A group of Auckland high school students has found a way around the Government’s new cellphone ban with an old but useful piece of kit - handheld two-way radio. One 16-year-old spoke to the Herald about what he and his friends had been using their walkie-talkies for and how he hoped it would catch on with other students. And none of his teachers had taken any issue with this, he said. Indeed, the coalition Government’s new law does not apply to any devices other than cellphones. The President of the Secondary Principals’ Association, Vaughan Couillault, was impressed by the student’s “innovation”. As the new legislation specifically mentions cellphones, the walkie-talkies would not be confiscated during break times and students were welcome to use them, he said. “Most schools have existing BYOD policies around the appropriate use of laptops and tablets,” Pollard. The boy behind the walkie-talkies said he and his friends in Year 12 had been using them to talk to each other during morning tea, lunch, and while walking between classes. “At these times it is mostly just talking about how the class went or anything else random we have thought of. At break times the conversation is more about where we will meet and whether something different is going on like a lunchtime club or a sport,” he said. He and his three friends have had an enthusiastic reaction from their peers: “I think more people will likely get some too after seeing their usefulness”. If you want to make your calls more private, you can also use DMR 2 way radios with AES256 encryption function.  “I think the cellphone ban has some merits, however, it also has disadvantages that I hope the introduction of walkie-talkies will fix,” he said. “We first heard about the ban last term and discussed it. Everyone I talked to seemed unhappy about it generally, however, I think most of this comes from how the ban inhibits communication. “The way I see it, using walkie-talkies both provides a solution to the negative effects of the phone ban and doesn’t cause any of the same problems that the phone ban was designed to address. “It allows us to communicate without using our phones, but because the walkie-talkies are designed purely for communication they can’t be used as a distraction for games or the internet, a problem that the phone ban seems to have been introduced to solve.” He said not having phones “gives us more of a reason to plan activities during lunchtime”, but having the walkie-talkies still enabled them to connect.

Dear friends, With the upcoming International Labor Day, we want to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing faith and backing in our wireless radio products. We also want to make you aware of our holiday schedule ahead of time. Our company will be on holiday from May 1st (Monday) to May 2nd (Tuesday), and the factory will have a short break. Please arrange your radio orders to prevent work disruptions during our holiday break. Even though our shipping services will be on a break for the holiday, we are still dedicated to maintaining top-notch customer support throughout the Labor Day weekend. lf you have any inquiries or concerns about our two way radio operation manual, provision of accessories, and feedback on walkie-talkie malfunctions, our customer service team will be available to assist you. Feel free to contact us through phone, email, or our online chat service, and we will get back to you quickly to provide assistance. We'd like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your ongoing support and understanding once more. We hope you enjoy a delightful and restful holiday, and we eagerly anticipate resuming our collaborative efforts post-holiday. Best regards, Juston

We are delighted to share that we will be exhibiting at the Globel Sources 2024, April 11th-14th and cordially invite you and your company representatives to visit our booth and explore our latest solutions and innovations together！ Global Sources Electronics Exhibition is a global consumer electronics procurement show, bringing together high-quality OEM/ODM manufacturing suppliers from China and Asia. We will showcase our latest products including flagship DMR two way radio, Analog radio and PoC radio and solutions in providing reliable communication network assurance for extreme environments. In particular, the newly launched IP67 waterproof series of walkie-talkies are not only rich in functions, but also extremely cost-effective and can adapt to a variety of application scenarios. Look forward to seeing you and have a nice discussion!

