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Episode 225 - David Malin - AA6RV

David Malin, AA6RV, spent over 20 years working for the City of Los Angeles as its Emergency Coordinator and Emergency Administrator for the Port of Los Angeles.  Now retired, David a lot to say about emergency preparedness and the minimal steps that we should all take to be ready in case of disaster in this QSO Today.

Show Notes

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QRP Labs 10 Watt Linear Power Amplifier Kit

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AA6RV Website
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Hometown: Whitestone, NY

Smokey and the Bandit
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First Call Sign: N5LFS, Mississippi

First Rig: Kenwood TH215 Portable

Rigs:  

• Elecraft KX2 HF transceiver
• Elecraft KX3 HF transceiver
• Alex Loop Antenna
• Buddie Pole

Prepper

Clark County Amateur Radio Club

Clark County ARES

Movie: The Accountant

Paradise, California Fire

CERT - Community Emergency Response Training -

Frank Borden, LA Fire Department

FEMA - Federal Emergency Response Training

MURS Radio

Quoting AA6RV, “You know what you know, you know what you don’t know, but you don’t know what you don’t know”.

FEMA ICS courses

Los Angeles Fire Department Auxiliary  

Yaesu FT-60 Portable

Los Angeles ARES

Los Angeles RACES

Shock and Awe Method

Claymars - interoperability channel

P25 Systems

Mount Lee, Los Angeles

Art Gentry, W6MEP, and the K6MYK repeater. First VHF repeater in the 1950s

PAPA System

DMR - digital mobile radio

D-Star Repeaters

Zum Spot

MMDVM

QSO Today Episode 9, John Portune, W6NBC - Slot Antenna

Efficient 2 Meter Disguise Antenna from Satellite TV Dish, By John Portune, W6NBC

Vancouver, Washington

Movie: Contact, with Jodie Foster

SETI Screensaver

Tesla Home Battery Pack

Washington State Solar Energy Credits

DVDongle

DVAP - DV Access Point Dongle

Harley Davidson motorcycles

Movie: The Omega Man, Charlton Heston

AA6RV Home Buying Rules:  

• Rule 1: 1.5 miles away from freeway, airport, train tracks
• Rule 2: no neighbors next door
• Rule 3: town close by
• Rule 4: no homeowners association, HOA
• Rule 5: only copper plumbing, not PEX

Most Excited by:  VHF/UHF digital modes, KX2 prepper radios and SDR Radios. Possible interest in SOTA.

SOTA - Summits on the Air

Local Volcanoes:  
Mt. Hood
Mount Adams
Mount St. Helens

Advice to new or returning hams: Become active and join a club,

Santa Clarita Amateur Radio Club

QSO Today Episode 23 - Dennis Blanchard, K1YPP - Hiking the Appalachian Trail

Hennessy Hammocks

Altoids 40 meter transceiver

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