VoIP Hurricane Prep Net Report – Saturday March 5th, 2016

The following stations checked into the Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net on Mar. 5, 2016. Station locations are from the hamdata.com website, unless otherwise noted. Due to hyperlink issues with Facebook, the Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net website is listed first in the links section, below the checkins.

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Question/Comment of the Week from KC5FM: 
Name three ways you obtain weather warnings. One should have at least 3 ways, in case one or more ways, fail.

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Voice Checkins:
W9LUO, Marilyn, Evanston, IL (Net Control)
WB8YYS, Gregg, Kent, OH (Backup Net Control, Skywarn Coordinator)
KC5FM, Lloyd, Altus, OK (Net Management)
WX1DER, Daryl, Little Rock, AR (Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Outlooks)
KJ4EJH, John, Swansboro, NC (Skywarn Coordinator)
KJ4JPE, Janice, Swansboro, NC (Skywarn Coordinator)
VE9MTB, Rick, New Brunswick, CN (CANWARN)
NP3OD, Francisco, San Juan, PR
WA2AQQ, Bob, East Meadow, NY
N1VXP, Rick, Chilicothe, OH
KA5EZQ, Rick, Belle Chasse, LA
AF5JG, Eric, Marrero, LA
WW4RX, Steve, Stuart, FL
WX9VOR, Debby, Aurora, IL
KC8FQV, Mark, Aurora, OH
N7BMH, Brian, McCAll, ID

Textbox Checkins:
KG5CEN, Glen, Slidell, LA
VE1AKT, Al, Nova Scotia, CN (CANWARN)
KG6FIY, Endaf, Long Beach, CA
WA4MDQ, Ruth, Dallas, GA
K8ARL, Karl, Tiffin, OH

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Voice Checkins:      16
Textbox Checkins:     5
Total Checkins:      21

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To save space, and for further details, please go to the following websites for more information on these topics.

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VoIP Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net:
Main page: http://www.voipwx.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voipwxnet?_rdr
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/voipwxnet

The following stations checked into the Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net on Mar. 5, 2016. Station locations are from the hamdata.com website, unless otherwise noted. Due to hyperlink issues with Facebook, the Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net website is listed first in the links section, below the checkins.

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Question/Comment of the Week from KC5FM: 
Name three ways you obtain weather warnings. One should have at least 3 ways, in case one or more ways, fail.

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Voice Checkins:
W9LUO, Marilyn, Evanston, IL (Net Control)
WB8YYS, Gregg, Kent, OH (Backup Net Control, Skywarn Coordinator)
KC5FM, Lloyd, Altus, OK (Net Management)
WX1DER, Daryl, Little Rock, AR (Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Outlooks)
KJ4EJH, John, Swansboro, NC (Skywarn Coordinator)
KJ4JPE, Janice, Swansboro, NC (Skywarn Coordinator)
VE9MTB, Rick, New Brunswick, CN (CANWARN)
NP3OD, Francisco, San Juan, PR
WA2AQQ, Bob, East Meadow, NY
N1VXP, Rick, Chilicothe, OH
KA5EZQ, Rick, Belle Chasse, LA
AF5JG, Eric, Marrero, LA
WW4RX, Steve, Stuart, FL
WX9VOR, Debby, Aurora, IL
KC8FQV, Mark, Aurora, OH
N7BMH, Brian, McCAll, ID

Textbox Checkins:
KG5CEN, Glen, Slidell, LA
VE1AKT, Al, Nova Scotia, CN (CANWARN)
KG6FIY, Endaf, Long Beach, CA
WA4MDQ, Ruth, Dallas, GA
K8ARL, Karl, Tiffin, OH

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Voice Checkins:      16
Textbox Checkins:     5
Total Checkins:      21

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To save space, and for further details, please go to the following websites for more information on these topics.

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VoIP Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net:
Main page: http://www.voipwx.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voipwxnet?_rdr
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/voipwxnet
Yahoo Groups: https://groups.yahoo.com/group/voipwxnet

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The net is now meeting on the FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH *ONLY*, now that it is the hurricane “off season”. The net for next month will be Saturday, April 2, 2016, with the net going back to every Saturday on June 4, 2016. In short, if you show up any Saturday besides first Saturday of April or May…you won’t find anyone here.

There is a possibility that the off season nets (April and May) will have “training presentations”. On those nights, checkins and comments will be taken by Net Management, and possibly Skywarn Coordinators ONLY. All other checkins will be CALLSIGNS ONLY, to allow plenty of time for the Training Presentations. There was no Training Presentation for the March 5, 2016 net.

An announcement for the yearly pre-hurricane season WX4NHC Station Test will be made sometime in May.

Watch the Yahoo Groups and Facebook page for updates on all of these items.

While most of the U.S. will go to Daylight Savings Time at 2am local time on Sunday, March 13, 2016…areas like Arizona and Hawaii will remain on Standard Time. If you are in these areas, or observe GMT in your shack, the net time for the nets will be ONE HOUR EARLIER. Otherwise, the time for the nets will NOT change.

The 2016 National Hurricane Conference will be in Orlando, Florida from March 21-24, 2016. Further details are at:
http://hurricanemeeting.com/

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Weather Radio Recall – Ambient Weather Radios have been recalled, due to a fire hazard with the AC adapter. For details, go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Ambient-Weather-Recalls-Weather-Radios/

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National Weather Service:
Click on the desired area of the map for more weather information.
http://www.weather.gov

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Storm Prediction Center:
Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Watches, Severe Weather Outlooks, and Mesoscale Discussions on severe weather and winter weather for the contiguous 48 states.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov

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Tropical Prediction Center:
Advisories and Outlooks for the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Hurricane Basin.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

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Central Pacific Hurricane Center:
Advisories and Outlooks for the Central Pacific Basin (including Hawaii).
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/

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Southeast US D-Star Weather Net:
Meets on Reflector 2 A, Sunday night, at 9pm Eastern Time.
http://www.dstarinfo.com/se-d-star-wx-net.aspx

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Online Skywarn Spotter Training:
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23

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Daryl Stout, WX1DER, Little Rock, Arkansas