The end of all things is near.
Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that
you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply,
because love covers over a multitude of sins. Peter
4:7-8 NIV
Vice
President’s Comments We sure did start May off with a
bang. Was so glad that everyone came to the fish fry,
all I can say is if you weren't there you missed a
great event. Thanks so very much to Mel and Margie for
having us. The hospitality was great and the food
delicious.
We need to get started on Field
Day now so things will be in order and everyone can
have a great time making contacts. This will be my
first one, so I am very excited to be a part of the
festivities. We have a wonderful club and many
wonderful friends have been made and I love each of
you in my own special way. God bless you all and hope
to see you Saturday.
73s Joyce
Editorial MARC is sponsoring a VE test
session on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 1800 CDT (6
PM). Test will be held at LEMA EOC located on the
corner of 14th Street and 23rd Avenue. Talk-in will be
on the 146.700 repeater. Hope you can be there.
The follow articles have
important information about the upcoming hurricane
season. I think the next few weeks would be an
excellent opportunity in making sure that your
equipment and operating skills are prepared for any
emergency that may arrive in your area. Have a safe
month. 73, W5MAV
This month's
favorite web site Can your joints predict the
weather? Compare how you're feeling with our Aches and
Pains map. Looking at this map and comparing it to the
way I have felt these last few days, I am almost ready
to believe in this stuff?
EMERGENCY
EMAIL & WIRELESS NETWORK Started in 1999, The Emergency
Email & Wireless Network is the country's largest
public notification network.
1. Refer Family and friends to
sign up for notices at http://www.emergencyemail.org/
2. Contact your local public
officials to make then aware that they can use the
Emergency Email & Wireless Network 911Message.com
services to communicate WITH YOU! Many are still not
aware of our services and are not using them. We reply
on citizens like yourself to assist us in making them
aware. This kind of outreach is what makes our service
possible to you. The link to refer them to is
http://www.911message.com/
3. Hurricane Week info is
available at http://www.emergencyemail.org/hurricane/
Please share this link as well.
Hurricanes have been some or the
deadliest and most costly natural disasters in U.S.
history. With hurricane season approaching on June 1,
National Hurricane Awareness Week provides an
opportunity to reflect on the impact these storms can
cause and the potential we have to minimize that
impact. Info at http://www.emergencyemail.org/hurricane/
Busy
Atlantic Hurricane Season
Predicted By JOHN PAIN
MIAMI (AP) - Government
forecasters predicted a busier-than-normal Atlantic
hurricane season Monday: Six to nine hurricanes
overall, including two to four major storms packing
winds of at least 111 mph.
Higher-than-normal ocean
temperatures and other factors should make conditions
ripe for hurricanes this year, said James Mahoney,
deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
Forecasters also said there is a
70 percent chance that La Nina will develop this
summer. The weather phenomenon of lower-than-normal
Pacific Ocean temperatures near the equator typically
leads to more hurricane activity.
Overall, 11 to 15 tropical
storms are expected to develop during the season that
runs from June 1 to Nov. 30; the historical average is
10 tropical storms and six hurricanes.
Last year, there were 12
tropical storms and four hurricanes, two of them major
- a milder season than the National Hurricane Center
had predicted (13 tropical storms and six to eight
hurricanes, two to three of them major).
Since 1995, forecasters have
noted an increase in overall tropical storm and
hurricane activity. Officials are warning residents to
be prepared.
"We may have gotten lazy and
lackadaisical in our preparedness for hurricanes - get
over it," said Mike Brown, director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
The government will issue
five-day hurricane forecasts this season, replacing
the three-day advisories used since 1964. Forecasters
say that will allow accurate, longer-range outlooks
for increasingly populated coastal areas. It will also
be helpful for those who need more than three days to
move themselves and their property, such as the Navy.
Hurricane forecaster William
Gray updated his 2003 prediction last month to say
there would be eight hurricanes, three of them severe.
