5 volt batteries. To eliminate the waste of using disposable conventional batteries, consider using...
Ben Acton
bacton@...
Apr 3, 2003 5:29 pm
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I'm located at Connecticut Avenue and Calvert Street, and have participated in the last two DCERN tests. On March 23rd, the only person I could talk to...
Here is a suggested communications header for initiating tests for DCERN. The four components of a header are to identify: 1. The network - DCERN 2. Location -...
Ben Acton
bacton@...
Apr 3, 2003 11:17 pm
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Hi, Leslie (et al.) At our Ashton Heights (Arlington) neighborhood emergency procedures meeting, a county official told us one of the best things to do was to...
I found some info on this on the NOAA Web site. Here's the link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/NWS_EAS.htm And here are the first two paragraphs: ========== The...
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DCERN@yahoogroups.com
Apr 5, 2003 5:46 pm
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I just thought that with thunderstorm season here --and with the possibility of severe weather this afternoon-- I'd remind DCERN members that the DC Emergency...
How about adding dcern@yahoogroups.com to a weather alert email (like weather.com's for example.) That way whenever there's an alert everyone here will...
That's a possibility. But a number of people on the list get either the daily digest or view their messages online, so they wouldn't get the alerts in a...
In the coming months, many expert practitioners in various aspects of Civil Preparedness and Emergency Response may find it necessary to serve as trainers in ...
DCerners: Bill posted a map to the Yahoo Group Resources list. It's a map I made that includes everyone in MD, VA and DC that has contacted me with an address...
Hi Folks-- Just a report on tonight's test (I'm at 32nd and Morrison): Hear and talk: 1) Jim at Utah and Nebraska 2) Female voice (name unknown) at Conn. and...
I just read about a product from Oregon Scientific that is a combination FRS radio and weather alert radio. I wish I'd known they existed before I bought my...
I was able to hear "Bill in Cleveland Park" several times tonight. I do not know if anyone heard me. In addition to saying that I was testing, I said that "I...
I was able to talk with somebody walking along Connecticut Avenue and Porter Streets -- a mobile DCERN operator. I did hear somebody else at one point, but I...
Members this Group are undoubtedly quite familiar with the "basics." But here are a couple more general preparedness guides that -- being in .pdf format -- ...
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