Category: ARES

From the Hurricane Watch Net website.  Sunday 20 meters: 14.325 MHz (USB) at 2:00 PM EDT (1800 UTC) until we lose propagation at night. 40 meters: 7.268 MHz (LSB) at 2:00 PM EDT (1800 UTC). We will remain active on this frequency…

West Texas was rattled by a series of earthquakes, including a 4.9 magnitude event, Monday night in Scurry County. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Scurry County was rocked Monday night by a reported 4.9-magnitude earthquake. Most of…

Hurricane Beryl should remain south of the Dominican Republic and Haiti today. The past few Advisories from the National Hurricane Center have the forecast track moving slightly to the right each time. This movement is bringing Hurricane Beryl extremely close…

The agreement emphasizes the importance of skilled Amateur Radio Operators in times of crisis and the role of ARES leadership within the emergency communications space.  ARES (see the ARES fact sheet at www.arrl.org/ares) is a network of trained Amateur Radio Service…

Many of us have portable emergency generators that we bought for use during electric outages. After we use them, we store them away until we need them again. Many of us just put them away in the back of the…

Folks, The next few days are going to  be very cold.  Please do Not take this Severe Cold weather lightly.Thankfully we will only see this severe cold for a few days. We must be prepared for it and use extreme…

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AM EST (1700 UTC) The Hurricane Watch Net is in Stand-By Mode. The Hurricane Watch Net is closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the…

The following is from our friends at the Hurricane Watch Net (www.hwn.org):   As of 10:00 AM EDT (1400 UTC) Thursday, Fiona remains a powerful Cat 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. The Hurricane Watch Net will activate…

Well, family time is about to overtake me!  But I thought I would take a time out from our celebrations to update you on what I know regarding the response to the Quad State Tornado outbreak.  I am notdeployed now,…