KC3CTT

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Source: arrl.com
International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, will take one more spacewalk on March 30 before he heads back to Earth in a Soyuz MS-02 vehicle on April 10, joined by crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko. The spacewalks are aimed at preparing the station for the future arrival of US commercial crew spacecraft and upgrading station hardware.

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ham-astronauts-engaging-in-series-of-spacewalks-two-heading-home-soon

Monday, March 13, 2017

mPING App for Reporting Snow Accumulation

@WRNAmbassadors

Want to play an active role during the big Nor'easter? And contribute to science? Download the mPING app & enter your precipitation reports pic.twitter.com/JV1rLAS5Rw
— NOAA WRN Ambassadors (@WRNAmbassadors) March 13, 2017

MAR.13 (22:00) PEMA Weather Net Activation

@JeffJumperWx @WX2PHI @FEMAregion3 @Epaarrl

PEMA (Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency) has activated a Weather Net at 22:00 March 13, 2017

Activating 3/13/17 2200 – 3/14/17 (terminating at 2200)

March 13 2017 PEMA ACS WX Net Activation https://t.co/6CJTfLIrZe
— EPA Section (@Epaarrl) March 13, 2017

PEMA ACS EAST WEATHER NET

Voice OPS:
7.2505 MHZ LSB - Primary Daytime Amateur Radio Frequency
3.9935 MHZ LSB - Primary Nighttime Amateur Radio Frequency

paNBEMS Frequencies:
7.0725 MHz USB - using 8/500 Olivia, 1000 Hz center waterfall
frequency
3.5835 MHz USB - using 8/500 Olivia, 1000 Hz center waterfall frequency

Schedule is as follows:

Date St Time End Time Operator
Mon 3/13/2017 22:00 23:59 (AB3PU)
Tue 3/14/2017 0:00 1:59 (AB3PU)
Tue 3/14/2017 2:00 3:59 Inactivity
Tue 3/14/2017 4:00 5:59 Inactivity
Tue 3/14/2017 6:00 7:59 (KB3RFF)
Tue 3/14/2017 8:00 9:59 (KB3RFF)
Tue 3/14/2017 10:00 11:59 (AA3JC/N3ACS)
Tue 3/14/2017 12:00 13:59 (AA3JC/N3ACS)
Tue 3/14/2017 14:00 15:59 (W3OYJ)
Tue 3/14/2017 16:00 17:59 (W3OYJ)
Tue 3/14/2017 18:00 19:59 (N3OGD)
Tue 3/14/2017 20:00 21:59 (N3OGD)

Michael A. Stalnecker | Deputy Area Director
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Eastern Area
3566 Old Route 22 | PO Box 26 | Hamburg, PA 19526

ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section
Section Manager: Robert J Wiseman, WB3W
wb3w@arrl.org

MAR.14 2017 (07:00) Montgomery Co. PA: ARES/RACES Weather Net Activation

@Epaarrl @WX2PHI @FEMAregion3

AA3E 146.835 PL 88.5 (-)

All HAMs are welcome, you do not have to be an ARES/RACES member to participate.

Reporting will start Tuesday, March 14. Net Control will be active at (Tuesday) at 07:00, 13:00, 19:00 and Wednesday at 01:00

Please report
-Boro or Township
-Time of measurement
-Total snowfall since the storm started.

Visit AA3E.org

MAR.14 2017 (09:00) Chester Co. ARES/RACES Weather Net Activation

@Epaarrl @WX2PHI @FEMAregion3

W3EOC 446.175 PL 100 (-)
W3EOC 446.525 PL 100(-)

Ground Truth Weather reporting will begin at 09:00 on Tuesday, March 14 and continue until midnight at three-hour intervals (09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00 and 00:00 hrs)

All HAMs are welcome, you do not have to be an ARES/RACES member to participate.

Please report
-Boro or Township
-Time of measurement
-Total snowfall since the storm started.

Reports may also be emailed to kb3zoh@arrl.net

Ground Truth Weather Net Control
KB3ZOH
Chester County Skywarn Coordinator

Monday, February 27, 2017

ARISS to Swap Out Handheld VHF Transceivers on Space Station

Source: @Aarl
The 10th SpaceX International Space Station cargo resupply mission delivered investigations to study human health, Earth science, and weather patterns last Thursday. It also carried a new Ericsson 2-meter handheld radio to replace one that failed a few months ago, disrupting the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program.

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ariss-to-swap-out-handheld-vhf-transceivers-on-space-station

Monday, February 20, 2017

ARISS Opens Window for Proposals to Host Contacts with Space Station Crew

Source: @ARRL

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from schools (and formal or informal educational institutions and organizations).

Deadline to submit a proposal is April 15.

ARISS anticipates that contacts will take place between January 1 and June 30, 2018

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ariss-opens-window-for-proposals-to-host-contacts-with-space-station-crew