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| Ham Since: 2008
E-mail Address: ke5vmo@arrl.net
Web Site: http://www.qrz.com/db/ke5vmo
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| Ham Since: 1993
E-mail Address: kc5cyy@arrl.net
Web Site: http://www.qrz.com/db/k5usa
I enjoy all aspects of amateur radio.
My main focus areas would have to be in the areas of APRS, that began to interest me about 2002. Since then, I've worked with other operators to demonstrate the usefulness of the application as an event/emergency management tool multiplying the effectiveness of fewer operators.
LIRA supports severe weather spotting and chasing. For safety reasons APRS is a requirement of all severe weather chasing activity participants.
Currently working to expand the role of amateur radio as an educational platform for school age children. Using the Amateur Radio Outreach program "Radio In The Park" as a vehicle to allow amateurs and young people to explore the journey of amateur radio.
Providing this opportunity will set interested youthful minds on an attainable career path related to electronics, engineering and physics. Get Radio Active!
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| Ham Since: 2004
E-mail Address: s.grayson@sbcglobal.net
I have been a storm spotter since the late 70's. Storm spotting and weather has been an interests of mine for many years. I became an amateur radio operator in 2004 to aid storm spotting activities. Since becoming an amateur radio operator, I have a renewed interest in electronics and communications, and am using some of the skills I learned in the Army as a Radio Operator/Mechanic (31V).
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| Ham Since: 2004
E-mail Address: ke5ajn@yahoo.com
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| Ham Since: 2006
E-mail Address: ke5irk@wx5lawmail.com
Web Site: http://www.ke5irk.net
Hello there weather enthusiasts, Kilo Echo Five India Romeo Kilo (KE5IRK) here. I have been a weather buff as long as I can remember. When in elementary school I use to look forward to the spring storms. In our small rural community in southwest Oklahoma, we spent more nights as a community in the two large cellars (one at the elementary school, one at the high school) than we did in our own homes. The nice thing (besides the storms) was the teachers were there too just in case you needed help with homework, and yes, they expected us to either be doing homework or reading during the cellar habitation, no napping, you were at school so you worked! We surely had better have all homework completed the next day! Do you remember the scene in Twister where the dad flew away with the cellar door? I had an uncle in our town with a cellar and when staying my grandmother we would walk across the major U.S. highway truck route to go to his cellar. I remember on more than one occasion when I just knew the cellar door was going to blow off and take my uncle with him, as he would have the door chain hooked on the wall and holding it tightly as well. I was raised in a farming family business where we traveled the Great Plains every summer. On two occasions, I can remember seeing hail as large as or larger than large grapefruit or small cantaloupes. Back then, we did not think to take photos nor report it to anyone. The holes in the farm equipment and trailer houses were the only reminder we needed! Once in high school and legally driving, my mother would send me west of town to spot the storms as they moved in while she monitored a multi-band radio at the house. We had a very large basement that became the neighborhood cellar. Oh, we had moved fifteen miles further souths during my 9th grade year into a larger town. Mom would listen to the amateur radio operators with the Altus Skywarn team in Altus, OK. That was my first introduction to HAM radio and sparked some interest to be followed up later. It was during this period I saw my first multiple vortex storm. I saw five funnels drop from the same cloud one night, at the same time and all became tornadoes. They did some damage in the small farming community they hit, but mostly only to the churches and school. Weird!!! My life being so farming industry oriented, I stayed very interested in weather in southwest Oklahoma. I have a gift for feeling the severe weather situations. It just feels right! As a young Scoutmaster, I continued the study of weather and its effects on the localities in which I lived and worked. I always tried to include more weather lessons in my Scouting and teaching in the public schools than was planned in the curriculums. Shortly after being married and moving back home (community wise) we lost a home to a non-declared tornado because no one saw one that night. There were plenty of other indicators, but it was never declared officially. While sitting in a Masonic Lodge in my hometown I became familiar with the father of a high classmate of mine, who happened to be a HAM. We had many conversations, and I studied Morse code, forever! He was one of the old timers who insisted code was a first step. I had the electronic knowledge, but the code ate my