http://austinarc.com/e107/ en-gb This web site is provided by members of the Austin Area Amateur Radio Club in Austin, Minnesota. administrator - admin@austinarc.com admin@austinarc.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:55:25 -0400 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:55:25 -0400 http://backend.userland.com/rss e107 (http://e107.org) 60 http://austinarc.com/e107/e107_images/logo_template.png http://austinarc.com/e107/ 88 31 Search AustinARC query http://austinarc.com/e107/search.php http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.18.3 --PostbulletinRadio operators and Civil Air Patrol aid efforts 8/22/2007 2:21:49 AMBy Edie GrossfieldPost-Bulletin, Rochester MN In addition to first responders, the Red Cross, Salvation Army and National Guard, members of the Southeast Minnesota Civil Air Patrol and Rochester Amateur Radio Club have played significant roles in helping flood victims.Perhaps not as well known among civilians as the National Guard, the Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the Air Force and often is deployed for search and rescue operations and disaster relief support.Patrol officers and young cadets, ages 12 to 21, have been deployed in southeastern Minnesota to help with disaster relief.As rescue and relief operations continued, Ham radio operators in Rochester and Winona relayed critical information in areas where communication systems were down.John Scott, a member of the Rochester Amateur Radio Club, which also provides storm spotting information to the National Weather Service, was one of many Ham radio operators helping during the weekend.On Sunday morning, Scott headed to the Emergency Operations Center in Rochester "and took over for the poor guy that had been there for 20 hours," he said.Radio club members communicated between the Southeast Minnesota chapter of the American Red Cross, located in Rochester, and the Winona Amateur Radio Club. "They were in the thick of it down there with all the small communities," Scott said. "In fact, some of our Hams went down to Rushford and set up a little command post to help provide communication to the Red Cross down there." Amateur radio operators from the Twin Cities came down to help as well.Aside from getting out to monitor and report on river and reservoir levels, the radio operators helped people find out how their friends and family were doing."It was a lot of what we call health and welfare things. Relatives up here are asking the Red Cross if they could check and see if their loved ones were alive and well and dry down in Rushford and the other communities down there," Scott said.[Submitted by KC0KVX] KC0KVX<sam@nospam.com> Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:56:40 -0400 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.18.3 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.16.3 - Austin Daily Herald June 22, 2007John Penrod, a trained storm spotter for Mower County, keeps an eye on a storm rolling over Rose Creek on Highway 56 Thursday night. Just moments before this picture Penrod had called in with a report of cloud rotation though no funnel cloud or tornado was reported at the time. Eric Johnson[Submitted by KC0KVX] KC0KVX<sam@nospam.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:01:59 -0400 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.16.3 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.17.3 - Austin Daily Herald June 22, 2007John Penrod, a trained storm spotter for Mower County, keeps an eye on a storm rolling over Rose Creek on Highway 56 Thursday night. Just moments before this picture Penrod had called in with a report of cloud rotation though no funnel cloud or tornado was reported at the time. Eric Johnson[Submitted by KC0KVX] KC0KVX<sam@nospam.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:01:59 -0400 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.17.3 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.7.3 This event is to mark the 95th anniversary of the Titanic disaster and will take place on Saturday, April 14 starting at 13.00 UTC to Sunday, April 15, ending at 00.00 UTC.The special event station will be located at the World’s Largest Titanic Museum Attraction on Highway 76 in Branson, MO.April 14, 1912 was the night the Titanic met her demise with a huge iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England. Radio operators played a large part during this disaster. It was one of the first times the new international distress call “SOS” gained popularity.Three stations will operate simultaneously using SSB, CW and Echolink. A moment of silence will be observed by all amateur stations calling W0S for one minute ot more, at the time of the sinking distress call on April 14. That time has yet to be determined. During that time period, contact will be attempted with the Belfast Amateur Radio Club with a special message, which has a Special Event call representing the Titanic’s call sign “MGY”. That call is GB2MGY.Operators at the Titanic Museum will be stationed in full view of the visitors at it’s entrance. The owners will provide the uniforms of the original communication officers. All scheduled operators will wear these uniforms during operationsFor questions and more information on operating frequencies, schedules, and equipment, send an email to -email- or visit www.wzeros.com.[Submitted by KC0KVX] KC0KVX<sam@nospam.com> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:27:12 -0400 http://austinarc.com/e107/news.php?item.7.3