New EmComm Software Now Available for Beta Testing
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffARRL LINK TO STORY. The NarrowBand Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS) development team announced earlier this week that a Windows NBEMS software suite for beta testing is now available. NBEMS for Windows is a suite of software programs designed for point-to-point, ...
Oregon Governor Allocates $250,000 for Digital Network
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffThe State of Oregon's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) received $250,000 from Governor Ted Kulongoski's Strategic Reserve Fund to further develop and enhance a statewide Amateur Radio digital communications network, announced ARRL Oregon Section Manager Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ. "This network, the ...
KD5PEL and WA5ZRP Silent Keys in Same Week
Friday, December 21st, 2007 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffOur Rio Grande Valley ham radio community was very saddened to experience the passing of Tommy Fee KD5PEL and Charles "Ducky" Brabham, WA5ZRP who were both highly thought of and well respected among the Hams in the Valley. We are ...
WINLINK ROCKS! THE ULTIMATE EMCOMM TOOL!
Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffWith the storms in the Pacific Northwest dying down, throughout it all, Amateur Radio operators were there to help. After a visit on December 4 to the Oregon town of Vernonia, Governor Ted Kulongoski said, "I'm going to tell you ...
WELCOME ALL TO THE NEW “SPARCS” ORGANIZATION
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffWelcome to "SPARCS", South Padre Area Radio Communication Services. Our goal is to provide emergency communications to our community, City, County, State and the Nation as needed, when needed and at anytime. Ham Radio is a proven and sophisticated mode ...
Hurricane Predictions Miss Their Mark… Again.
Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffHurricane season ends this Friday November 30th and for the second year in a row the predictions weren't in synch with what happened. ''The seasonal hurricane forecasters certainly have a lot of explaining to do,'' said Max Mayfield, former director ...
ARRL Co-Sponsors Skywarn Recognition Day Dec 1
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffNewington, CT Nov 21, 2007 -- The ninth annual SKYWARN Recognition special event will take place Saturday, December 1. This celebration of a lifesaving partnership is cosponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS) and ARRL, the national association for Amateur ...
Sign-Up Now! Skywarn Recognition Day December 1st
Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffFrequently Asked Questions about SKYWARN Recognition Day (Click Here For The Link To The PDF File) TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY (open to all Hams and no membership in any organization required) please contact Andy Treat KF0MP via email ...
N5OK and K5RAV Win by Exceptional Margins!
Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffWest Gulf Division Director Coy Day, N5OK, of Union City, Oklahoma, received 2649 votes to defeat Ed McGinley, W5ETM, of Fort Worth, Texas, who received 751 votes. Incumbent Vice Director for the West Gulf Division, Dr David Woolweaver, K5RAV, of ...
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 ...
Dec. 1st Slated As 2007 Skywarn Recognition Day
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in SPARCS | Comments OffThe 9th annual SKYWARN Recognition Day will take place Saturday, December 1, 2007. SKYWARN Recognition Day is an event co-sponsored by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League, and it is the National Weather Service's way of ...
NWS Storm-Based Warnings Start On Oct 1, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BEGIN ISSUING STORM-BASED WEATHER ALERT, MEDIA AND PUBLIC WARNINGS BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 2007. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE OLD "COUNTY BASED" WARNING METHODS WE WERE USED TO BEFORE NOW. Rio Grande ...
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, ...
NWS Brownsville Skywarn Operations Upgraded
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffShortly after noon time on September 15th KB5TMC, K5VC and W8ELV reported to the National Weather Service Office in Brownsville to assist KE5AWU Brian Miller in unpacking and installing the new Skywarn Radio, a Kenwood TS-570SG HF radio and re-route ...
ARES Reports From The Field - Hurricane Humberto
Friday, September 14th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffARES DAILY SITUATION REPORT: ARES, South Texas section --------------------------------------------------------- DATE/TIME: 09/13/07, 14:50Z Message Number: 002 1. Incident Type: Hurricane Humberto 2. Reporting Period: September 13 1200-1800 local 3. Supported Clients & Locations: Orange Co. EOC - Orange, Texas 4. NUMBER OF ARES OPERATORS - 2 4a. Currently ...
Your Next Club Project Could Net You $30 Million
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 Posted in SPARCS, Uncategorized | Comments OffGoogle sponsors $30 million contest to first privately funded team to land a rover on the moon By ALICIA CHANG — Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on ...
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 ...
Hurricane Felix Bye-Bye
Monday, September 3rd, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffAlthough the Texas Department of Emergency Management will continue to monitor, as well as Task Force 1 and Texas Military Forces with Alamo Unified Command and Control and FEMA ERT-A team arriving to Austin, there are fresh boots on the ...
“WXSpots” Free Skywarn Reporting Software Available
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffWXSpots, a new tool in the tool chest for SkyWarn operations and weather enthusiasts is now available! WXSpots is a free, Internet based system designed to quickly disseminate observed reports of severe weather. WXSpots is not intended to replace Amateur ...
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 ...
“Mean Dean” Cause For High Stakes Readiness
Sunday, August 26th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffFirst it was Tropical Storm "Erin" that kicked off the 2007 hurricane season in the Rio Grande Valley. No sooner than Erin puffed ashore then "DEAN" emerge from Hurricane Alley and set sights on South Padre Island, Brownsville and the Rio ...
HUREX 2007 PREPARATION EXERCISE HELD APRIL 10
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | No Comments »ARES members were invited by the City of Brownsville EOC to attend the all day preparation seminar for this summer’s HUREX 2007. The seminar required EOC managers and Government Officials from all over Cameron County to evacuate the 2-1-1 sign ...