The president of Marshall University’s ham radio club said he believes two way radio communication is a great way to bring people together. Jacob Wriston, the president of the Thundering Herd Amateur Radio Club, said his experience with ham radio began in high school. Wriston said the club’s main goal is to promote the hobby of amateur radio. The club’s faculty advisor, professor Tom Cuchta, said his personal experience with amateur radio began during the COVID-19 lockdown. He said he had already had an interest in high quality radios when he learned about amateur radio. “When AT&T coverage went out, people with AT&T coverage were lost,” Wriston said. “They had no way to communicate with people. When you have to rely on infrastructure to get communication, whether it’s Internet, whether it’s cell service, whatever- we’re still able to communicate because when we set an antenna up, when we talk to somebody, we’re not rely-ing on infrastructure–I’m talking straight from me to you with an antennae and with the radio.” Wriston said the club does more than talk over radios; they were deeply involved in the practice emergency event at the campus football stadium last semester and helped provide radio communications for the event. Wriston said he believes that radio communication is an important skill in an age where everyone is trying to demonize each other. “Whether you speak Russian, or you speak Ukrainian or you speak English,” Wriston said, “if you go to church, if you don’t go to church, whatever you do- as long as we’re both on the radio, and then we can communicate with each other, have a good time.” Cuchta said he had recently made contact with a fellow amateur radio hobbyist in Russia. “It’s really cool that I can throw a piece of wire in a tree, and I can make a contact in Russia, which I did last night,” Cuchta said. “It’s this idea that you can make really remote talk with very little equipment which is kind of fascinating.” Cuchta said part of the purpose of ham radio communication is its ability to backup broken infrastructure and build international goodwill.

The Bellevue Amateur Radio Club and the Science Club at Yates Illuminates teamed up to offer the youth in Omaha, Nebraska, with an opportunity to get on the air for ARRL Kids Day. The event occurred at Yates Illuminates, a former elementary school that is now a culture and community center. Amateur radio operators Dudley Allen, Terry Gampper, Frank Jozwiak, and Mike Terneus, served as volunteer operators and were extremely patient coaches who nurtured the kids' curiosities of talking on the radio. Dozens of youths as young as 4, as well as 91year old Bob Hutton, used DMR 2 way radios or kid radio to talk to amateur radio operators across the country and around the world. One parent said, "The event organized by the Yates Illuminates Science Club was a perfect blend of education, technology, and community spirit. My kids were thrilled to delve into the world of amateur radio, thanks to the expert guidance of the Bellevue Amateur Radio Club. They learned about using uhf long distance radio to contact other young radio enthusiasts across the country. This hands-on experience in communication technology was not only fun but also incredibly educational." ARRL Kids Day is already planned for next year, and the Yates Illuminates Science Club will continue to help youth learn the basics of electrical circuits, electronics, and radio propagation, as well as how to make homebrew antennas.

The state government has set the ball rolling for setting up a temporary amteur radio station at Mousuni Island under Namkhana block in South 24-Parganas considering its vulnerability to frequent cyclonic weather conditions as well as major natural disasters. The district administration with the assistance of ham radio enthusiasts are using a trial and error method for identification of the areas where there is availability of good signal and the area having the best of signal will have such a radio station. The temporary ham radio station will come in handy during such a disaster as the district administration will be able to know what sort of assistance in terms of relief is required for the people there. “We are already getting satisfactory results in this signal aspect and we are hopeful that we will be able to soon identify the most suitable place and set up a temporary station. Once we have done this, we will gradually proceed to set up a permanent one,” Rupam Dutta, Block Disaster Management Officer, Namkhana said. The state Disaster Management department joined hands with the West Bengal Radio Club and Indian Academy of Communication and Disaster Management and hosted a two-day demonstration regarding setting up of radio station, placing of the antenna for proper communication, using digital uhf radio and so on. As many as 45 civil defence volunteers of South and North 24-Parganas district have already received ham radio licences and permanent ham radio stations have already come up in Gangasagar and Gosaba.

Radio Amateurs are providing communication services to and from the affected areas in and around Acapulco, Mexico. On the morning of Wednesday, 165 mile-per-hour winds from Hurricane Otis knocked out all communications and unleashed a nightmare scenario in Acapulco. Amateur radio operators are still active with multiple operations, and they are receiving citizen requests to obtain information on the whereabouts of their relatives. Additionally, hams in the Acapulco area are trying to locate civilians using their own resources，such as choosing the GPS two way radio. Some of these hams are operating their equipment on battery power, while others have access to generators. Accessing many areas in the region has been a challenge due to the amount of debris blocking travel. Galvan also reported that hams have been providing communication between state agencies and their field personnel deployed in the Acapulco area. "At least three state agencies have hams on their teams. We have been communicating their messages to their central coordination via HF repeaters. Requests for specific requirements have been escalated to the support teams. Air medical services have been directed to areas that were not being attended," he said. Repairing a damaged repeater on Altzomoni at the Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park to support communication efforts in certain areas of Guerrero Deploying donations from a ham in Arizona, including a UHF repeater, solar panels, and 50 UHF handheld walkie talkies, to the affected areas.

