{"id":30801,"date":"2018-02-09T07:52:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30801"},"modified":"2018-02-09T07:52:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:52:01","slug":"nbc-hawaiis-communication-breakdown-and-how-going-ham-could-save-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/nbc-hawaiis-communication-breakdown-and-how-going-ham-could-save-us\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC: &#8220;Hawaii&#8217;s communication breakdown and how going ham could save us&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Display.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18776\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Display.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Display.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Display-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Display-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icom-IC-7300-Display-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Curtis, who shares the following video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/leftfield\/video\/ham-radios-are-last-line-of-communication-in-a-disaster-1156408387851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Left Field<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hawaii&#8217;s recent false nuclear missile alert showed us how reliant we are on cell phones and modern technology\u2014and how unprepared we are if they become inaccessible. But in case the unexpected happens, an unlikely group of hobbyists\u2014ham radio operators\u2014are standing at the ready and may save us all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/widget\/video-embed\/1156408387851\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Curtis, who shares the following video from NBC Left Field: Hawaii&#8217;s recent false nuclear missile alert showed us how reliant we are on cell phones and modern technology\u2014and how unprepared we are if they become inaccessible. But in case the unexpected happens, an unlikely group of hobbyists\u2014ham radio operators\u2014are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[599,545,3,43],"tags":[389,2709,4500,4102,6128,6828],"class_list":["post-30801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-preparedness","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-amateur-radio","tag-emergency-communications","tag-emergency-preparedness","tag-ham-radio","tag-hawaii","tag-nbc-left-field"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-80N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55102,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/alexanders-pov-community-disaster-preparedness-favors-ham-radio-in-germany\/","url_meta":{"origin":30801,"position":0},"title":"Alexander&#8217;s POV: Community disaster preparedness favors ham radio in Germany","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alexander (DL4NO), who writes: A Message from Germany: Growing Disaster Preparedness favours Ham Radio For a long time most radio amateurs in Germany found themselves in the defensive: Building regulations, combined with EMC standards, heavily restrict antenna possibilities. Neighbors fear \"dangerous\" radiation, often going\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-1-3.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-1-3.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-1-3.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-1-3.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Yaesu-FT-817ND-1-3.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28588,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/amateur-radio-playing-key-role-in-puerto-rico\/","url_meta":{"origin":30801,"position":1},"title":"Amateur radio: &#8220;Playing Key Role in Puerto Rico&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"September 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 (Source: NBC News) When things went dark and quiet in Puerto Rico, a cadre of amateur radio operators became a lifeline on the island. About two dozen amateur radio operators on the island helped police and first responders communicate when their radio networks failed completely. 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