Bravo and well said David:
Just got notice today that the National Hurricane Center expects an 80% chance
of an above-normal hurricane season ...
Details below:
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2006 Hurricane Predictions Released
May 22, 2006 Miami , FL - Immediate Release
The National Hurricane Center today predicts an 80% chance of an above-normal
hurricane season...details and map at...
http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=92&z=1
73 fer nw,
Bob AD5VJ(AAR6VM)
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Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David
> Robbins K1TTT
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:51 PM
> To: YCCC; reflector cq-contest
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] emergency communcations,contesters and
> the spotting network
>
> Ham radio has a long tradition of helping during emergencies.
> I have at times suggested that emergency coordinators should
> team up with contest operators and station owners to improve
> their capabilities. However due to busy contest schedules
> and having a large station to maintain I have been less than
> active following through. I think this time I am going to
> put my foot where my mouth is, or is that get off my high
> butt, or something like that anyway... On June 5 there will
> be a state hurricane emergency drill for Mass.(see
> http://ares.ema.arrl.org/) I will have at least the local
> skywarn coordinator at my station to participate. I would
> urge others to contact your local coordinators who may be
> participating and invite them to visit and see some of your
> station capabilities. I will almost guarantee that most of
> them have no idea of what could be done for HF or even VHF
> communications from even a moderately well equipped contest station.
>
> Related to this.
>
> The original PacketCluster software added a WX command that
> has proven useful over the years for notifications of severe
> weather events. In particular I have actively used it for
> announcing north east regional severe thunderstorm watches
> and warnings, and regional radar or lightning detector
> warnings of thunder storms that may alert cluster users to
> approaching storms. During this drill I will be using this
> facility to deliver short updates and solicit inputs as
> requested by nets and other participants. Now is the time to
> figure out how to set your node or personal filters if you
> don't want to see announces of this type. I will be making
> test announces in the evenings over the next week or so about
> this so that you may test filter settings in case there
> aren't any real thunderstorms or other events to announce. I
> would appreciate it if New England area sysops made sure that
> these announces reached their nodes. While I think the
> network's emergency capability has been reduced by reliance
> on internet connections, it may still provide at least some
> pre-emergency or initial notification capability. Even when
> disconnected from the internet, nodes that have RF capability
> can still serve as local collection points for traffic or
> bulletins that can be relayed via other HF or VHF methods.
>
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
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