Shields tells of amateur radio operators and weather spotting (Iowa)

He hadn’t planned on being the club’s guest speaker Monday, but then George Shields hadn’t planned on being an amateur radio operator until his high school physics teacher suggested it.

Sometimes, things just happen.

St. Paul students talk with astronaut aboard space station (Minnesota)

A group of St. Paul students got to speak to an astronaut at the International Space Station Monday.

The kids from Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet Middle school used a HAM radio to talk to astronaut Don Pettit.

To prepare for this, they’ve been tracking the ISS and learning about the people on board.

Amateur radio operators train for emergencies (Texas)

Local amateur radio operators participated Friday and Saturday in a simulated emergency drill involving emergency management offices and state emergency operations centers in Texas and five other states.

Ham Radio Operators Appreciated As A ?Treasure Of Oswego County?(New York)

Fulton – The members of the Oswego Emergency Communicators/RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) provide much more than emergency communications on amateur radio bands to the local community, Patricia Egan, Director of the Oswego County Emergency Management Office, told the group recently.

Spartanburg Ham radio pioneer wins national thank-you (South Carolina)

Reynold L. Nitsch of Spartanburg was presented with the national George Hart Distinguished Service Award Saturday for a lifetime of service to amateur radio.

The award is given annually by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) to an amateur radio licensee who best exemplifies the principles of amateur radio.

Sounding off as true listeners ham it up and tune in to a wave of nostalgia (UK)

MY dad (god rest his soul) had three obsessions: rock ‘n’ roll, The Prisoner television series and amateur radio.

Consequently, the soundtrack to my childhood was a heady mix of “C’mon Everybody” ( Eddie Cochran) “I am not a number, I am a free man” (Patrick McGoohan/Number Six and “Dit dit dah dah” (Morse code), all reverberating throughout the house.

BA’s new police radio system blocks public scanner access (Oklahoma)

BROKEN ARROW – A new digital radio system using “OpenSky” technology has cleared the way for a greatly improved ability for police and fire departments to communicate with other jurisdictions.

But the public is excluded from hearing any dispatch scanner feeds because of its digital encryptions.

DuPage SKYWARN keeps an eye on the sky (Illinois)

As we approach tornado season it is a good time to take a look at the National Weather Services? (NWS) SKYWARN program. In DuPage County, the job is performed by trained volunteers with the DuPage Amateur Radio Club (DARC).

Students touch space with balloon experiment (Mississippi)

A group of Ridgeland middle schoolers are taking learning to new heights. Recently they conducted an experiment that is quickly gaining them attention, and almost a world record.

On March 3, students in the science and the radio and technology club, and their teachers launched a giant weather balloon, with experiments and a digital camera, into the air in Gluckstadt.

Apply to Host a Real-Time Conversation with ISS Crewmembers

NASA is now accepting proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between November 1, 2012 and May 1, 2013. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, NASA is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. Proposals are due July 2, 2012.

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