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A lot of us learned some important lessons when we had the tornado's and severe weather recently.  I had always pushed back on buying a generator. I figured when I finally needed one it wouldn’t work or I wouldn’t have fresh gasoline. After several days without power I changed my mind and now own a 5500 watt gas generator. I ran extension cords all over the house. It served the purpose except for the refrigerator which had no access to the plug.  The food was long gone by then anyway. My son Mike KF4BOG was really happy to be the first to get power for his 2 meter base station. I decided since I now had the generator I would take the next step and install a transfer switch. The one I selected was a manual Reliance unit that would accommodate 6 circuits. I have two 200 Amp panels from which I wanted to use 3 circuits from each panel. That made things a little more complicated but was solved with a junction box. You can buy the transfer switches with an outdoor outlet. I thought...

Many people ask me what weather program do i run during a severe weather Event . Well the first one is interwarn  and the other is stormlab . Here are some Pictures StormLab Weather Radar Program  These are most haves if you are a storm tracker . There is one other weather radar program that I'll post about later . 

I Have just Learned today that wdoug Doug Has resigned from his post as District EC. Thom Rigsby, K5JTR will Take Over till a new placement is found for District 6.  I hope that Doug will stay in touch with us from his other groups . Thank for your many years of support and I've learned alot from you. Signed Michael Werner

Special Needs Liaison Statement Kf4bog’s Emcomm Website Date : Febuary 5, 2008 Hello ARES Members ,Here Is what i’ve been up to for January. Kf4bog’s On the Move in 2008 -2009 Project Yep I’m on the move Because Where Looking into building a new Home Location In Huntsville/Madison county area . But the land My Mom and dad got is out near highway 72 east on Doug hill rode then tearn on Hambrick drive and there you are . It’s a far cry from where i’m at now but i’ll tell you this Can you say “ Bigger 2metter tower “ Oh ya “ You have to love that . My dad and I would like to no if any member of ares can help with the take down from our current qth and set-up at the new one? It would save my dad alot of time and stress . Again The home has not been done yet i’m just specking from my mind right now . If you are able to help please email me your Name , callsign and homophone . Kf4bog’s Emcomm Website Support’s Other ham sites If you haven’t been on the Echolink like me you don’t Notice the N...

Special Needs Liaison Statement Kf4bog’s Emcomm Website Date : December 2, 2007 Greeting’s to all ARES Members , As you no the holidays are here and for me it’s time to address you all on the Good things that have happened this year . For me it was the Huntsville Hamfest 2007 and the Big Crowds that showed up during the ARES Meeting’s each Month . I Also would like to thank everyone who check’s in to the Local Training Net every Thursday Night . Because without the Ham Radio Operator’s Who know’s what would happen if we had another bad storm like the one that  hit in 1989 . And I Didn’t have My ham Licence at that time . We still have along way to go this next year in 2008 . I’m Hopeing that you as radio amateur’s will stay radio active .Here are some thing’s that i’ve done for ARES that you Might like to no about 1. The kf4bog’s Emcomm Website was put online this year along with the Getting radio Active website 2. New Online Mailing List system was started for news and updates abo...

Special Needs Liaison Statement Alabama Amateur Radio Emergency Service Date: March 23 ,2010 Memo to: Huntsville /Madison co. Public Library Board and Director . Dear Laurel best And the Board of the HMCPL, First off I would like to thank you for the support that you have given to the special Needs of Huntsville and Madison .I am very happy with the work that has been done since my placement back in 2007 .But there is still More that needs to be done with safety in our Local Library county wide . Why may you ask . There as been alot as far as crime happening when Myself or other special needs persons are in the Library . I am writing this letter to request the following. 1. New library cards with users picture on them as a form of Id This will show the Library staff members a face with the person on the card. 2 . New check -out system the old system go's off if you so much as have a wheelchair go though there. 3. updated Phone system with TTY For special needs persons t...

To me Amateur radio is not all about just using a radio and talking on it . To me it's all about Public service and giving back .

