HI, I'VE BEEN IN RADIOS MOST OF MY LIFE, ACTUALLY SINCE AGE 5 WITH A 3 CHANNEL RADIO SHACK MOBIL. PROGRESSED TO EF JOHNSON MESSENGER I (THE WHITE FACE) 5 CHANNEL CRYSTAL CONTROLLED TUBE BASE. THEN THE RADIO SHACK NAVAJO RADIO WITH SSB (GREAT DISCOVERY AND HOOKED ON ENJOYING DXING SINCE THEN). BECAME INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY COMMS SINCE THE AGE OF TWELVE YEARS OLD ON CB CHANNEL 9. I'M CURRENTLY CHIEF OF THE CLEVELAND COUNTY REACT IN SHELBY, NC. WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR CB CHANNEL 9 FOR EMERGENCY CALLS. ALSO USE 2 METER AND 70CM FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY ARES. CURRENT RADIOS ARE YAESU FT-1900 2 METER W/ PYRAMID PHASE III POWER SUPPLY, AND ON 10 METER I USE A ICOM IC-735@ BASE. AND FOR 70CM I USE A MOTOROLA MT1000 HT. ALSO MOTOROLA MT1000 VHF HT THAT I USE ON REACT FREQUENCIES AND I HAVE A ALINCO DJ-580 HT FOR VHF/UHF HAM FREQUENCIES AND A MOTOROLA SPECTRA VHF MOBILE @ BASE FOR REACT CHANNEL. ALSO. A UNIDEN WASHINGTON CB BASE RADIO W/ ASATIC D-104 MIC FOR MONITORING EMERGENCY CHANNEL 9. ANTENNAS @ BASE: TRAM 5/8 WAVE VHF GROUND PLANE FOR REACT REPEATER, SIRIO GPE 27 5/8 WAVE GROUND PLANEFOR 10&11M.

I'M ALSO A TRAINED SKYWARN STORM SPOTTER; HAVE BEEN SINCE 1991.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY SKYWARN

I MONITOR 145.270MHz TONE 91.5 AND 442.000MHz TONE 114.8, AS REACT+ARES+SKYWARN

AND 27.0650MHz CB CHANNEL-9 FOR EMERGENCYS CALLS AS REACT+SKYWARN

ON THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 1900HR WE HAVE THE NORTH CAROLINA AREA 15 ARES NET ON 146.640MHz TONE 91.5 AND ON ECHOLINK DCF-ARC CONFERENCE SERVER NODE 336037 AND ON IRLP WESTERN REFLECTOR CHANNEL 7 NODE 9257 STOP BY AND CHECK IN I'M SUM TIME NET CONTROL AND AT 2000HR ON 442.00MHz TONE 114.8 IS THE ISOTHERMAL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NET N4STF IS NET CONTROL AND ON SATERDAY NIGHTS IAM NET CONTROL FOR THE WROLD WIDE REACT INFO NET AT 9:00PM EASTERN TIME ON ECHOLINK REACT CONFERENCE SERVER NODE 109779 STOP BY WE WOOD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU CHECK-IN TO ALL NETS AND SAY HI.

GOOD BLESS TO ALL. FROM JAY FLORA WA4JAY

CLEVELAND COUNTY REACT WEBPAGE

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RUTHERFORD COUNTY ARES

http://sites.google.com/site/k4pdw1/

RUTHERFORD COUNTY SKYWARN

http://sites.google.com/site/k4pdw1/rutherford-county-skywarn-group

THE ISOTHERMAL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

http://www.isothermalarc.com/

SHELBY WEATHER

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SHELBY,NC WEATHER RADAR

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2012 IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF REACT INTERNATIONAL AND LOCO REACT TEAMS DOING VOLUNTEER COMMUNICATIONS ON CB, AMATEUR RADIO, GMRS,

CHECK OUT REACT INTERNATIONAL WEBPAGE AT

http://www.reactintl.org/