NEW TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION

Ravindranath Goswami

robby@9Z4RG.com

2016-10-12

REACT – NATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP

NESC FACILITY, WOODFORD LODGE, CHAGUANAS

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AGENDA

• REACT’s Purpose – 5 mins.

• REACT International – 5 mins.

• IT Review and New Technology Integration – 30 mins.

• Q&A – 5 mins.

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We will provide public safety communications toindividuals, organizations, and governmentagencies to save lives, prevent injuries, and giveassistance wherever and whenever needed. Wewill strive to establish a monitoring network oftrained volunteer citizen-based communicatorsusing any and all available means to deliver themessage.

MISSION STATEMENT 3

Source: http://reactintl.org/

Purpose 4

STRUCTURE

• REACT International, Inc. – HQ – Franchisor – Standard Setting

• Board of Directors – Policy and Governance

• Regions – Administrative - Segmentation

• Councils – Umbrella and Coordination

• Teams – Management – Autonomous - Franchisee

• Membership – The real REACT

• Junior REACT – The Youth Arm 11-17 – Lifeblood - Future

• Affiliates – Associates

• Partners – MOUs – Friends of REACT

It only takes 3 persons to start a REACT Team.

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Strategies – Region 9 6

Emphasis on Training and Development.

Promotion of the REACT brand.

Strengthening the governance, administration and communication

with the served territories.

Focus on and promotion of the distinctive capabilities.

Providing an avenue for each sub-region to have an active voice in the

operations of REACT International.

Recognition of excellence.

Human capital development.

Technology diffusion.

VALID REACT LOGOS 7

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Please submit articles to

Editor@TheREACTer.com

The REACTer http://thereacter.com/ 8

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Eugene S. Goebel Award

• Frank B. Jennings Award

• Certificate of Appreciation

• Conventions and Anniversary Celebrations

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REACT PARTNERS (MOUs) 10

Source: Partner Organizations

FEMA ICS CERTIFICATION

REACT RECOMMENDS (BACK OF ID)

• IS-100.b - Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100

• IS-200.b - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

• IS-700.a - National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction

• IS-800.b - National Response Framework, An Introduction

There are a ton more….

Register for FEMA SID:

https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/register

Take the Courses:

https://training.fema.gov/is/

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Amateur Radio (ham radio) is a popular hobby andservice that brings people, electronics andcommunication together. People use ham radio totalk across town, around the world, or even intospace, all without the Internet or cell phones.

License Classes: Technician, General & Extra.

Amateur (HAM) Radio 12

Source: http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio

CLUB CALL – KB3UEZ 13

The REACT Emergency Communications trainingand certification program will provide the publicservice community with trained radio operatorswho will have a consistent level of expertise inEmergency Communications no matter where theylive.

REACT Ecomm 14

Source: http://nimsresource.reactintl.org/emcom/

RIP Jim Haynie

W5JBP (SK)

The effects of severe weather are felt every year bymany Americans. To obtain critical weather information,NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S.Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® withpartner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteerprogram with between 350,000 and 400,000 trainedsevere weather spotters. These volunteers help keeptheir local communities safe by providing timely andaccurate reports of severe weather to the NationalWeather Service.

Skywarn 15

Source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/skywarn/

CERT educates individuals about disaster preparednessfor hazards that may impact their area and trains themin basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, lightsearch and rescue, team organization, and disastermedical operations. Using training learned in theclassroom and during exercises, CERT volunteers canassist others in their community following a disasterwhen professional responders are not immediatelyavailable to help. CERT volunteers are also encouragedto support emergency response agencies by taking anactive role in emergency preparedness projects.

CERT 16

Source: https://www.fema.gov/community-emergency-response-teams

462.5625 GMRS Channel 01 Simplex- 5 watts462.5875 GMRS Channel 02 Simplex- 5 watts462.6125 GMRS Channel 03 Simplex- 5 watts462.6375 GMRS Channel 04 Simplex- 5 watts462.6625 GMRS Channel 05 Simplex- 5 watts462.6875 GMRS Channel 06 Simplex- 5 watts462.7125 GMRS Channel 07 Simplex- 5 watts462.5500 GMRS Channel 08 Simplex462.5750 GMRS Channel 09 Simplex462.6000 GMRS Channel 10 Simplex462.6250 GMRS Channel 11 Simplex462.6500 GMRS Channel 12 Simplex462.6750 GMRS Channel 13 Simplex Emergency Channel- REACT Teams 141.3 PL462.7000 GMRS Channel 14 Simplex462.7250 GMRS Channel 15 Simplex462.5500 GMRS Channel 16 Repeater (467.5500/Tx)462.5750 GMRS Channel 17 Repeater (467.5750/Tx)462.6000 GMRS Channel 18 Repeater (467.6000/Tx)462.6250 GMRS Channel 19 Repeater (467.6250/Tx)462.6500 GMRS Channel 20 Repeater (467.6500/Tx)462.6750 GMRS Channel 21 Repeater (467.6750/Tx)462.7000 GMRS Channel 22 Repeater (467.7000/Tx)462.7250 GMRS Channel 23 Repeater (467.7250/Tx)

Source: http://www.scanningcny.com/personal.html

GMRS - General Mobile Radio Service 17

REACT ID CARD 18

REACT INTERNATIONAL IS ON AMAZON SMILE!

