Pine Valley Repeaters ARC On The WRCO Radio Morning Show April 5 2018
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National Weather Servic2016 NWS La Crosse SKYWARN Amateur Radio Recognition Event
SKYWARN Amateur Radio Recognition Day 2016 was held on Saturday, December 3rd – a day set aside to celebrate and recognize the contributions amateur radio operators provide to the National Weather Service (NWS). SKYWARN Recognition Day began in 1999 as a ‘Y2K’ exercise but has continued since. A total of 26 people visited our office…
New Look for the NWS Website!
The National Weather Service has a new look on there web site Here is the link to learn about the new look to their website http://www.weather.gov/arx/newweb Check it out and learn all about the updates to their website.
AuxComm HF NET Exercise Announcement
On Sunday, 25 January 2015, at 3pm (Eastern Time) the AUXCOMM Network will be conducting another volunteer HF emergency communications training net for all AuxComm personnel within the United States. The primary purpose of this net is to allow all amateur radio operators and opportunity to test out their equipment and get signal reports from…
ARES Volunteers in Ohio Activate Following Loss of 911, Telephone Services
ARES volunteers in northeast Ohio activated on January 13 after 911 and other telephone services went down in six counties due to a power failure at a major AT&T center in Akron. The outage was blamed on a burst steam pipe. Cell telephones and the 800-900 MHz digital Multi-Agency Radio Communication System (MARCS) remained functioning.…
Where the Ham Radio Hobby Began for Many…
I thought I would add a photo of where my radio experience began. I attended the U.S. Navy Radio School in Bainbridge, MD for 6 months in 1953. It was an awesome school. I then served in the Communications Department (Radioman) onboard the USS Siboney, CVE-112, part of an Anti-Submarine Warfare Task Group (Hunter/Killer) during…