Storm spotting volunteers serve important role in dangerous weather. When most people tune to the television to learn about severe weather, Carter and Kay Craigie, N3KN, are turning to the skies and their ham radio. The Craigies are two of about 2,000 SKYWARN weather spotter volunteers who work with the National Weather Service in Blacksburg. The purpose of their work is to verify and give information to issue warnings and also to stress the danger of weather events to the 40 counties covered by the Blacksburg office of the National Weather Service.
List of Experimental Licenses Reveals Interesting HF Data Comm Experiments. The FCC recently granted two companies experimental licenses to use HF bands for data communications at far greater bandwidths and data rates than have been used by amateur radio operators. While these communication systems are being developed for the military, it’s possible some of the techniques developed could be used for digital broadcasting in the AM band, or more likely for shortwave broadcasting where sky wave propagation is important.
Hams on the air at Eagle Days. It was a cold and windy weekend for this year’s Eagle Days, but local amateur radio operators were sheltered from the elements as they joined in the event activities. The Lake of the Ozarks Amateur Radio Club applied for and received a Special Event call sign “N0J” from the American Radio Relay League just for Eagle Days. They operated from their emergency communications trailer parked at the new Ameren building near Willmore Lodge.
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