When you do your shopping at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to React International Inc. It costs you nothing. Bookmark the link. http://smile.amazon.com/ch/51-0168558 and support us every time you shop!

SUPPORT REACT AS YOU CONTRIBUTE TO OPT 19

REACT USES ANY AND EVERY MEANS… 20

SPECTRUM 21

Source: http://www.shel-bar.com/radio-freq/

INNOVATION AND CONVERGENCE 22

Mirai Botnet(Malware)

Many Infected Devices

Cybersecurity - Internet of Things 23

Source: https://intel.malwaretech.com/pewpew.html

WebEOC 24

Software that enables:

A Common Operating Picture

Free push-to-talk application for smartphones, tablets, and PCs.

Works on Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PC.

Needs Internet – WiFi, 3G/4G Data Plan.

https://zello.com/

Zello – Walkie Talkie App. 25

Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio

D-STAR 26

Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) was developed by the EuropeanTelecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and is used worldwideby professional mobile radio users. [http://www.dmrassociation.org]

DMR is divided into three tiers. Tier I is a single channel specificationoriginally for the European unlicensed dPMR446 service. It is a singlechannel FDMA 6.25 kHz bandwidth; the standard supports peer-to-peer(mode 1), repeater (mode 2) and linked repeater (mode 3) configurations.The use of the Tier I standard has been expanded into radios for use inother than the unlicensed dPMR446 service. [http://www.dpmr-mou.org]

Tier II is 2-slot TDMA 12.5 kHz wide peer-to-peer and repeater modespecification, resulting in a spectrum efficiency of 6.25 kHz per channel.Each time slot can be either voice and/or data depending upon systemneeds. IP Site Connect (IPSC) for interconnecting repeaters over theInternet is vendor specific and is not part of the ETSI standards at thistime. Most amateur radio implementations of DMR are using voice onboth time slots. Source: http://www.dmr-marc.net/

DMR 27

Software Defined Radio (SDR) 28

SDR defines a collection of hardware and software technologies where some or all of the radio’s

operating functions (also referred to as physical layer processing) are implemented through

modifiable software or firmware operating on programmable processing technologies.

Hot Spot Devices 29

RMS Express (Winlink) 30

Internet Not

Required - Email

EchoLink 31

http://echolink.org/

Join the Worldwide REACT International Net – Tuesdays 9PM EST via *REACT* Echolink Conference

All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Non-hams can listen via 9Z4RG.com

Links Repeaters and Computers

APRS - Automatic Packet Reporting System 32APRS is not a vehicle tracking system. It is a two-way tactical real-time digital communications system

between all assets in a network sharing information about everything going on in the local area. On

ham radio, this means if something is happening now, or there is information that could be valuable to

you, then it should show up on your APRS radio in your mobile. Source: http://www.aprs.org/

http://aprs.fi

http://www.broadcastify.com/

Broadcastify 33

Listen Live to

Radio

Transmissions

https://www.flightradar24.com/10.55,-61.24/10

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-61/centery:11/zoom:9

FlightRadar24 (ADS-B) & MarineTraffic (AIS) 34

Live Flight and Marine Traffic

Broadband-Hamnet™ (formerly called HSMM-Mesh™) is a high speed, self discovering, self configuring, fault tolerant, wireless computer network that can run for days from a fully charged car battery, or indefinitely with the addition of a modest solar array or other supplemental power source. The focus is on emergency communications.

Broadband-Hamnet / HSMM-MESH 35

Source: http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/

No Internet Required. Can be connected to the Internet if required.

Turn your phone into a Two-Way Radio

Smartphone & Two-Way Radio Integration 36

Source: https://www.beartooth.com/

http://www.metoffice.gov.tt/

https://www.wunderground.com/

http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php

Weather Observing, PWS & Lightning 37

http://uwiseismic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/uwiseismic/

Earthquake Data 38

WhatsApp Web 39

https://web.whatsapp.com/

http://www.isstracker.com/

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544

Satellite Tracking 40

NOAANOAA 15 – 137.6200 MHzNOAA 18 – 137.9125 MHzNOAA 19 – 137.1000 MHz

RUSSIANMeteor 2-21 – 137.850 MHz or 137.4000 MHzMeteor 3.5 – 137.3000 MHzMeteor 3M – No APTRESURS 01-4 – 137.4000 MHzOKEAN 4 – 137.4000 MHzSICH 1 – 137.4000 MHz

http://www.wxtoimg.com/downloads/

Weather Satellite Frequencies 41

Simply connect a 137-138MHz FM communications receiver, scanner, or weather satellite

receiver to your soundcard and get stunning colour images directly from weather satellites.

The only other item you'll need is an antenna for receiving the circularly polarised signals.

Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone, Arduino, MiniPC 42

https://www.virtualbox.org/

http://wiki.qemu.org/Download

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/playerpro-evaluation.html

Virtualization 43

CONCLUSIONS 44

1. REACT has a rich history and

many avenues that you can

explore.

2. Volunteer your time to help

others.

3. Get the youth involved.

4. This is just touching the

surface of the available

technology…look at AI and

Blockchain.

5. Have fun

“The world is moving, and an organisation that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.”

- George Eastman

REACT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

REACT International, Inc.Post Office Box 21064Glendale, CA 91221Office:(301) 316 2900Fax: (800) 608-9755Email: ri.hq@reactintl.org, r.goswami@reactintl.org

Website: http://reactintl.org

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THANK YOU – Q & A 46

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