AB5WX - Nick Gaspard

09/25/2022

Haha

09/05/2022

This looks amazing.

08/19/2022

Such terrible beauty. Amazing.

A thunderstorm as seen from Space...

A towering thunderstorm lights up the night skies over Panama, as seen at 37,000 feet.

07/27/2022

This is just amazing.

07/11/2022

Phenomenal!

Storm captured from the upper atmosphere 🌩

06/14/2022

Gorgeous shot.

Sun in ultraviolet.

08/29/2021

Watch storm chasers live in Hurricane Ida.

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08/28/2021

The Hurricane Watch Net for Hurricane Ida is currently operating on 7.268.

07/16/2021

Cuban jamming interference on 40 meters. This was taken around 7.128 LSB.

07/05/2021

Regarding special event stations for the 13 Colonies event in progress:

D-Star:

REF63A

DMR:

314208

Fusion:

28173

The D-Star station is active now. I believe the other two will be active around 8 PM eastern time.

06/03/2021

Ready to hit the backwoods!

06/02/2021

Got a new toy today.

06/02/2021

30 meters is poppin’ right now! Get it while you can!

73

05/18/2021

Keeping an eye on this flood event we are having here in SE Texas/SW Louisiana.

-AB5WX

05/17/2021

Severe weather alert. NWS in Lake Charles, Louisiana is live.

05/08/2021

The Sun launched a solar storm towards earth today measuring out at M3.9. So far this is the strongest earth-directed flare we've seen in cycle 25.

Sunspot number: 11 What is the sunspot number? Updated 07 May 2021 Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2021 total: 46 days (36%) 2020 total: 208 days (57%) 2019 total: 281 days (77%) 2018 total: 221 days (61%) 2017 total: 104 days (28%) 2016 total: 32 days (9%) 2015 total: 0 days (0%) 2014 total:....

04/27/2021

Couldn't get them all, but happy about getting the ones that I did.

01/04/2021

We finally have a nexus point between amateur radio and gaming.

I am the administrator of the Gaming Central on the TGIF DMR network.

You can find us on talkgroup 31163.

It doesn’t matter if you use a PC, Console, or a Mobile device.

Nick Gaspard, AB5WX
Admin, TGIF Talkgroup 31163
Gaming Central

10/29/2020

This will get you on the frequency we're currently operating on.

The Northern Utah WebSDR system has coverage on all U.S. amateur HF, MF and LF bands, 2 meters, the bottom 1 MHz of 6 meters, and several shortwave broadcast bands - see the Technical Info page for more details.

10/28/2020

This is a great web resource for finding out what nets are going, and the operators part of those nets.

https://www.k3clr.com/checkinslist/?net=NATA%2040m%20Net%20(7.184)&isActive=True&freq=

10/28/2020

If you want to monitor the NATA 40m net and OMISS after, listen in on this SDR located in Utah. It is one of the better ones.

http://websdr1.sdrutah.org:8901/index1a.html?tune=7184lsb

This system has coverage on all U.S. amateur HF, MF and LF bands, 2 meters, the bottom 1 MHz of 6 meters, and several shortwave broadcast bands - see the Technical Info page for more details.

10/09/2020

Weather station set up and ready to go for today’s hurricane landfall.

I have sensors outside, inside, and a wind gauge all relaying data back to me on my screen.

Definitely recommend La Crosse Technologies.

I’ll be adding a rainfall gauge next.

10/07/2020

Hurricane Delta churning in the Gulf, on the move.

Delta looking the look... www.spaghettimodels.com

10/06/2020

We didn't have a great pass last night of the International Space Station, but we were able to get what we could.

I'm expecting some much better passes and I'll pass along the images I get on here.

This is just really awesome, getting images from the ISS.

10/03/2020

Fantastic opening to Europe on 30 meters right now via FT8

10/02/2020

Gotta love it when Antarctica hears you.

09/18/2020

Looks like we’re getting some attention with all of these natural disasters going on!

Once considered a nerdy basement hobby, lo-fi transmissions from ordinary folks save lives during wildfires, hurricanes, and other climate disasters.

09/12/2020

Well, tonight I think I got my “furthest away” contact.

From here in SE Texas, I made contact with a station just south of Perth, Australia at a distance of 10.5K miles away.

The only way I would topple that is if I got a contact off in the ocean somewhere, or perhaps if I’m counting it down to the smallest distance possible, maybe a little closer to Perth, itself.

I checked out the furthest distance from me where people live, and it listed Perth. Picked up a couple other Aussie stations as well.

Edit: This was done via digi modes on 40 meters.

08/25/2020

For those with scanners or radios capable of listening or operating on amateur radio frequencies, the Hurricane Watch Net has been activated and you will be able to hear reports and current conditions should other means become unavailable.

During the day, the frequency you can find them at, is 14.325 MHz, this is on the 20-meter band, and can be heard by going into upper sideband mode.

When day time propagation wanes, the net is moved to 40 meters, at 7.268 MHz, on lower sideband.

I will be on this net from time to time reporting as well. My call sign is AB5WX (Alpha Bravo Five Whiskey X-Ray).