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/////////////////////////////////////////// Wichita Man, (KD0IIF) Hopes to Win Lottery; Lightning Strikes Instead: Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:13 AM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28010 Like a lot of other Americans, Bill Isles bought Mega Millions lottery tickets on Thursday. Later he joked with a friend that he had a better chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the record jackpot. That night, Isles walked out into his backyard and got struck by lightning. "It was like, flash, bang, instantly," he said. Isles, 48, wasn't hit directly, but a jolt was strong enough to knock him face-first to the ground, start his muscles twitching, make his heart beat irregularly and scramble his thoughts. Isles knows about lightning. He is a volunteer with Skywarn, a national organization of volunteers who provide local information about severe weather to the National Weather Service. On Thursday night, as storms moved through the Wichita area, Isles decided to go outside at his duplex at 6320 E. Orme, southwest of Kellogg and Woodlawn, and contact some of his storm-spotting buddies in the field on his hand-held ham radio. When he went outside about 9:30 p.m., the night looked harmless enough. "It looked like things were far enough off to the north, and there were only just a few raindrops," Isles said. "I would hear thunder, but I didn't see anything close. I thought I was OK." He remembers talking to a couple of friends on his radio. "One minute I'm sitting there talking, and the next minute I'm down on my face," he said. There was no warning, no feeling of an imminent electrical shock, no hair standing on end. /////////////////////////////////////////// Communication Key when Weather Strikes: Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:44 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28009 MOUNT VERNON -- When severe weather hits, maintaining lines of communication between responders is vital, but what if the towers are down, the cellular networks are compromised and the electrical power is out? When all else fails, amateur radio operators step up to the plate and get the messages through. Arlin Bradford, president of the Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club and assistant emergency coordinator with the Knox County Amateur Emergency Radio Service talked with the News about the roles amateur radio operators -- called hams -- play in the event of a natural disaster. First, hams assist in monitoring local weather conditions. /////////////////////////////////////////// Titanic Exhibition to be Shown in New Tredegar: Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:42 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28008 NEXT week an exhibition featuring a radio operator who received the SOS signal from the Titanic, will be shown in New Tredegar. The County Borough museum, the Winding House in New Tredegar opens its fascinating new exhibition on Friday April 6. The Titanic, the Mill and the Signal: Artie Moore and Titanic's SOS, focuses on amateur radio enthusiast, Artie Moore from Gelligroes Mill, who received RMS Titanic 's SOS signal, on his home-made radio receiver. The new exhibition will also explore the story of Titanic and some local links in this 100th anniversary year of her sinking. /////////////////////////////////////////// Amateur Radio Plays Major Role in Severe Weather Alerts: Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:41 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28007 The Capital Area Amateur Radio Emergency Response Team (CAARERT) was formed in direct response to the events of September 11th, 2001. Comprised of amateur radio operators, the volunteer group's sole purpose is to organize for emergency response. A part of that commitment is to provide storm spotting operations, called SKYWARN for Sangamon and Menard counties. John Anderson (W9TRC) is the current president of the organization. We talk today with its past president, Dick Drew. His callsign is K0HMO. /////////////////////////////////////////// City Relaxes Rules for Personal Antennas: Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:40 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28006 OTTAWA -- A compromise between the city and amateur radio enthusiasts means they'll get a bit more freedom to put up private antennas on their houses and in their yards, city council agreed Wednesday. The city doesn't directly regulate antennas on private property: that's Industry Canada's job, but the federal department gives municipalities a chance to say what they think. The rules are primarily meant to regulate cellphone towers, which companies like Bell and Rogers are building more and more of to try to keep up with demand for smartphone service, but they cover amateur radio antennas as well and ham radio operators said they were too restrictive. The compromise lets personal antennas be erected in front or side yards in urban or suburban neighbourhoods as long as they're shorter than 15 metres, less than three inches across and set back at least 1½ metres from property lines. (The rules are looser for bigger lots.) Bigger antennas would require public consultations so the neighbours could have their say before the city came up with its position. /////////////////////////////////////////// Propagation Forecast Bulletin #13 de K7RA: Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28004 Eight new sunspot groups appeared this week, but the average daily sunspot number declined four points to 71.1. Average daily solar flux rose by less than two points to 103.7. /////////////////////////////////////////// NZ4O MF (300-3000 KC) RX Prop Fcst 20-14: Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:59 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/28001 The NZ4O MF (300-3000 KC) Radiowave Propagation Forecast #2012-14 has been published at 0000 UTC on Friday March 30, 2012, valid 0000 UTC Saturday March 31, 2012 through 2359 UTC Friday April 06, 2012. |
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