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archived 3/04/2014

National Weather Service-Weather Spotter Training!Thursday, April 3rd, 2014, from 6:30 PM-8:30 PMBenicia Community Center, 370 East L St., Benicia, CA 94510• Free Weather Spotter Training for Solano County (other county residents also welcome).• Training will cover observing, recognizing and reporting severe weather.• Opportunity to learn about severe weather types experienced in the area.• Will enable interested citizens to become volunteers for Project SKYWARN™, to help keep local communities safe.• Learn severe weather safety tips and severe weather operations at the National Weather Service.• Co-sponsored by the Solano County Office of Emergency Services and the Benicia Fire Department.Storm spotters play a valuable role in the severe weather warning process. The National Weather Service relies on visual observations from spotters to provide critical information that would otherwise not be available to forecasters. Spotter reports are combined with data from doppler radar and satellite pictures to provide a complete understanding of severe storms and their impact on the public. Spotter guides, cloud charts and severe weather pamphlets will be provided to potential new weather spotters. Applications will be made available for you to become a volunteer weather spotter. Once we receive your application at the National Weather Service, you will be assigned a spotter number and we will send you an information packet. There will also be an opportunity to discuss and join the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow) across the U.S. Your spotter reports will help Solano County be better prepared when severe weather occurs!For more information, you can contact Eric Kurth (eric.kurth@noaa.gov) at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Sacramento. We look forward to seeing you there!

archived 3/24/2014

BARC's Simplex Path Survey

As discussed at the last BARC meeting, we will be conducting a "Simplex Path Survey" throughout the city of Benicia, this coming Sunday, March 23rd, 2014.

If you have questions please check BARC's Yahoo group or if would like to be part of this historic and interesting test, contact Art, AB6HB, immediately

archived 3/12/2014

March 11th BARC Meeting The monthly meeting of the Benicia Amateur Radio Club will be held this coming Tuesday, March 11th, in the downtown fire station, 150 Military West. Please enter through the door on West 2nd St. Doors open at 7 PM and the meeting starts at 7:30. Please enter through the door on West 2nd St.This month's program will be: Let’s Play "Go Kit". This Refresher on setting up the VHF/UHF (FT8800) and the HF/VHF/UHF/BuddiPole Go Kits (FT897) will be hands-on, where anyone can practice any portion of setting up and using either style of Go Kit. Questions will be answered, hints and suggestions shared. Everyone should know how to set up and operate the Go Kits.

archived 3/7/2014

California Rescue Communications Net Drill:

For all members involved in the California Rescue Communications Net (The Gordo Net): This Thursday and Friday, February 27th and 28th, a Weather Drill is being conducted. When checking in it is requested that you check in with the rain totals and the barometer reading as well as significant winds or other adverse weather conditions.