The Weather Research Center predicts six hurricanes
this year.
The storm names for the year are
Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fabian, Grace,
Henri, Isabel, Juan, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas,
Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor and Wanda.
National
Hurricane Center's WX4NHC announces 2003 on-the-air
test Special Bulletin To all radio amateurs
National Hurricane Center's
Amateur Radio station WX4NHC (formerly W4EHW) will
conduct its 2003 hurricane season on-the-air station
test Sunday, June 1, 1300-2200 UTC. The event will
mark the first time the NHC uses its new WX4NHC call
sign.
Amateur Radio Coordinator John
McHugh, KU4GY, says the purpose of the annual station
test is to check out all of the WX4NHC radio, computer
and antenna equipment using as many modes and
frequencies as possible. Some RFI monitoring also will
be done. Several new operators will also receive
hands-on training.
WX4NHC will operate on HF, VHF
and UHF. Operation will follow this schedule: 1300
UTC--3.911 and 7.268 SSB and VHF/UHF FM; 1400
UTC--14.325 MHz SSB, VHF 147.000 repeater/UHF 442.350
repeater; 1500 UTC--144.200 MHz SSB, 14.070 MHz PSK31;
1700 UTC--14.325 and 21.325 MHz SSB, VHF/UHF IRLP Node
9210; 1800 UTC--21.325 and 28.525 MHz SSB; 2000
UTC--14.325 and 144.200 MHz SSB. CW operation will be
on 14.035, 21.035 and 28.035 MHz (times will vary).
Stations working WX4NHC are
asked to provide a signal report, location and brief
weather report. QSL cards are available via W4VBQ.
Include an SASE with QSL requests.
The LSU
Balloon Project The LSU Balloon Project has been
postponed a day to Wednesday May 21 at 6:00 am, due to
weather conditions.
Any updates will be posted on
the website. www.brarc.org
You can track the balloons on
the links below.
This link will show a position
of the balloon according to the 144.340 MHz beacon This one will show a position
according to the 445.975 MHz beacon the two positions should
normally coincide within a few tens of meters
These will show the respective
positions with a "breadcrumb trail" track Andre' AD5FK
Have You
Tasted? At the University of Chicago
Divinity School each year they have what is called
"Baptist Day." It is a day when all the Baptists in
the area are invited to the school because they want
the Baptist dollars to keep coming in. On this day
each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a
grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist Day" the school
would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in
the theological education center.
One year they invited Dr. Paul
Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for two and one-half hours
proving that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He
quoted scholar after scholar and book after book. He
concluded that since there was no such thing as the
historical resurrection, the religious tradition of
the church was groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo --
because it was based on a relationship with a risen
Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any
literal sense. He then asked if there were any
questions.
After about 30 seconds, an old,
dark skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped,
woolly white hair stood up in the back of the
auditorium. "Docta Tillich, I got one question," he
said as all eyes turned toward him. He reached into
his sack lunch, pulled out an apple, and began eating
it. "Docta Tillich ... CRUNCH, MUNCH...my question is
a simple question...CRUNCH, CRUNCH...Now, I ain't
never read them books you read... CRUNCH, MUNCH...and
I can't recite the scriptures in the original
Greek...CRUNCH, MUNCH... I don't know nothin' about
Niebuhr and Heidegger." ...CRUNCH, MUNCH. He finished
the apple.
"All I wanna know is: This apple
I just ate -- was it bitter or sweet?"
Dr. Tillich paused for a moment
and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot
possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted
your apple."
The white-haired preacher
dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper
bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly,
"Neither have you tasted my Jesus."
The 1,000 plus in attendance
could not contain themselves. The auditorium erupted
with applause and cheers.
Dr. Tillich thanked his audience
and promptly left the platform. Have you tasted Jesus?
He has risen...and He's coming back one day!
"O taste and see that the LORD
is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."
(Psalm 34:8)
May 2003
From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT
May 14, 2003
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