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We have resolved the server issue on the VoIPWXNet web site which was preventing us from uploading files to the web site. We have now uploaded the recording from the April VoIPWXNet on the National Hurricane Conference and have uploaded the May VoIPWXNet presentation and recording by Tony Langdon-VK3JED, VoIP Hurricane Net Technical Coordinator on EchoLink/IRLP/VoIP enhancements to the web site. These files are fairly large and may be best heard and seen by downloading the presentations off the web site. The presentations and recordings can be found at the following links:

VoIP Hurricane Net May 2008 EchoLink/IRLP/VoIP Enhancements Presentation

VoIP Hurricane Net May 2008 EchoLink/IRLP/VoIP Enhancements Recording (High Audio Quality-9 Meg file)

VoIP Hurricane Net May 2008 EchoLink/IRLP/VoIP Enhancements Recording (Slightly lower quality-7 Meg file)

VoIP Hurricane Net April 2008 National Hurricane Confernece Recording

VoIP Hurricane Net April Presentation on the National Hurricane Conference

VoIP Hurricane Net Amateur Radio Workshop Video Segment Page

73,Rob-KD1CY.
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A reminder that the monthly VoIP Hurricane Net for this month is Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 8 PM ET or 0000 UTC Sunday for those using GMT/UTC time. This month’s topic will be an overview of the National Hurricane Conference and the VoIP Hurricane Net Management team’s participation in the conference. We’ll also discuss the VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team visit to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida, to talk with WX4NHC Coordinators Julio Ripoll-WD4R and John McHugh-K4AG on operations for the upcoming 2008 Hurricane Season.

It is hoped by net time to have a complete video uploaded to the web site in roughly 10 minute segments from the Amateur Radio Workshop given at the conference, the presentations from the Amateur radio Workshop given at the conference as well as several articles/press releases on the conference uploaded to the VoIPWXNet web site including a special video interview of National Hurricane Center Director, KB5FYA-Bill Read provided by IRLP Net Manager and Storm Study Team member, Danny Musten-KD4RAA. Some of this work to put this information out on the web was started during the trip but we were not able to complete the work to the proper level to distribute on the web during the conference but these articles and materials will be available on the web site by Saturday Evening.

Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
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After about 2 years of service, Matt Hoppes-KB3MSE has stepped down as net control trainer for the VoIP Hurricane Net due to additional commitments Matt has picked up over the last several months. Matt did a tremendous job of scheduling and conducting numerous Net Control training sessions since taking over the position in June 2006. We wish Matt well and all the best in his future endeavors and Matt may help us when he can as a Net Control Operator for the net.

Replacing Matt Hoppes-KB3MSE as VoIP Hurricane Net Control Trainer will be Mike “Sparky” Leger-N1YLQ. We are very lucky to have Sparky on the net management team as Net Control Trainer. Sparky has served the VoIP Hurricane Net in several capacities since 2004. Sparky has been an experienced Net Control Operator that has stepped in for numerous Hurricane Net activations over the years and has assisted with contacts in the affected area of hurricanes across portions of the US East Coast as well as other international locations. Sparky has emergency communications experience as an Amateur Radio Operator for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Taunton, Massachusetts and currently assists with communications, operations and logistical needs for the Florida Coast-to-Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross based in Daytona Beach Florida serving Citrus, Flagler, Lake, Hernando, Marion, Sumter and Volusia Counties of Central Florida. Net Control Training sessions will be scheduled and announced as we move into May and the start of Hurricane Season in June. Please give Mike “Sparky” Leger your full support in this new position.

This is the first of a series of announcements as many in the VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team participate in the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Florida and visited the National Hurricane Center and the Amateur Radio Station, WX4NHC. On Tuesday April 1st from 130-500 PM, the Amateur Radio Workshop, featuring National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Coordinators, Julio Ripoll-WD4R and John McHugh-K4AG, Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net, Rob Macedo-KD1CY and Assistant Director of the VoIP Hurricane Net and Manager of Preparedness and Response at ARRL HQ, Dennis Dura-K2DCD, will present a variety of topics concerning Amateur Radio’s role in Hurricanes. Julio and John will present the operations of WX4NHC and the HF Hurricane Watch Net. Rob Macedo-KD1CY will present the VoIP Hurricane Net and Rob Macedo-KD1CY and Dennis Dura-K2DCD will present the importance of collecting “Disaster Intelligence” and other roles that Amateur Radio Operators can play in assisting Emergency Management during hurricane related disasters.

Please keep an eye out for more announcements over the course of this week. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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