Gov Perry Appoints K5RAV to the Council Overseeing Texas DSHS
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in SHARES, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffHarlingen and Rio Grande Valley hams overwhelmingly applaude Vice Director K5RAV Dr. David Woolweaver being appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry today to the 9 member council that oversees the Texas State Department of State Health Services, formally known as Texas Department of ...
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 ...
HURRICANE DOLLY EMCOMM: The Real Story
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffRio Grande Valley Hurricane Dolly After Action Report From K5REW Former DEC District 3 ARES South Texas Section August 5, 2008 Although a couple of active hams who are key stations in the local EmComm plan and the subsequent Dolly operations were severely affected by the ...
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 ...
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 ...
KK5CA Jerry Reimer Resigns A Long & Successful S.E.C.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThink where you were in the Spring of 2004, not quite four years ago. That was when N5NAV asked me to become the Section Emergency Coordinator for South Texas. I recently told Ray that I was not interested in another ...
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 ...
Thank You KVMV “FM 96 Nine” For A Wonderful Year
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffLooking back so far on 2007 there is one thing hams in the Rio Grande Valley are very thankful for and that's our new ARES repeater now operating on 146.70 MHz. After thanking the Hams of S.T.A.R.S. (South Texas Amateur ...
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 ...
K5RAV - The Clear Choice For Vice Director, West Gulf!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffTo: All Fellow ARRL Members in Texas and Oklahoma From: K5REW, ARES District Emergency Coordinator West Gulf Division - South Texas Section, District 3 ARES I'm asking you to vote for Dr. Dave Woolweaver, K5RAV to continue as Vice Director of the ...
