NTX ARES Section Notice Delta-1008-01 (10NOV20 1600 CDT)
SECTION STATUS:NORMAL READINESS Hurricane Delta is continuing to move towards Louisiana with landfall expected within the next 36 hours. At this time, I do not anticipate change is status of […]
Traffic system status upgraded to STANDBY ahead of Hurricane Delta
With Hurricane Delta expected to strengthen as it approaches the US coastline, affecting areas already impacted by Hurricanes Laura and Sally, I have upgraded the NTS Status to STANDBY. I […]
ARRL NTS Amateur Radio Volunteers Holding 4-Hour DFW Emergency Communications Exercise
The ARRL North Texas Section and the DFW Metroplex Traffic Net will hold an emergency communications exercise on Saturday November 7. This exercise will simulate a cellular network outage and […]
Mentorfest 2020 has been cancelled
Mentor Fest 2020 has been CanceledNormally held the last weekend of Aprilwas rescheduled for October 17 of this year. As the ARRL North Texas Section ManagerI feel it would be irresponsible […]
Traffic system status returned to Normal Operation
Now a Tropical Storm, Sally has moved inland and will move across southern Alabama and extreme western Florida panhandle early through Thursday, over central Georgia on Thursday, and over South […]
Traffic system standing by for Tropical Storm Sally traffic
Tropical Storm Sally is expected to make landfall in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi late Monday / early Tuesday, possibly as a Category 2 Hurricane. While not at the same level […]
Traffic System status lowered to Monitoring
With Laura weakening, the State Operations Center ending its monitoring at 2 pm today, and storm-related traffic not materializing as much as it could have, the NTS Status has been […]
NTX ARES Section Notice LAURA-0827-02 (27AUG20 1200 CDT)
SECTION STATUS: NORMAL READINESS All District Emergency Coordinators, Emergency Coordinators are asked to stand down their teams. It is anticipated that this is the final advisory for this event.A “a temporary waiver […]
NTX ARES Section Notice LAURA-0827-01 (27AUG20 0900 CDT)
SECTION STATUS: MODIFIED STANDBY Districts 1- 6 Emergency Coordinators, Emergency Coordinators are asked to stand down their teams. Districts 7-9 asked to remain on STANDBY. A “a temporary waiver to permit amateur data […]
Traffic system continuing to RESPOND
The traffic system continues to RESPOND to Hurricane Laura as it approaches the Texas/Louisiana coast. I have been monitoring traffic and hurricane nets today, and expect that we will see […]