{"id":2855,"date":"2009-08-31T02:21:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T08:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2009-08-31T02:27:54","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T08:27:54","slug":"south-tx-hurricane-drill-%e2%80%93-photos-by-w2ik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=2855","title":{"rendered":"South TX Hurricane Drill \u2013 Photos by W2IK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos provided by Bob W2IK covering the operators stationed near IH-37 South and Hwy 181 exit, monitoring contra flow, plus the Floresville RV Park on Hwy 181.<\/p>\n<p>Bob, W2IK &#8211; NNN0KSI &#8211; NNN0GBY2, Bexar Operator Group and NMC MARS) reported from Floresville on weather conditions, traffic flow and relays information from MARS into the REACT ham system. He also acted as a MARS relay station when propagation conditions prevented communications between a few MARS stations.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2855 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/KD5YTN_02.jpg'><img width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/KD5YTN_02-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2856\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/KD5YTN_02-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/KD5YTN_02-350x262.jpg 350w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/KD5YTN_02.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2856'>\n\t\t\t\tKrissy, KD5YTN, (Bexar Operators Group) reports traffic flow from the Hwy 181 &#8211; IH-37 interchange.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_03.jpg'><img width=\"200\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_03-200x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2859\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_03-200x145.jpg 200w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_03-350x254.jpg 350w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_03.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2859'>\n\t\t\t\tBob, W2IK &#8211; NNN0KSI &#8211; NNN0GBY2\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_02.jpg'><img width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_02-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2858\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_02-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_02-350x262.jpg 350w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/W2IK_02.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2858'>\n\t\t\t\tW2IK&#8217;s operating arena. When you are working on three nets, and supervising communications the area gets kind of crowded.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Weatherstation.jpg'><img width=\"132\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Weatherstation-132x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Weatherstation-132x200.jpg 132w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Weatherstation-232x350.jpg 232w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Weatherstation.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2860'>\n\t\t\t\tMARS portable weather station deployed\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Vertical_2Mtr.jpg'><img width=\"35\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Vertical_2Mtr-35x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2857\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2857'>\n\t\t\t\tW2IK&#8217;s telescoping VHF antenna deployed at his location in Floresville. The antenna is up about 34 feet making communications with the repeater we were using not a problem.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos provided by Bob W2IK covering the operators stationed near IH-37 South and Hwy 181 exit, monitoring contra flow, plus the Floresville RV Park on Hwy 181. Bob, W2IK &#8211; NNN0KSI &#8211; NNN0GBY2, Bexar Operator Group and NMC MARS) reported from Floresville on weather conditions, traffic flow and relays information from MARS into the REACT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,9,378],"tags":[391,797],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2855"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}