NEW EmComm Project Announcement!
The Titanic Lifeboat Academy Board is excited to announce a new local project enhancing our Emergency Prep section. TLA is partnering with volunteers from our local county’s Auxillary Communications (“AuxComm”) and a smaller independent group of Women Ham Operators (“WHO”). We’ll feature example trainings, information, exercises and skills applicable for readers anywhere interested in, or involved in, use of amateur radio communications during disaster situations. Far from our first local project, this is our first since Covid-19.
Resilience combines self-reliance and social communication, and amateur or “ham” radio has become known for its usefulness during disasters, from Katrina to Sandy to the 2025 LA Fires. Personal phones’ rapid development will soon include satellite service which is already available, but expensive. While local communications infrastructure may well survive an emergency, 911, cell towers, and Internet while working can become overwhelmed. Some services may be set aside for exclusive use by a unit of emergency responders. Social media may be less than factually reliable. Since amateur radio requires a license to transmit, reliability is greater.
Resilience also includes redundancy, and government disaster services still see amateur radio as an important backup: "Ham” service provides viable communications when standard public safety and commercial telecommunications infrastructure has been severely impacted.” Getting a Ham radio license can be another step toward resilience. Click “ENTER HERE” below and visit our new section to learn what’s involved!
