Friday, May 31, 2013

Louisiana will use ALERT FM

The Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has announced that the it has completed the implementation of the ALERT FM and GSSNet systems. This as a way of improving the method used to deliver voice and text emergency notifications to the public.

Louisiana will use ALERT FM to send out its emergency alerts, as will emergency managers from all 64 parishes and 42 colleges and universities across the state. ALERT FM is an FM radio-based emergency notification system that will help Louisiana better keep citizens, schools, businesses, and first responders informed of critical information during natural or man-made disasters.

ALERT FM delivers emergency messages using the data sub-carrier of local FM radio stations. The use of this preexisting network of FM broadcasters provides overlapping and redundant signal coverage for the state.

Around 90 FM stations will participate in the Louisiana ALERT FM network. This overlapping coverage will ensure message distribution over a large footprint and gives emergency managers the ability to reach their intended recipients.

More on this Louisiana state wide implementation of ALERT FM is on line at http://rbr.com/louisiana-takes-alert-fm-and-gssnet-statewide/
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Sunday, May 19, 2013

KD8BIG "Places to Visit"

Being an Amateur Radio Operator I have experienced meeting so many people on-line.
I'm referring to sites like Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Ham Radio Nation, CQ Friends etc.
One of the cool things about being on the internet is the photos that are sent to me.
So, I decided to add a new Label on my Amateur Radio Blog (http://kd8big.blogspot.com/ )
titled "Places to Visit"
Many of the photos are sent to me via
Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Ham Radio Nation, CQ Friends etc. (KD8BIG)
If I post a photo that is copyrighted by you and you do not want me to post it please let me know
and I will remove it.

Enjoy the blog~
73 de KD8BIG Mark Strait.
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Friday, May 10, 2013

Monument Valley

Sunrise at Monument Valley 
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Swallows Nest Sea Castle near Crimea, Ukraine


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HOW TO READ PROPAGATION NUMBERS

The A index [ LOW is GOOD ]

  • 1 to 6 is BEST
  • 7 to 9 is OK
  • 11 or more is BAD

Represents the overall geomagnetic condition of the ionosphere ("Ap" if averaged from the Kp-Index) (an average of the eight 3-hour K-Indices) ('A' referring to amplitude) over a given 24 hour period, ranging (linearly) typically from 1-100 but theoretically up to 400.

A lower A-Index generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; a low & steady Ap-Index generally suggest good propagation on the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

SFI index [ HIGH is GOOD ]

  • 70 NOT GOOD
  • 80 GOOD
  • 90 BETTER
  • 100+ BEST

The measure of total radio emissions from the sun at 10.7cm (2800 MHz), on a scale of 60 (no sunspots) to 300, generally corresponding to the sunspot level, but being too low in energy to cause ionization, not related to the ionization level of the Ionosphere.

Higher Solar Flux generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; Solar Flux rarely affects the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

K index [ LOW is GOOD ]

  • 0 or 1 is BEST
  • 2 is OK
  • 3 or more is BAD
  • 5 is VERY VERY BAD

The overall geomagnetic condition of the ionosphere ("Kp" if averaged over the planet) over the past 3 hours, measured by 13 magnetometers between 46 & 63 degrees of latitude, and ranging quasi-logarithmically from 0-9. Designed to detect solar particle radiation by its magnetic effect. A higher K-index generally means worse HF conditions.

A lower K-Index generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; a low & steady Kp-Index generally suggest good propagation on the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

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