VoIP Hurricane Net Hurricane Sandy Amateur Radio Newsline Story from the November 9th, 2012 Edition
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The Amateur Radio Newsline featured the VoIP Hurricane Net efforts during Hurricane Sandy in the November 9th, 2012 edition of their weekly Amateur Radio Newsline program. A link to the recording from the Amateur Radio Newsline focused on the VoIP Hurricane Net Hurricane Sandy story as well as the written transcript are listed below:
http://www.voipwx.net/files/voip_wxnet_newsline_sandy.mp3
Hello to all..
The Amateur Radio Newsline featured the VoIP Hurricane Net efforts during Hurricane Sandy in the November 9th, 2012 edition of their weekly Amateur Radio Newsline program. A link to the recording from the Amateur Radio Newsline focused on the VoIP Hurricane Net Hurricane Sandy story as well as the written transcript are listed below:
http://www.voipwx.net/files/voip_wxnet_newsline_sandy.mp3
RESCUE RADIO: UNSUNG HEROES OF THE VoIP HURRICANE NET
Some of the most important messaging during Hurricane Sandy or any other hurricane was handled by the unsung heroes of the VoIP Hurricane Net. Amateur Radio Newsline’s Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is here with their story:
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They truly are the unsung heroes of ham radio that few in the hobby know about. But they do the kind of volunteer work that is needed to assist the National Weather Service and other served agencies when disaster is near. And during Hurricane Sandy their contributions were immense. Take a listen:
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Net audio: “WX1BOX from N1LEU. Seeing a dramatic increase in the amount of wires down, trees taking out transformers and powerlines here in the city of Meriden Connecticut.”
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That’s the sound of the sound of the VoIP SKYWARN and Hurricane Nets. Their primary objective is to help save lives and property thru the identification and field evaluation of threatening or dangerous weather conditions. At the same time facilitate the timely gathering and dissemination of this information.
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Net audio: “We are very concerned about Rhode Island for coastal storm surge flooding basically from the Dartmouth – New Bedford area West is our big concern coming up here. So we are going to try to do the best we can to try to get some data. A lot of those areas are going to be closed off so we are going to see what we can come up with to gather data there that I know is extremely critical.”
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The VoIP SKYWARN and Hurricane Nets operate by combining both Echolink and IRLP linked repeater networks over the Internet. This they say provides for more efficient and effective utilization of available resources while handling critical wide area communications during major severe weather events.
To learn more about the efforts of the VoIP Hurricane Net, you are invited to join the VOIP-WXNET Yahoo Group or visit voipwx.net on the World Wide Web.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, in the newsroom in Los Angeles.
http://www.arnewsline.org/