The NWS Forecast Office Grand Forks, ND will be participating in 2016 SKYWARN™ Recognition Day, using the call-sign N0GF, from 0000Z to 2400Z on Saturday, December 3rd.
Grand Forks, ND Weather Forecast Office
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Volunteers are still needed to provide communication support for the 2016 Jungle Bell Run on Saturday, December 3rd.
Volunteers will be stationed outside along the course and should meet at the Courts Plus fireplace at 8:15 AM to obtain their assignments. The race starts at 9:00 AM.
Please contact if you would like to volunteer for, or have any questions about, this event.
Net Control Station (NCS) Operators are needed for the 2017 Sunday Night VHF/UHF nets.
NCS operators call the net to order at its designated start time, periodically call for participants to join, listen for check-ins, keep track of the roster of stations for that particular net session, and generally orchestrate the operation of the net.
The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET), conducted on October 1st and 2nd, 2016, was a national emergency exercise “aimed at testing the skills and preparedness of Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and other organizations that are called into action in actual emergency situations.”[1]
During the 2016 SET the Red River Radio Amateurs (RRRA) conducted tests of HF and VHF coverage in the Red River Valley. The Net Control Stations periodically polled the W0ILO repeaters, the VHF National Calling Frequency, and 3.860MHz, logging the call-signs and locations of check-ins.
MARS-Amateur Radio Interoperability Exercise to Test “Very Bad Day” Scenario: From October 30 through Novembe... https://t.co/0Dpnd1etc1
— ARRL (@arrl) October 19, 2016