Special Needs Liaison Statement Alabama Amateur Radio Emergency Service Date: June 10 ,2010 　 Dear Laurel best and the board of the Hmcpl , My website http://www.hamradio.tk along with many othere's used under the .tk domain are being blocked from all users at the library that would like to view my website . I'm able to edit the site from there using the hosting which is http://www.devhub.com . Currently the Ito Group at the Library as been trying to fix that problem . But when you have a website that was working last year on your system and now is blocked because of the .tk domain Which for me is the only one i can use as i don't have a credit card and i'm unable to buy it with out help . That is why i stick with the free service. I give credit to the It departement for all there heard work and time trying to come up with a fix. But like the It office told me if there blocking your sites . then it's most likey all domain under .tk are being blocked . I'm asking...

Special Needs Liaison Statement AlabamaAmateur Radio Emergency Service Date: October 18 ,2010 Memo to Laurel Best And the Hmcpl Board . Dear Laurel , A new Question in fact an on going question is What time will the Huntsville  Shuttle Bus Leave the stopping location near the hmcpl? Luckily for me I know this but there are some out there that do not . I was hopeing that there would be some way in getting the shuttile Bus map With a clock and place it in the Break room? or in the main area as you walk in? As there in something like this at the Parkway place mall here in Huntsville . Please let me know your comments . Signed Michael G. Werner Volunteer/ ADA

I Love My Davis weather station so much so in fact that when i go to the Dayton Hamfest each year , I always stop bye and give them My still to this day a 5 star rating , This weather station is a most have .

The Samsung Gravity 2. is the best phone yet with all it has to offer . Pro's 1.A very easy to use Phone . 2. Easy to set-up 3.The E-mail works very well 4. The web broswer works with the phone too, 5. Love the keyboard Con's Not very Many yet This Phone is worth the Money.                                 The The T-mobile Tap is a all around cool Phone . But i still has it's bugs Con's 1. The software is very slow and lock up and crashes 2. the web browser the tap was no good at all with a blue screen like picture every time you would go on a website 3. The speaker phone is unusable 4. In would not work with the phone Pro's The Only pro the tap had was the long battery life. I would not buy this phone because after having to send it back 4 times to the T-mobile service I was not happy

Today a install ie9/RC . This program work very well with all websites . The speed is also very good the only problem i found is that some websites have to be in the compatibilty view in order to work just like when Ie8 was in the Release Candidate. Do i think you should use this update since it's out of the test mode ? yes and no yes because of the speed yes you can make this update work just just like ie8 the only con is if you use a online website you need to make shure they will support ie9 soon .All in all this in a must have broswer .

Yesterday I got a Now weather radar program to replace the othere one that one not work . It's called Storm Predator . Here is a picture of the huntsville al. radar with the software I hope to Learn all the stuff on the software before the next weather event .

This Last Saturday Myself and many other hams where part of the qso radio show . see the picture here . Thank you so very much Ted for your time and Support of the special needs in this city we call Huntsville . for the people that would like to here the rebroadcast / interview click here . Note our interview is after the qrz interview ,

Hello Greeting everyone , I hope your holiday was nice . Well I got the a new radio fo my Christmas gift and I would like to share some of the good and the bad About the New Icom ic80AD d-star Ht . This radio is very heard to use and the manuel will not help the first time users of this Ht . My tip is fine a friend from a radio club to help you program it that has the same one . Or download the free programing software and buy the cable for easy programing .This would save you alot of time . The GPS Mic is very cool And work very well to but the set up for that is very timely . But wonce you get all the d-star chanels on the radio you will not wont to leave this rig . in fact some comment from hams where that they sold there Hf rigs because of the worldwide rage of the D-star repeater's . I've used this radio now for 3 time since it's been program and I have to say for the $400 dollar's plus price tag this is worth it again here are the Pro's and con...

Hello Everyone , For those of you that have not been to the Nadxc.org website this past week check it out today as I've added a new yahoo group for the club along with updated links an there will be more to come .

Friday, June 17 @ 12:00pm-2:00pm Weathering the Storm: Emergency Preparedness for Families Huntsville Public Library 915 Monroe Street 256-532-5982 As our community recovers from the recent tornado disaster, learn about what you can do in the future to prepare your family and children for similar emergencies.  And if you have kids, you know that sometimes even the simplest task can become difficult!  So how can you keep your family safe in the stressful situation like a tornado?  Michael Werner of the Alabama Amateur Radio Emergency Service and other emergency personnel will give a presentation on how to be prepared for disaster, especially when you have young children.  After the 1 hour presentation, there will be an open forum where participants can speak one on one with emergency personnel to get answers and advice on emergency preparedness.