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AE4WX

@AE4WX@mas.to

MD. Retired disaster responder.

#Geriatric #Psychiatry #Disaster #AmateurRadio

Net control station for the Tar Heel Emergency Net (3.923 MHz LSB, 1900 ET nightly) and in 2024 the VOIP Hurricane Net (voipwx.net)

Hamshack Hotline 6100002099
GMRSLive VOIP 11113
Allstar 55427
GMRSLive 52000 (WRDE384)

Get CPR certified.

Posts reflect my own thoughts and do not reflect the opinions of any organization with which I affiliate.

I post about severe weather but I am not a meteorologist.

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AE4WX, to random
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G5 geomagnetic storm conditions observed #aurora

AE4WX,
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K=9

AE4WX,
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Band opening on 440 too: just heard a station from Vernon Hill, VA- 107 miles away on 440

ai6yr, to random
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NOAA SWPC video of the solar flare that spawned CMEs... Expected to cause some great aurora activity, potential to also cause other mischief (mostly in space/high latitudes). Though it will probably wipe out ham radio too this weekend. #CME #spaceweather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dr2BIlDGDk

AE4WX,
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@ai6yr Yeah, so much for . I may try a limited activation nearby just for giggles, willing to take the L if I can't get 10, but we'll see.

AE4WX, to random
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Round 2 is here. Special weather statement here til 0515 EDT but no warnings in . Severe thunderstorm warning to the south in Chesterfield, Lee, Kershaw, Richland, and Sumter .

@firefly @czarbucks @amyedge @BakerRL75

AE4WX,
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@firefly @czarbucks @amyedge @BakerRL75 I am on air and currently monitoring KC4WDI-R (via RF), Carolina 440 via Allstar (), Southern Pines GMRS.

AE4WX,
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@BakerRL75 @firefly @czarbucks @amyedge @ai6yr

downgraded to Level 1 risk per SPC

AE4WX,
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@BakerRL75 @firefly @czarbucks @amyedge @ai6yr Still 67,000 without power in

AE4WX, to random
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Communication plan for 5/8-5/9:

KC4WDI repeater system (Butner 146.94 100/Carthage 442.425 77; Echolink KC4WDI-R)

Carolina 440 (K4JDR-R Echolink; Allstar ; Hamshack Hotline 94125)

K4ITL 145.21 Raleigh (when I can reach it)

AE4WX-L Allstar
Hamshack Hotline 6100002099
GMRS Southern Pines 675
GMRSLive WRDE384 , connected to NC GMRS Network

APRS AE4WX (-1, -2, -5, -8)
Winlink AE4WX

AE4WX, to random
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@N4JAW I see you out there in the POTA spots. I'm at US-6833 and US-8313 on 20 meter FT8 right now, but might switch to CW. (Somehow the noise from CW doesn't feel right at a Civil War battlefield...)

N4JAW, to amateurradio
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Yucky #SpaceWeather and #terrestrialweather. No #POTA or Home operating today. My QTH antenna has been disconnected for days due to #solarflares and rain with imbedded thunderstorms. #AmateurRadio #Hamradio

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AE4WX,
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@N4JAW I did activate US-11248 but it was tough going out there

AE4WX,
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@chrisfarnham @N4JAW tris is true... but you had the odds stacked against you yesterday! The space weather conditions were just awful.

I was unsuccessful on my first attempt too. Learn from it, be proud of the step you took, and get back out there! Looking forward to park-park contact with you.

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham Ack! I only have two and seeing them on my profile drives me crazy 😜

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham All right, so I'm thinking about and trying an antenna that is not the usual (hamstick on a mag mount). I don't know if I will be permitted to put anything in the trees or even stood up (e.g., on a tripod) though I will ask...

I have to build or buy whatever I use, and I don't have much time (and no experience) to build...

I also want to keep the cost at a minimum, thoufh I will trade $ for saving build time by buying of reasonable.

Suggestions?

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham Yesterday was absolutely crazy, Jim. I've never seen a situation where I can't hear a single 20 meter CW station.

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham that's amazing. I heard dead silence except for 14.074

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham good idea

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham RBN only heard me five times last night. But they were all good:

WA7LNW 1885 mi 17 dB
ZF9CW 1074 mi 15 dB
W1NT-2 694 mi 12 dB
WE9V 679 mi 10 dB
W1NT-6 694 mi 6 dB

AE4WX,
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@N4JAW @chrisfarnham I know! Yet I heard no one and no one heard me- or, perhaps more accurately, I heard no one respond to me.

j, to MLB
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FFS. lose 3-1. Big, long RASPBERRY

@baseball

AE4WX,
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@j @baseball At least the aren't the shudder

AE4WX,
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@j @baseball On a pace to be the worst professional baseball team ever! Even worse than the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.

AE4WX,
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@j @baseball 20-134 (.120)

AE4WX,
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@j @baseball yep. The owners bought another team in St. Louis and shipped all the decent Cleveland players to St. Louis. That's why owners aren't allowed to own more than one team.

AE4WX,
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@j @baseball oh! The Sox have improved to 6-23! (.207)

AE4WX,
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@j @baseball Not me!

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