Category Archives: General

2019 ClayARES Officers

As announced at the 2018 ClayARES Christmas Dinner, the 2019 ClayARES Officers:

Secretary: Kasey Tate, KJ4SBH
Treasurer: Jim Winfrey, KJ4SBG
Board Member: David Steiner, W2CPO

Thank you to Joe Strickland, KC4JES for your service and support to ClayARES as Board Member for the last several years!

The IPAWS National Test


IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

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The National EAS and WEA test has been postponed to the backup date of October 3, 2018, beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on the backup date of October 3, 2018 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. Continue reading →

Concern Rising within Amateur Radio Community over WWV-WWVH Shut Down Proposal

ARRL members and Amateur Radio clubs are expressing increased concern over the inclusion of WWV and WWVH on a list of proposed cuts in the White House’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fiscal Year 2019 budget request. The proposed cuts also would include the Atomic Clock signal from WWVB used to synchronize specially equipped clocks and watches. Online petitions soliciting signatures include one established by Tom Kelly II, W7NSS, of Portland, Oregon, who would like to see funding for the stations maintained. At this point, the budget item is only a proposal, not a final decision. That would be up to the Congress to decide.

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