Download or read book Amateur Radio Digital & Voice Emergency Communications written by Gordon L. Gibby, M.d. and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amateur Radio Digital & Voice Emergency Communications -- A down-to-earth how-to book for inexpensively creating both voice and digital emergency communications assets and skills without your community. The story of how the ARES group in Alachua County Florida (home of the Gators!) went from "0 to 60" on digital communications in only a few months. CERT volunteers became hams through Technician classes, five VHF packet server stations were created using Raspberry Pi's to reduce costs, WINLINK servers came into existence....client stations were created. Skills involving antennas, software, operations, propagation -- all were developed. Technicians graduated to General Class, "solder sessions" and other educational sessions sprang up on weekends. Antenna-Raising Parties & slingshots became popular! VHF distances achieved broke all expectations. And everyone had FUN learning, building and doing!