Branson Repeaters

With thanks to Jennie P. Carr of Joplin, Missouri, the following is cellphone video hosted on YouTube of the moments leading to the sinking of the Ride the Ducks boat on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, on Thursday, July 19, 2018. The video was shot on a cellphone while aboard the Showboat Branson Belle, […]

Thank you to everyone throughout the Springfield, Missouri County Warning Area who emailed us with your local organization’s Field Day information. Here’s the list of 2018 Public Field Day Events throughout SW Missouri. Field Day starts at 1 p.m. Central (1800 UTC) Saturday, June 23, 2018, and continues for 24 hours. Greene County (Willard, Missouri):  […]

The National Weather Service has joined together with other local and state agencies to promote Missouri and Kansas Summer Weather Safety Week 2018: Excessive Heat and Lightning. This year’s Summer Weather Safety Week starts on Monday, June 18th and runs through Sunday, June 24th. Excessive heat and lightning are among the top weather dangers during […]

It is with a heavy heart today that we announce that our dear friend and colleague Jim Sellars N0UAM has passed away. As you may know, Jim has been off the air for several months and has been in the hospital. Please keep Jim’s family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.   […]

The benefit concert on April 26th in Houston, Missouri featuring Country music band Farewell Angelina was a huge success with a near-sellout crowd in attendance. The four-member all-female band performed several songs including covers of classic hits made famous by The Eagles and The Animals as well as a cover of an appropriately-titled song: “Radioactive” […]

A strong storm system tracked through the Springfield, Missouri County Warning Area during the late afternoon and evening hours of Friday, April 13, 2018, dropping hail as large as tennis balls, damaging straight-line winds, and four tornadoes along its path. The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Springfield, Missouri reports that a few supercell thunderstorms […]

Country Music band Farewell Angelina will be performing a benefit concert on April 26th to help raise funds for much-needed repairs to the 145.49 N0NWS Repeater. As you may know, a major lightning strike late last summer severely damaged the 145.49 repeater’s main transmit antenna, feed line, and final power amplifier knocking it off the […]

The National Weather Service is encouraging you and your family to know where your severe weather safe place is at home, at work, at school, and even at places in between. From now until April 4th, you are encouraged to take a photo of yourself and your family (aka: a selfie) while inside your severe […]

Daylight Savings Time begins this weekend here in Southwest Missouri and throughout most of the United States. This Sunday, March 11, 2017, at 2:00 a.m. local time, we spring forward to Central Daylight Time as we turn our clocks ahead one hour. Safety officials also suggest that this is a great time to test and/or replace the batteries in your […]

Thank you to all stations who participated in the amateur radio portion of this morning’s Statewide Tornado Drill throughout the Springfield, Missouri County Warning Area. We had a total of 81 stations participating!!! 50 stations (including net control) checked in directly via the Southwest Missouri Regional Skywarn Repeater Network. The remaining 31 stations were checked […]