The four-day 2023 Global Sources Autumn Consumer Electronics Expo has successfully concluded! Global Sources Electronics Exhibition is a global consumer electronics procurement show, bringing together high-quality OEM/ODM manufacturing suppliers from China and Asia. Juston, as one of the participating companies, showcased a variety of industry-leading products at the exhibition. The exhibits include the flagship digital walkie-talkie，analog radio Two-Way Radio, PoC radio, Bluetooth headset, charger and various walkie-talkie accessories. Among them, the two latest models, HYDX IP67 D901 digital radio and IP67 AES256 dual band D910 digital radio, attracted many customers for inquiries. The on-site staff, with enthusiastic and rigorous dedication, provided comprehensive explanations of the products and solutions, allowing customers to gain a deeper understanding of Juston's products and technologies. This has laid a solid foundation for future collaborations.

Dear customers，with the approaching of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fujian Juston Electronic Equipment Co. Ltd would like to express our most sincere gratitude and holiday blessings to you. Thank you for your continued support and trust in the company. Fujian Juston Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd. is a global provider of high-quality radio equipment and solutions. It has a strong R & D team, fast and efficient production and good after-sales service. We provide customers （ODM&OEM）with more high-performance, safe and reliable communication terminal products. As one of the few corporations that masters DMR technologies and introduces product series of all these mainstream digital radios. In the future, Juston needs to continue to build itself and bring better communication experience to more industry customers. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the important traditional Chinese festivals and a time for family reunion and gratitude. On this special holiday, we would like to send you our most sincere blessings and care. No matter where you are, you are the most important customer in our hearts. We hope you can reunite with your family during the Mid-Autumn Festival and spend quality time together. May you and your family share the joy and happiness of reunion under the bright moon. Furthermore, as a token of our appreciation for your long-term support, we are pleased to inform you that JUSTON will be attending the Global Resources Electronics Show from October 11th to 14th. We especially welcome you to attend and negotiate business opportunities. Finally, we would like to thank you once again for your continuous support and trust in our company. We sincerely wish you and your family a happy and prosperous Mid-Autumn Festival, filled with joy and good health.

John and I had a book-sales booth at a West Coast boat show, and we were scheduled to give a seminar called Ham Radio for Cruising Mexico. "That morning, a young couple visiting our booth slowly browsed my guidebooks to Mexico and Central America, said that circumnavigating was their dream, and they were in the process of outfitting their boat for just that goal. They bought my books, so I signed them ‘Smooth Seas to Jim and Judy.’ So, I invited them to our ham-radio seminar." Anyone with a SSB radio can “monitor” the different ham nets to hear what’s going on, like rescue and recover work for the Lahaina fires. Ham radio nets are a purely volunteer public service that’s regulated by the FCC, and they’re free listen in. If you’re having any emergency, you can always call in for help even if you’re not a licensed ham. Ham nets are formatted like boaters’ portable VHF nets – but on steroids. Morning Cruisers’ Nets on VHF are a backbone of the cruising community. First-timers in Mexico quickly learn to tune in at 0800 (usually on VHF channel 22) to these English-speaking VHF nets that operate from boats within marinas and anchorages at all Mexico’s cruising ports. VHF is purely “line of sight” communications. After the emergency traffic, ham-net formats sound like any VHF cruisers’ net, shifting to the all-important “weather.” In ham nets, another volunteer disseminates official NOAA forecasts plus several onsite weather reports that he or she has gathered from other boaters underway. Two ham boaters listening to the same net might be thousands of miles apart, in remote or undeveloped corners of the planet – or crossing oceans. VHF nets’ focus is local weather, which gains importance during hurricane season.