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Severe WX Alerts for Racine, WI
Air Quality Alert - Racine (Wisconsin)
MONTELLO... BERLIN... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... BARABOO... PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE... MADISON... JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... DARLINGTON... MONROE... JANESVILLE... BELOIT... ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA... RACINE... KENOSHA 1000 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010
... AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR THE MAJORITY OF WISCONSIN...
THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR PARTICLE POLLUTION THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN
COLUMBIA... DANE... DODGE... FOND DU LAC... GREEN... GREEN LAKE... IOWA... JEFFERSON... KENOSHA... LAFAYETTE... MARQUETTE... MILWAUKEE... OZAUKEE... RACINE... ROCK... SAUK... SHEBOYGAN... WALWORTH... WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA... COUNTIES.
THIS ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM THURSDAY.
THE AIR QUALITY INDEX HAS REACHED THE ORANGE LEVEL WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE UNHEALTHY FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS INCLUDING CHILDREN... ELDERLY PEOPLE... INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC PROBLEMS... OR ANYONE ENGAGED IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO BE IN A VERY STAGNANT AIR PATTERN. DESPITE HIGHER WIND SPEED AND PRECIPITATION PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE. THIS PATTERN LOOKS TO PERSIST UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL AIR QUALITY WATCH AND ADVISORY MESSAGES MAY BE NECESSARY.
FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ON AIR QUALITY READINGS PLEASE CALL THE DAILY AIR HOTLINE AT 1-866-DAILYAIR... 1-866-324-5924.
$$ SEARS Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Severe WX Alerts for Racine, WI
Short Term Forecast - Racine (Wisconsin)
MONTELLO... BERLIN... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... BARABOO... PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE... MADISON... JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... DARLINGTON... MONROE... JANESVILLE... BELOIT... ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA... RACINE... KENOSHA 1010 AM CST WED MAR 10 2010
.NOW... RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTH... IMPACTING AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF A MADISON... TO KENOSHA LINE. RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING.
FOG WILL BUILD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AS THE RAIN LEAVES THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THE FOG WILL DIMINISH VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. IN ADDITION... DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED WEST OF A WEST BEND... TO RACINE LINE... LEADING TO QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES. THE FOG AND DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE RAIN IN COMBINATION WITH THE FOG CAN CREATE SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PLEASE DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
$$ SEARS Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
ARRL Amateur Radio News
FCC Amateur Radio Enforcement Correspondence Posted
Bob Schroeder, N2HX, Awarded 2009 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award
Hamvention® Awards Deadline Is March 15
The ARRL Second Homebrew Challenge -- And the Winners Are...
Radio Club de Chile Lists Emergency Frequencies, E-mail Address
The K7RA Solar Update
Surfin': Using the Internet as a Public Service Radio Scanner
ARRL Seeks Input for New IARU Region 2 Band Plan
FCC Reaffirms Statement on ROS
Amateur Radio Quiz: Workbench Wisdom
Meeting Notice
The next monthly meeting of the Racine Megacycle Club will be Monday March 8th at 7:30pm at the Red Cross Building 4521 Taylor Avenue in Racine, WI.
Fox Hunt
The next Fox Hunt will be Friday February 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Participants will meet at the west end parking lot at Regency Mall in Racine, WI.
2010 Board
- President: Cathy Markstrom KC9EOW
- Vice-President: Paul Giannoni KC9PG
- Treasurer: --OPEN--
- Secretary: --OPEN--
- Activities Manager: Dave Voss WB9USI
CTCSS Tone Access on 147.27MHz
Attention all hams
Due to a change initiated by the Wisconsin Association of Repeaters, the two meter Lakeshore repeater has added a CTCSS. (CA) or carrier access is not allowed per the co-ordination body of Wisconsin, this is a mandate. Their website is http://www.wi-repeaters.org.
The new settings are: 147.270MHz+ tone127.3Hz.
Questions about the system can be sent to president@kr9rk.org.
Wildhams
The Wildhams was started by Dan (KA9OIL) here in Racine. We are a group of Ham radio operators (some not) who love motorcycles and the thrills that come with the great outdoors.
http://wildhams.shutterfly.com/
Racine Red Cross Building for Sale
As part of a restructuring, the American Red Cross next week will put its office building at 4521 Taylor Ave. on the market. The asking price on the two-story, 7,719-square-foot building has not yet been determined.
