I took a direct lightning strike at my house back on the 17th when that bad
thunderstorm blew through. It hit one of the trees surrounding my "antenna
farm". It showed me that all of the money I spent on grounding, bonding and
lightning arrestors and switches was money well spent. Remarkably I
NWS did a skywarn class in Brazoria county down in Angleton a few weeks
ago. It was very informative. They're around but they aren't promoted very
well.
Regards,
David Lira K5DBL
On Fri, May 17, 2024, 12:10 Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote:
> It has been years since I have heard of a NWS Skywarn
https://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-saves-family-in-death-valley-national-park
As someone who off-roads in some these remote areas out west this is a
terrifying and heartwarming story out of Death Valley NP. It's one major
reason we carry HF in our rigs and always develop a PACE plan prior to
You can try hitting the two fusion repeaters in Friendswood. They're
currently working on the water tower that they're perched on top of but I
believe they are still active. One is 2m the other 70cm. Look them up on
repeater book under KD5GR.
One of the 70cm system fusion / wires x repeaters in
>From their website.
Parks on the Air ® (POTA) site for international portable amateur radio
operations that promote emergency awareness and communications from
national/federal and state/provincial level parks.
https://parksontheair.com/ and https://pota.app/#/
It's a lot of fun and good way
.825 repeaters are open to all hams, BVARC members & non
> members. Donations are welcome large or small. You can donate VIA the BVARC
> web page. Robert KD5YVQ Trustee of the 146.940 & 443.825 Repeaters
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> *From:* BVARC *On Behalf Of *wb5itt via BVARC
> *Sent:* Saturd
I personally don't have much interest in attending meetings or banquets as
that is not why I joined the club.
I joined because I used the 146.94 repeater and met some nice folks who I
wanted to meet, learn from and attend pota events with all of which I have
done. As a side note one member
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> 73
> AC5CM
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> On Nov 28, 2023, at 12:25, Mike Hardwick via BVARC
> wrote:
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> You can get any type of coax at ABR Industries. Call ahead to make sure
> they have it in stock.
>
> Mike
> N5VCX
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> On Tue
Hi all,
I'm looking for 25+ish feet of rg8x or similar /better lighter weight 50ohm
coax to complete the run going from my tuner to the antenna. This will
allow me to go from my mobile setup to a fixed position and back again.
If anyone has some scrap laying around they're willing to let go of I
