Hurricane Earl Heading for North Carolina, Hurricane Warnings Issued for New England Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina's Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 miles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center of Earl will pass near the North Carolina Outer Banks Thursday night and approach Southeastern New England sometime on Friday night. No significant change in strength is expected today, but forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) expect that the storm should show gradual weakening beginning on Friday.
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 02:19:09 -0400 Amateur radio operators group 'RACES' into action (New Jersey) Radio Officer Michael Hartmann Participating RACES members, from left: Claus Finke, Ray Caruso, Al Goldberg, Allen Zuk, Michael Hartmann, and Walter Hartmann at Veterans Park for the 24-hour Field Day for Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Serivce.
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 02:19:08 -0400 FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced, Amateur Extra License Classes In May 2010, John Gottschalk, KB1DDK, of Westwood, Massachusetts, requested a new call sign via the FCC's vanity call sign program. Gottschalk, a General class licensee, requested KK1CQ -- a 2×2 call sign -- and a waiver from the Commission allowing him to hold the call sign. The FCC denied both requests on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 02:19:08 -0400 Ham radio operators getting busy in Dallas (North Carolina) Ham radio operators from across the country have been camping all week in Dallas preparing for Saturday’'s 55th annual Shelby Ham Fest.
Ham Fest Chairman Robby Hamrick expects more than 5,000 people to jam Dallas Park to buy and sell equipment and watch demonstrations. And some will take the exam to become licensed Ham operators.
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 02:19:08 -0400 Ham radio operators to commemorate end of WWII (North Carolina) On the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in World War II, local ham radio operators will try to link up historic battleships that served in the Pacific Theater.
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ARRL Orange section newsletter for Jan. - Apr. 2010
Robert Macedo, KD1CY, ARES SKYWARN Coordinator and Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator, provided this report on the afternoon of Friday, September 3:
The following is a situation report from the Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section on Hurricane Earl. The good news is that Earl has weakened to a Category-1 hurricane. The other good news is that its track remains on target with ...
The Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) organization has a new “interim” Chief. Outgoing USAF MARS Chief Allen Eiermann, K3LSR, retired at the end of May and was replaced by TSgt Jason E. Sandifer. Sandifer is a systems manager stationed at the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) at Scott AFB, Illinois. AFNIC is the headquarters of the national Air Force MARS organization...
Over this past week, four new sunspot groups appeared. Group 1101 was already in place since August 24, and 1102 emerged on August 29. On September 1, two new sunspot groups -- 1103 and 1104 -- appeared, and on September 2, sunspot group 1105 arrived. Through August 26-September 2, the daily sunspot numbers were 23, 11, 11, 25, 28, 27, 51 and 52 and these same eight days saw the relative total ...
This week, Surfin’ makes plans for emergency communications of the hurricane variety.
As I write this, Connecticut and the Northeast are looking down the barrel of Hurricane Earl. It looks like my neck of the woods will only receive a glancing, but powerful blow, but points south and east of us will not be so lucky.
Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina’s Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 mles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center...
