ARES® HF Net to Start February 13

Posted on by January 28, 2013

Hello Everyone, Hope your month is going well. I received a note from our Section staff about an ARES® HF net on Wednesday nights. I thought some of you might like to give it a try. Content follows—

Beginning Wednesday, February 13, 2013 there will be a monthly net held on 3860 ± for all ARES members in NTX. This is the first of regularly scheduled nets to be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8:30 PM. These will be informational nets whereby issues pertaining to ARES in the NTX Section will be discussed. All ARES members, licensed to operate on 3860, in the NTX Section are encouraged to join in. These nets should last no longer than 30 to 45 minutes. Check ins will be taken at the end of each net.

Presently we have 5 Net Control Stations (NCS) in the NTX Section. They are: Phil Clements, K5PC; Bill Engel, K5DHY; Les Loftin, WD5BYQ: Tim Staley, K5TGS: and Bob Jones, W5BJ. Net control for our monthly nets will be rotated between these 5 stations.

Hope to see you at SKYWARN® training on the 7th.

73
Rick
K5ECX

CoCoRaHS WeatherTalk Webinar February 7th

Posted on by January 27, 2013

The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) will present a WeatherTalk webinar (an online web-based seminar) entitled “Educated Echoes: An Introduction to Doppler and Dual-polarization Weather Radar” on Thursday, February 7th at 12 noon Central Time. The following is a description of the topics that will be covered:

“Weather radar images showing the geographic distribution and intensity of precipitation are routinely distributed via both broadcast television and the internet. These images have historically been based on the strength of the received radar signal (the “echo”). Recent technological advances have expanded the range of measurements that can be made by National Weather Service (NWS) radars. These enhanced measurements include radial (Doppler) velocity as well as several additional quantities that have become available through the ongoing NWS upgrade to dual-polarization operations. This talk will provide a basic introduction to the measurements made by dual-polarization Doppler weather radars. Example observations collected by the National Science Foundation-sponsored CSU-CHILL radar will be presented.”

The webinar is free, but registration is required and space is limited to 500 participants. To register, please visit this website: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/278818910. If you are unable to attend the webinar, a replay will be made available for viewing a short time after the presentation.

 

Sparks, Crackles, and Other Random Thoughts – January 2013

Posted on by January 2, 2013

Out with the Old in with the New…Year, that is.

Wow, was that a whirlwind or what? No wall clouds, no dry slot, no building cumulus, just a quick burst and it’s gone. At least it seemed that way to me. We had a busy year in 2012 and the leadership team has already planned some of 2013. There are also the unplanned parts like SKYWARN nets and similar unplanned events.

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