National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Workshop Sessions To Be Livestreamed – Tuesday March 31st 2015

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The National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Workshop sessions will be livestreamed on Tuesday March 31st, 2015. It will feature topics on the importance of surface reports from National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Richard Knabb, Amateur Radio Operations at WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, the Canadian Hurricane Centre, ARRL Hurricane Operations and Update, Hurricane Watch Net and VoIP Hurricane Net.

Links to the livestream are as follows:

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

The session schedule is listed on the links above and will be updated to reflect what is listed below:

Tuesday, March 31 — 13:30-15:00 CDT/14:30-16:00 EDT*
13:30 Opening Remarks (5 Minutes – Presented by Rob Macedo – KD1CY)
13:35 Importance of Amateur Radio / Spotter Surface Reports (25 Minutes – Presented by NHC Director Dr. Rick Knabb)
14:00 WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the NHC, Weather Initiatives & the Haiti Earthquake Mission Overview (40 Minutes – Presented by Rob Macedo – KD1CY)
14:40 Canadian Hurricane Centre Amateur Radio Operations (30 Minutes – Presented by Bob Robichaud-VE1MBR, Canadian Hurricane Centre)

—> NOTE:  Speakers will be on a break from around 15:10-15:30 CDT/16:10-16:30 EDT

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VoIP Hurricane Prep Net Report – Saturday March 7th, 2015

The following Station checked into the Mar. 7, 2015 Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net. Hyperlinks are spelled out, due to display issues with Facebook.

Voice Checkins:
WX1DER, Daryl, Little Rock, Arkansas (Primary Net Control)
WA2AQQ, Bob, East Meadow, New York (Backup Net Control)
K2DCD, Dennis, Ewing, New Jersey (Net Management)  kd1cy mom sk
KC5FM, Lloyd, Altus, Oklahoma (Net Management)
KJ4EJH, John, Newport, North Carolina (Skywarn)
WB8YYS, Gregg, Stow, Ohio (Skywarn)
VE9MTB, Rick, New Brunswick, Canada (CANWarn)
NP3OD, Francisco, San Juan, Puerto Rico
N2HLB, John, Ellenville, New York
WB8REI, Jeff, Columbus, Ohio
KG6FIY, Endaf, Long Beach, California
WB7PTR, Lynn, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Textbox Checkins:
W4CFH, Chuck, Edgewater, Florida
KA1VRF, Wayne, Vero Beach, Florida
KJ6NKV, Janielle, Sausalito, California
WA2QHA, Joe, East Brunswick, New Jersey
KE7AZF, Mike, Casper, Wyoming
KK4JMO, Danny, Vero Beach, Florida
VE1AKT, Al, New Brunswick, Canada
N7RYN, Ryan, Apex, North Carolina

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Voice Checkins: 12
Textbox Checkins: 8
Total Checkins: 20

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Our thoughts and prayers go to Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Director Of Net Operations. He lost his mother to cancer last night. No word on funeral arrangements as of net time.

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Question Of The week (from Lloyd, KC5FM):

Do you monitor National Hurricane Center products during the offseason (yes or no)??

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