The National Weather Service in Birmingham requests ALERT activation from now until 10pm CST.The National Weather Service in Birmingham requests ALERT activation from now until 10pm CST. Continue reading
The Alabama Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will once again conduct a FM Simplex Exercise designed to encourage members to test their range on FM Simplex. This will be a two-hour exercise starting at 4:00PM Central until 6:00PM Central time on Saturday, June 13th.
This test is held during the ARRL June VHF QSO Contest to allow ARES volunteers to have the opportunity to contact more distant VHF contest stations, many of whom run high power and gain antennas. During last year’s event, some ARES volunteers were able to make contacts over 200 miles away from their QTH!
During the event, stations will exchange call signs and “grid squares”. You can also obtain your grid square from www.qrz.com by looking up your callsign and then clicking on “details”. Birmingham, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa are in EM63, Huntsville is in EM64, Montgomery is in EM62, & Mobile is in EM50. Find your grid square today & be ready for the exercise.A typical QSO might go something like: Continue reading
The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009.
If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference.
Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate:
Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083.The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009.
If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference.
Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate:
Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083. Continue reading
Special Thanks to "Just" John Miller – KI4VVM for the following email:
“Thanks Jim and all the rest at the National Weather Service for the great fish fry and fellowship. The Alabama Emergency Response Team is grateful for the NWS showing their appreciation by giving us a good old fashion fish fry with all the trimmings.
Thanks again to the NWS for honoring us ,but most of all thank you for all you do as well.”
Special Thanks to "Just" John Miller – KI4VVM for the following email:
Continue reading“Thanks Jim and all the rest at the National Weather Service for the great fish fry and fellowship. The Alabama Emergency Response Team is grateful for the NWS showing their appreciation by giving us a good old fashion fish fry with all the trimmings.
Thanks again to the NWS for honoring us ,but most of all thank you for all you do as well.”
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