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The National Hurricane Conference is coming up next week from Monday March 26th through Thursday March 29th. Amateur Radio will be represented at two sessions during the conference as well as at a function at the Orange County Florida Emergency Operatons Center Monday Evening March 26th where Dr. Richard Knabb of The Weather Channel will be present.

All workshops will be livestreamed. The livestream links that are available are as follows:

http://www.nsradio.org/stream.htm
http://www.voipwx.net/files/stream.htm

Information on the presenters including presenters from the VoIP Hurricane Net are listed via the link below:

http://www.arrl.org/news/2012-national-hurricane-conference-to-feature-amateur-radio-activities

This information is also posted in the ARES E-Letter via the following link:

http://www.arrl.org/ares-el?issue=2012-03-21

We encourage folks to watch the livestream as presenters go through the role of the Amatuer Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, the WX4NHC group’s role in the Haiti mission, an in-depth review of Amateur Radio’s role in the response to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene and other topics as listed. We will be looking into archiving the information via video on the web for those that cannot watch the livestream as it happens. Thanks to all for their support!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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For folks in Mexico and the Caribbean, NOAA will be doing their Air Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunter” Aircraft tour from March 12th-March 17th. The details can be seen at the link below via the NOAA web site:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120301_hurricaneawaretour.html

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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There will be minor modifications made to the Hurricane Saffir/Simpson Scale effective May 15th, 2012. See the Public Information Statement posted at the National Hurricane Center web site:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20120301_pis_sshws.php

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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A recording of the March 2012 Net starting with the presentation of the National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Presentations is now available. See the link below for the recording (recording is about 8-Meg in size to preserve audio quality):

Links to the Power Point presentation can be seen at these links below:

Adobe Format:
http://www.voipwx.net/files/National_Hurricane_Conference_Overview_of_Amateur_Radio_2012.pdf

Microsoft Powerpoint format:
http://www.voipwx.net/files/National_Hurricane_Conference_Overview_of_Amateur_Radio_2012.ppt

This information has also been added to the VoIPWXNet presentations archive for those who missed the March 2012 net. We hope you find the presentations helpful. 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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For this evening’s VoIP Hurricane Prep net, there will be a training topic concerning an overview of Amateur Radio presentations for the 2012 National Hurricane Conference which takes place from March 26th-29th 2012. The VoIP Hurricane Net will be represented at the conference once again by Rob Macedo-KD1CY and Jim Palmer-KB1KQW. The presentation for tonight’s net will be available at either one of the following links:

Adobe Format:
http://www.voipwx.net/files/National_Hurricane_Conference_Overview_of_Amateur_Radio_2012.pdf

Microsoft Powerpoint format:
http://www.voipwx.net/files/National_Hurricane_Conference_Overview_of_Amateur_Radio_2012.ppt

This net will also be recorded using the Echolink recording feature for those that can’t attend this evening’s net and posted on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site on Sunday. We hope people will find this presentation helpful and will get Amateurs, particularly near the Hurricane Conference in Orlando to attend the conference.

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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