Root River Floods Racine Neighborhoods
Area hams are still on standby after the Root River floods Racine, WI neighborhoods. The Root River was at record 11.3 feet at 9:30 am Monday June 9th, 2008. The highest level ever recorded was 8.54 feet in 1961. Many basements were flooded and some residents were forced to evacuate. See pictures
UPDATE June 16, 2008 - Governor Jim Doyle announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared a state of disaster for Racine county, bringing the number of Wisconsin counties where individual assistance is available to seven. The designation frees up federal aid, including grants and low-interest loans.
- Racine County Emergency Management
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- City of Racine Flood Information Page
W9UDU Station Activated for Disaster
"We were ready to go when activated. I couldn't be more proud of our volunteers. We will work with the responding agencies as long as they need us. We'll take what we've learned this time and use it to improve our response in the future." Voss said. More
Morse Code Requirement
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 97
WT Docket No. 04–140, WT Docket No. 05–235; FCC 06–178
Amateur Service Rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission amends its Amateur Radio Service rules to remove the requirement that an individual must pass a Morse code telegraphy examination to qualify for a General Class or an Amateur Extra Class amateur radio service operator license. The Commission also revises the frequency segment of the 80 meter amateur service High Frequency (HF) band on which amateur stations are authorized to be automatically controlled when transmitting RTTY an data emission types, and it make other conforming amendments to the amateur service rules.
DATES: Effective February 23, 2007.
Celebrating a Century of Communicating
Joseph Knox uses a long-range, high-frequency radio to try and reach Dave Voss, the emergency coordinator for the Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, as Voss travels in Oklahoma Thursday. Members of the Racine County Amateur Radio Service, The Racine Megacycle Club and the Lakeshore Repeater Association were celebrating the centennial of the first radio voice broadcast during an open house Thursday at the Volunteer Center of Racine County.
-The Racine Journal Times
Racine Megacycle Club and Lakeshore Repeater Association ARRL Sites of the Week
From August 12, 2006 Article:
This is going to be a one of a kind feature this week. Our usual site of the week will be a "two-fer" and at the end of the message will be a reminder of a very special special event.
For the site(s) of the week, we leave the sunny tropics from last week and travel about 2,100 NNW to the cities of Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin to join Alexander Voss, N9RGX and members of the Racine Megacycle Club as well as Lakeshore Repeater Association as they say Hello on their links sections. This is yet another beautiful section of our country. I spent part of a summer in Wisconsin as a Boy Scout and returned there a couple of years back. The first listing as a photo of what would appear to be their QSL card and it shows a great water/skyline shot. Hope the fishing in that water is as good a I remember from many years ago on my Scouting adventures.
Jim McDonald, KB9LEI
ARRL PR Committee
Muncie, IN ARC Public Information Officer
When All Else Fails...
...Amateur Radio
Please visit: hello-radio.org
Ham Radio Events Calendar
A Local area Ham Radio events calendar is now available at The Racine Hams Yahoo Group
(Requires Yahoo ID and Group Subscription)
The MegaWiki is live!
The MegaWiki's focus is to allow local amateur radio organizations in Wisconsin to freely create, edit and exchange documents using any web browser by allowing users to easily upload, edit, and interlink pages. The MegaWiki allows us to collaborate freely and more effectively.
Publications
The following is a list of articles published about the Racine Megacycle Club.
- 2007 Radio operators have a field day
- 2007 Quest for Free Summer Fun
- 2007 Phyllis Sides: Requirements dropped for Morse code, but don't expect it to disappear completely
- 2006 Megacycle Club Bubbler Site of the Week
- 2005 Field day helps connect radio enthusiasts
- 2005 Invisible airwaves to crackle with life during local hams' Field Day activities
- 2004 Mike Moore: Hamming it up in Racine
- 2004 Ham radio operators ready to sign on for 71st year of fun
Hidden Transmitter (Fox) Hunt
The Racine Megacycle Club sponsored hidden transmitter (fox) hunt is held every four weeks on a Friday. (Every four weeks, not every fourth Friday. It is possible to have two hunts in one month.) The hunt starts at 7:30PM and is over by 9:00PM Hunters and the fox usually meet afterwards for pizza. The start point is set by the fox and the hunt area is anywhere in Racine or Kenosha counties east of highway 45. The frequency of the the transmitter will be given at the start of the hunt and will be in the 2 meter band. The fox will give the go-ahead to begin the hunt over the Lakeshore Repeater, KR9RK 147.270+ (No PL) and then QSY to the hunt frequency. Amateur Radio Operators and other interested parties are encouraged to participate. If you do not have your own hunt equipment it is usually possible to join one of the other teams in the hunt. E-mail foxhunt@w9udu.org for more information.
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