Congratulations to Steve Barrington N9NSO on his appointment as AEC for Barry County in the Missouri Section. Steve brings a wealth of knowledge to this position by ARRL appointments he has held in the past and will be an asset to his EC. This appointment is effective August 1, 2009. I urge all ARES members in Barry County to give Steve their full support.
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 8:16AM CDT expiring July 29 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Omaha http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/ July 29, 2010...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAM... MISSOURI RIVER AT NEBRASKA CITY AFFECTING FREMONT AND OTOE COUNTIES. MISSOURI RIVER AT BROWNVILLE AFFECTING ATCHISON AND NEMAHA COUNTIES. MISSOURI RIVER AT RULO AFFECTING HOLT AND RICHARDSON COUNTIES. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER AT BROWNVILLE. […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 6:57AM CDT expiring July 29 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Saint Louis http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/ July 29, 2010THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 656 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAY KK REMAINS FLOODED […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 5:54AM CDT expiring July 30 at 5:53AM CDT by NWS Kansas City http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/ July 29, 2010...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS... MISSOURI RIVER AT ST JOSEPH MISSOURI RIVER AT NAPOLEON MISSOURI RIVER AT WAVERLY MISSOURI RIVER AT MIAMI AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KANSAS...DONIPHAN AND IN […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 5:54AM CDT expiring July 30 at 5:54AM CDT by NWS Kansas City http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/ July 29, 2010...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS... MISSOURI RIVER AT ST JOSEPH MISSOURI RIVER AT NAPOLEON MISSOURI RIVER AT WAVERLY MISSOURI RIVER AT MIAMI AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KANSAS...DONIPHAN AND IN […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 5:54AM CDT expiring August 03 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Kansas City http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/ July 29, 2010...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING STREAMS... MISSOURI RIVER AT ST JOSEPH MISSOURI RIVER AT NAPOLEON MISSOURI RIVER AT WAVERLY MISSOURI RIVER AT MIAMI AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KANSAS...DONIPHAN AND IN […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 5:32AM CDT expiring July 29 at 5:31PM CDT by NWS QuadCities http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/ July 29, 2010.UPDATED FLOOD INFORMATION FOR AREA RIVERS. RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED 24 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE FROM THE FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME. ...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 5:32AM CDT expiring August 05 at 5:00AM CDT by NWS QuadCities http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/ July 29, 2010.UPDATED FLOOD INFORMATION FOR AREA RIVERS. RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED 24 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE FROM THE FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME. ...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR […]
- Flood Warning issued July 28 at 9:21PM CDT expiring July 29 at 9:21PM CDT by NWS Saint Louis http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/ July 29, 2010...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR POINTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ...CANTON LD20 ...QUINCY ...QUINCY LD21 ...HANNIBAL […]
- Flood Warning issued July 28 at 9:21PM CDT expiring July 29 at 9:20PM CDT by NWS Saint Louis http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/ July 29, 2010...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR POINTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ...CANTON LD20 ...QUINCY ...QUINCY LD21 ...HANNIBAL […]
- Flood Warning issued July 28 at 9:21PM CDT expiring August 04 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Saint Louis http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/ July 29, 2010...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR POINTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ...CANTON LD20 ...QUINCY ...QUINCY LD21 ...HANNIBAL […]
- Flood Warning issued July 29 at 8:16AM CDT expiring July 29 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Omaha http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/ July 29, 2010
- The Bands “Heat Up” for the 2010 ARRL UHF ContestVHF/UHF weak-signal operators across North America are making the final tests on their stations in preparation for the ARRL UHF Contest, coming up the weekend of August 7-8. Most VHF+ weak-signal operation takes place on the two lowest bands of the VHF spectrum -- 6 and 2 meters; however, there is a lot of activity that takes place above 144 MHz in the UHF p […]
- Government Agencies Introduce User-Friendly Federal RegisterWhile the Federal Register may be the ultimate record of the business of the USA’s Executive Branch, it can be a difficult document to navigate. The Register publishes approximately 80,000 pages of documents each year in the form of Notices, Proposed Rules, Rules and Official Documents; this is where all new and amended rules to Part 97, the Amateur Radio Se […]
- FCC Launches Consumer Help CenterBeginning July 28, those who have dealings with the FCC will have a new tool that the FCC claims will put them “within one click of all the information they want” from the Commission: a new “easy-to-use” Consumer Help Center.“Our new Consumer Help Center makes it easy for consumers to learn about our work and take action,” said FCC Chief of the Consumer and […]
- Coming Soon: More ARRL 2010 Field Day PinsAfter a higher than expected run on pins for Field Day this year, the ARRL has ordered more and expects them to arrive next month. “The pins were in stock until just before Field Day, but due to some exceptionally high interest, we were unable to fulfill a few final orders,” said ARRL Product Marketing Specialist Jackie Ferreira, KB1PWB. “We have ordered mor […]
- The Amateur Amateur Fills-InBy Gary Hoffman, KB0HARRL Contributing EditorMy efforts to set up an APRS station (Automatic Packet Reporting System) had come to a standstill. I had installed a program called UI-View32. It was pretty slick, with volumes of data in its Help file, but there were still plenty of parts of it that I didn’t understand. It was time to find an Elmer.I won’t go int […]
- John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, Appointed West Gulf Division Vice DirectorAfter review of eligibility by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee, President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, of Austin Texas, to serve as Vice Director of the ARRL’s West Gulf Division for the remainder of the current term that expires January 1, 2011. Stratton, an attorney, fills the vacancy created when John Thomason, WB […]
- Ubuntu Linux for HamsThis free operating system provides your PC with all of the usual features, including lots of ham radio applications.Read More […]
- ARDF Update: Radio Foxhunters Find Their Champions in OhioBy Joe Moell, K0OV, Contributing EditorARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding Coordinatork0ov@homingin.comNo shack potatoes here! These radio-orienteering enthusiasts took to the beautiful woods of the Buckeye State in pursuit of transmitters and medals.They came from 15 states and four foreign countries. In their suitcases were radio sets, antennas, sun block […]
- ARRL Argues that Oklahoma Town’s RFI Ordinance is “Null and Void”Saying that only the Federal Communications Commission is empowered to regulate radio frequency interference (RFI), the ARRL has notified Midwest City, Oklahoma, that its local ordinance 27-3(9), seeking to regulate radio transmissions and RFI, is “null and void.” Midwest City is in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.Midwest City’s Ordinance 27-3(9) reads: […]
- The K7RA Solar UpdateSunspot activity increased recently, although it is foolish to call this a trend, since solar activity has great variability. Sunspot group 1087 was visible for 13 days over July 9-21. In millionths of a solar hemisphere, its size was 30, 100, 120, 130, 70, 100, 60, 50, 20, 10, 10, 10 and 10. On July 19, new sunspot group 1089 appeared over the eastern horiz […]
- The Bands “Heat Up” for the 2010 ARRL UHF Contest
