This is an update of some of our activities for the month of November, 2024.

One of us talked to a mutual aid group about ham radio. About 50 people were in attendance. Recorded audio of the talk is being edited.

A member from the Great Lakes region passed their Technician’s exam.

Blackblogs.org went down for about a week in November. These things happen even to the best of services. But due to a perceived increase in instability of IT infrastructure across the wider Internet, we have decided to mirror this site on anarchistrrl.noblogs.org. We may also mirror the site in some Smolweb form such as Gemini or a BBS as well, but mostly just for fun.

Crimethinc has an excellent article on an Anarchist response to hurricane Helene. Excerpt about radio below:

Radios, especially ham radios, are another important means of communication that should be arranged in advance with people who already know how to use them. Our mountainous terrain limits the distance that radios can broadcast, but it would still have been helpful if we had possessed ham radios.

https://crimethinc.com/2024/11/13/after-the-hurricane-anarchist-disaster-response-in-appalachia

That ridiculous looking 42.5 inch collapsible antenna sold by Abbree is actually pretty good, at least for RX. This makes sense as it’s approximately 1/2 wave on the 2 meter band.