lunch. Some twenty-seven years later, my original Elmer, WA5OGC, would have been proud, I finally decided I wanted to go ahead and be licensed, found a class, passed the first test in May of 2006 and was officially a Technician class HAM. I passed my General exam in June of 2007 and am currently studying, at times, on the Extra class as well as FEMA training. I am a water purification and food preparation person with the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief team in Oklahoma. I have not gone out with them as when needed I have always been tied up in the school year being a special education teacher by profession, it is critical I be at work at all times. Someday, I am looking to retirement any time now, looking for a new job (maybe in Emergency Management or severe weather research, something along those lines) then maybe I can be more involved in the disaster relief work. After earning my first ticket, I joined some of the local amateur radio clubs around southwest Oklahoma. The one that best represented my reason to become a HAM was the Lawton Independent Repeater Alliance (LIRA), www.wx5law.com I became an amateur radio operator because of weather and for weather safety in my community, wherever I live at that time. My interest is still centered in immediate weather events; my interest has also expanded into disaster relief and some interest in DXing (long distance communication). I currently serve as Net Control for LIRA Storm Team and enjoy that a great deal. I like tracking our spotters and keeping them safe while taking reports from them in the field and passing that “eye ball” information on to the appropriate persons. I am also serving as club president for the Lawton-Fort Sill Amateur Radio Club from July 2009-June 2010. This hobby has something for everyone! Give it a serious look! 73, Geary, KE5IRK Keeping an eye to the sky, for your safety
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| Ham Since: 2007
E-mail Address: ff.emt.1990@gmail.com
Well I am Justin Miller. I have been a ham since 2007. I live in Apache, Oklahoma. I am currently an Emergency Services Dispatcher for the Town of Apache. I am also a part-time EMT for the Apache Ambulance Service. I love spending time with my family and I love my jobs. In the spring I enjoy storm chasing.
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| Ham Since: 2007
E-mail Address: ke5nad@wx5lawmail.com
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| Ham Since: 2008
Web Site: http://photobucket.com/kimobrien96
I am an Army wife & mother of 4 children who has been obsessed with the weather since I was a child. I am from upstate NY and upon relocating to Lawton, OK in March of 2008 I knew I had to follow what I believe is my calling in life…the weather. I became a HAM and then joined LIRA. I am currently enrolled at AMU perusing a degree in Emergency and Disaster Management. I have recently decided to volunteer with the Lawton, OK chapter of the Red Cross and the Disaster Recovery team.
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| Ham Since: 1999
Known as the "Old Guy" I`m constantly amazed at the technical profiency of some of our younger hams, so I dream up projects to test them. They never fail.
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| Ham Since: 1989
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| Ham Since: 2010
I got into amateur radio when I started working with a couple of users. The more I learn, the more interested I become. I look forward to my first storm season with an experienced guide! I am going to be testing for my general soon I hope and then I can join everyone on the HF bands.
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| Ham Since: 2006
E-mail Address: wx5irl@wx5lawmail.com
I have been a HAM since 2006.
My interests include: Storm Spotting, Comanche County Emergency Management Volunteer and Peanut & Cotton Farming.
I have been married to the Cookie Monster for 11 years and she bakes the best cookies the club has ever eaten.
I am the Public Relations Officer for LIRA. Contact me if your group would like a radio or storm spotting talk/demonstration.
My Nephew is already a HAM and in a few years maybe an Amateur Radio Operator also.
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| Ham Since: 2005
E-mail Address: k5wxl@wx5law.com
Web Site: http://www.wx5law.com
AIM: AKVaska
Yahoo: AKVaska
Twitter: Matt_Walker_
I have been chasing storms since 1997 (about the time I got a vehicle I could trust to drive) and it has been a yearly thing for me...
I am currently in a HAM Radio/WX Club called the Lawton Independent repeater alliance or LIRA. We also offer the information to becoming a HAM... The hobby is great and we want as many people as we can find to be involved in it.
From early March until around June you can find me watching weather patterns, reading up on new WX gadgets and of course going out in the field for the chase.
During the Chase off season you can find me learning more about the hobby of HAM radio... I am currently learning how to tune repeaters and set them up properly..
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