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The event...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/10/26/70000-upgrade-coming-to-skywarn-ham-systems-in-the-ozarks-missouri/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 01:29:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18046 Almost $70,000 are on the way to expand and upgrade the Southwest Missouri Regional Skywarn...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/03/19/via-the-arrl-tornado-season-and-amateur-radio/ https://twiar.net/2023/03/19/via-the-arrl-tornado-season-and-amateur-radio/#comments Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:38:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14911 Tornado season is fast approaching, and amateur radio operators will again play a key role...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/03/19/via-the-arrl-tornado-season-and-amateur-radio/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/12/10/via-the-arrl-amateur-radio-operators-and-national-weather-service-mark-skywarn-alliance/ https://twiar.net/2022/12/10/via-the-arrl-amateur-radio-operators-and-national-weather-service-mark-skywarn-alliance/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2022 07:42:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13497 Saturday December 3, 2022 was SKYWARN® Recognition Day (SRD), an event that recognizes SKYWARN volunteers...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/12/10/via-the-arrl-amateur-radio-operators-and-national-weather-service-mark-skywarn-alliance/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/11/24/via-the-arrl-skywarn-recognition-day-set-for-december-3-2022/ https://twiar.net/2022/11/24/via-the-arrl-skywarn-recognition-day-set-for-december-3-2022/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2022 04:07:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13238 The annual SKYWARN™ Recognition Day (SRD) on-the-air activity will take place Saturday, December 3, 2022,...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/11/24/via-the-arrl-skywarn-recognition-day-set-for-december-3-2022/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/09/10/via-hackaday-tracking-weather-balloons-with-sdr/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 14:17:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11703 The advent of cheap software-defined radio hardware means that what would have once been an...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/05/16/broadcasters-call-eas-vital-backup-to-web-based-alerts-and-urge-fcc-to-leave-it-unchanged/ Mon, 16 May 2022 17:48:01 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8982 The message broadcasters are giving the Federal Communications Commission as it contemplates new updates to...]]>