ARMY MARS in Iraq Seeks Personnel to Run Lead Station
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in SHARES, M.A.R.S., SPARCS | Comments OffArmy Captain Jeff Hammer,YI9IC/N9NIC, the custodian of the Baghdad Amateur Radio Society (BARS), is due to come home after a nine month tour of duty with the Indiana National Guard. "I need someone I can turn the BARS station over ...
Dolly Numbers Are In From AEP - Amazing Statistics & Logisitics
Sunday, September 21st, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, M.A.R.S. | Comments OffThe Corpus Christi Caller-Times is reporting AEP's logistical numbers for Hurricane Dolly support. The story is on their web site and pretty amazing especially when you think of all the manpower and machines that went into restoring our power here ...
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS HAMS PREP FOR IKE ARRIVAL
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffMonday Evening September 8, 2008 --- 8:30 p.m. To: All Cameron County Ham Radio Support Team Members From: K5REW - STARS/SPARCS Cameron County EMCOMM Coordinator Subject: IKE as of Monday night - Elevated Condition 3 Wishful thinking had the storm moving farther north as ...
TS DOLLY INFORMATION AS OF SUNDAY / EARLY MONDAY
Sunday, July 20th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES | Comments OffPLEASE REMAIN ALERT FOR UPDATES AND DEVELOPMENTS. AS OF SUN JULY 20th 11:30 p.m. there will be morning conference calls across the State to determine the next phase of planning and preparation for possible arrival of a CAT 1 or ...
Deadliest & Costliest Texas Hurricanes (20th Century)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., SPARCS | Comments OffHurricane Year Category Storm Deaths Galveston 1900 4 6,000 Corpus Christi/Keys 1919 4 600* Audrey (Sabine Pass) 1957 4 390 Galveston 1915 4 275 Carla (Port O'Connor) 1961 4 46 Velasco 1909 3 41 Freeport 1932 4 40 Brownsville 1933 3 40 *More than 500 of 600-900 estimated deaths lost on ships at sea. The Texas estimate of deaths was 284. Sources: National Hurricane Center, Texas Weather by George Bomar Hurricane Year Category Storm Damage Alicia (San Luis Pass) 1983 3 $3 billion Allen (Port Mansfield) 1980 3 $600 million Allison 1989 Tropical ...
NOAA Predicts Normal or Above Normal Hurricane Season
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThe Climate Prediction Center outlook calls for considerable activity with a 65 percent probability of an above normal season and a 25 percent probability of a near normal season. This means there is a 90 percent chance of a near ...
American Red Cross Responds to Background Checks
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments Off(May 18, 2008) -- In November 2007, ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, wrote to the American Red Cross (ARC) regarding concerns voiced by ARRL volunteers. In 2006, the Red Cross stated it would implement background checks that included, among other ...
TEXAS HAMS HAVE SIMPLIFIED LICENSE PLATE RENEWAL
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThe Special Registration Branch of the Texas Department of Transportation has confirmed that Texas amateur radio license plates ("Radio Operator") will now have a combined registration and special plate renewal notice beginning with March 2008 renewals. Licensed amateur radio operators will ...
Ham Operator Is New Boss At Hurricane Center Miami
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffVeteran meteorologist Bill Read, KB5FYA, was named the new director of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Tropical Prediction Center, which includes the National Hurricane Center (NHC) earlier this month. Read had served as the Center's acting deputy director ...
Driscol Children’s Hospital (W5DCH) Corpus Christi SET
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 Posted in M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffDriscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi is holding a Simulated Emergency Test this Saturday October 27, 2007 and inviting Rio Grande Valley Hams to participate by checking in to a Rio Grande Valley Two-meter net on the IRLP Reflector 9451. The Hospital ...
TX St Guard Forming RGV Unit - Wants Hams To Serve
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 Posted in M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffWANT TO SERVE YOUR STATE? VOLUNTEER FOR DISASTER WHERE IT REALLY MATTERS UP ON THE "FRONT LINES"! NOT TO WORRY. YOU CAN'T GO TO IRAG OR AFGHANISTAN. YOU CAN'T EVEN BE SENT OUT OF TEXAS. Rio Grande Valley Texas, September 27, ...
EmComm, It’s What Ham Radio Is All About
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThis last month's QST magazine (Sept 2007 Issue) was a classic issue for all times if you missed it. All about Emergency Communications. If you don't think emergency communications is important, watch how long Ham Radio survives as we know it today, ...
Texas State Guard Graduates Ham Operators
Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffTexas State Guard has been busy in August graduating a number of Technician-class ham operators in Texas. Hooh-rah! CAMP MABRY, TEXAS (August 11, 2007): On Thursday 2 August 2007 thru 5 August 2007 the 1st, 8th, 19th Regiment, the Texas Maritime ...
