The Buffalo (NY) office of the National Weather Service will conduct a Skywarn spotter training seminar May 29 at the Livingston County Fire Training Facility, 3360 Gypsy Lane, Mount Morris, the Livingston County News reports. The training session, sponsored by the Genesee Valley Amateur Radio Association, begins at 7 p.m. will last about 2 hours. …
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Feb 17 2013
SKYWARN provided crucial snowstorm updates
The Examiner reports that as the Northeast finishes cleanup from last weekend’s blizzard, ham radio volunteers are credited with providing crucial real-time weather updates SKYWARN, a cooperative venture of amateur radio operators and the National Weather Service, was activated for the February 8th and 9th storm that left up to three feet of snow across …
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May 26 2012
Severe weather fuels ham radio growth.
By Dave Larson, Middle Town Journal The number of licensed amateur radio operators in the U.S. is at an all-time high, in part because of ham radio use during and after severe weather, experts said. The number of amateur radio operators topped 700,000 for the first time in October 2011, according to the American Radio …
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Apr 05 2012
FCC is accepting comments on adding amateur radio service into it’s emergancy planning.
It appears hams are finally going to get some respect. The FCC is considering formally including the amateur radio service in its emergency communications planning. Amateur radio operators have a history of helping those in need when other forms of communications are down. Two recent examples, according to the American Radio Relay League, are hams …
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Apr 04 2012
Storm spotter struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets.
It kind of scrambled my brain and gave me an irregular heartbeat Reuters News Service KANSAS CITY, Kansas — A Kansas storm spotter was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than …
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