Is anyone on here a member of the Galveston County Emergency Communications Group ( Home | GCECG <https://gcecg.org/> ) ? They have a station in the EOC on 646 and a repeater. Almost never hear traffic on the repeater, but heard some traffic on it during the storms, but not a net or structured traffic. Wondering about it, and how (if) it is related to ARES...
W4SFZ Andre On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 12:26 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Thanks Ralph! > > 73 ... Scott KD5FBA > > On Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:17 PM ralph phillips via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > >> I agree with the observations made regarding the current deficit of >> communications during storms. >> >> Houston used to have sirens all over town. They are gone. >> >> We used to have 2 or 3 repeaters active for weather spotting. One of >> them was manned by a local TV station meteorologist. Now we don't have >> anything regular set up. >> >> Weather spotting, NOT Chasing, is a big activity in the Midwest and >> North East. Why has it disappeared here >> My first thought (not necessarily accurate) is a reliance on formal ARES >> groups. They function when activated for major events to support served >> agencies. That is what ARES is for. They are needed there and do a good >> job. After Harvey, I needed help to report a broken gas line. Transtar >> answered ob the first call >> >> The answer is simple ... reach out to the NWS to ask about classes and >> repeaters. I will do that and report back to this reflector. >> >> Ralph >> KE5HDF >> >> >> Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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