An 80-year-old Edgartown man was rescued Monday morning by the Edgartown Fire Department from a ham radio tower in his yard. William Welch, an electrician and avid amateur radio operator, got his sneaker caught atop a 20-foot-tall backyard antenna after he scaled the structure to secure it ahead of the Read More …
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WINTER STORM WARNING
AREAS AFFECTED: HERTFORD, NC; BERTIE, NC; MAINLAND DARE, NC; CURRITUCK, NC; PERQUIMANS, NC; CAMDEN, NC; GATES, NC; CHOWAN, NC; PASQUOTANK, NC; ISLE OF WIGHT, VA; SOUTHAMPTON, VA; CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, VA; CITY OF FRANKLIN, VA; CITY OF NORFOLK, VA; CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VA; CITY OF SUFFOLK, VA; CITY OF VIRGINIA Read More …
Repeater update
As everyone is aware, the 146.820 and 444.000 repeaters have been off the air for about a week now. The antennas which are over 10 years old appeared to have suffered damage from the tornado producing storms that swept by city park almost two weeks ago. Replacement antennas were ordered Read More …
Update on repeaters
Appears we have a more serious problem than first thought. Appears storms that came through possibly damaged our antennas and both he UHF and VHF antennas have to be replaced. We could be looking at a week or longer with the 146.820 and 444.000 repeaters off the air. Stay tuned Read More …