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Published on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 04:50
Written by Harold Lines
Formed in 1994, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Communication Posse is a 501(c)3 nonprofit group. We "assist and cooperate with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in the maintenance of peace, law, and order within the County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, at any time and in any manner as and when requested to do so." All of our members are Amateur ("Ham") Radio Operators. New members are expected to have their license already or acquire it within one year of joining. The Communications Posse's callsign is K7MCS (Maricopa County Sheriff). We hold a radio net every Tuesday night at 2000 Hours on the Thompson Peak Repeater, 448.825 MHz (PL 100.0 Hz). We hold our monthly meeting at 1830 Hours on the third Wednesday of every month, except December. The location is the Enforcement Support building, located at 3325 West Durango Street in Phoenix. Visitors are always welcome.

F-15 dogfight video

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Published on Thursday, 10 May 2012 19:54
Written by Harold Lines

Click here to watch this amazing video. Here's the description from the website:

This video was created to commemorate the 67FS winning the 2011 Raytheon Trophy for outstanding aerial achievement, given to the top air-to-air squadron in the USAF.

The footage was shot over 1 year of flying with a Sony HD Handycam and GOPRO Hero. The footage was shot entirely by pilots, no combat camera personnel were used. The video was edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD over 2 weeks by Jersey. Footage includes flying and aircraft from both the 67FS "Fighting Cocks" and the 44FS "Vampire Bats", entirely on location at Kadena AB, Japan. Most of the over water footage was filmed while we were raging like demons from hell in the skies over the pacific ocean like our brothers did 70 years before us.

Proposed Illinois Legislation Would Ban Federally Licensed Amateur Radio Ops From Mobile Operation

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Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 14:15
Written by Harold Lines

As reported by Shortwave America, Illinois Section Emergency Coordinator W9FX sent this email about the Nanny State gone wild:

Read more: Proposed Illinois Legislation Would Ban Federally Licensed Amateur Radio Ops From Mobile Operation

2012 Election of Officers

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Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 05:02
Written by Harold Lines

The Communications Posse "annual meeting" includes the election of the Officers that comprise the Executive Committee. Here are the results of the January 18, 2012 election: 

Commander: Bob Moyer

Executive Officer: John Osborne

Secretary: George Helser

Treasurer: Art Nehill

Training Officer: Glenn Edwards

Congratulations to the new Executive Committee members.

Comedian Tim Allen Stars as Radio Amateur on New TV Show

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Published on Thursday, 22 December 2011 02:21
Written by Harold Lines

Tim Allen -- star of Home Improvement, Toy Story, The Santa Clause and Galaxy Quest, just to name a few -- stars in Last Man Standing, an ABC comedy airing at 8 PM (EST) on Tuesday nights. Allen plays Mike Baxter, KA0XTT, a married father of three and the director of marketing at an outdoor sporting goods store in Colorado whose life is dominated by women. While Amateur Radio has not been prominently featured in the first episodes, according to John Amodeo, NN6JA -- the producer of Last Man Standing -- it is a part of the show and an important part of Mike’s character. The episode that will establish Mike as a radio amateur is currently scheduled to air in mid-January.

Full article here.