VoIP Hurricane Net Activation for Hurricane Gonzalo and Impact on Bermuda – Friday October 17th 2014 Starting at 8 AM EDT Lasting Through Friday Evening
Hello to all..
..VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Starting at 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Friday October 17th, 2014 for Impact of Hurricane Gonzalo on Bermuda likely lasting through Friday Evening. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event..
..WX4NHC-National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Operations will also be active starting at 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Friday October 17th, 2014..
As of 11 PM EDT/0300 UTC Thursday 10/16/14 US Time, Hurricane Gonzalo is a dangerous Category-4 hurricane and looks to pass very close to if not directly hit the island of Bermuda. Hurricane Warnings are now in effect for Bermuda. The VoIP Hurricane Net and the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, will be activated starting at 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Friday October 17th, 2014 looking for surface reports and information from Bermuda. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event which is currently expected to be through Friday Evening. Any stations in these areas and any stations with relays into the affected areas of Hurricane Gonzalo are asked to join the net to provide surface reports.
For the latest advisory information including watches and warnings, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site and click Atlantic Tropical Products and click on the advisory information for Hurricane Gonzalo under the Atlantic Tropical Products section. The voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds also contain information on Hurricane Arthur. You can also gather the advisory information from the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:
Hello to all..
..VoIP Hurricane Net Activation Starting at 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Friday October 17th, 2014 for Impact of Hurricane Gonzalo on Bermuda likely lasting through Friday Evening. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event..
..WX4NHC-National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Operations will also be active starting at 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Friday October 17th, 2014..
As of 11 PM EDT/0300 UTC Thursday 10/16/14 US Time, Hurricane Gonzalo is a dangerous Category-4 hurricane and looks to pass very close to if not directly hit the island of Bermuda. Hurricane Warnings are now in effect for Bermuda. The VoIP Hurricane Net and the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, will be activated starting at 8 AM EDT/1200 UTC Friday October 17th, 2014 looking for surface reports and information from Bermuda. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event which is currently expected to be through Friday Evening. Any stations in these areas and any stations with relays into the affected areas of Hurricane Gonzalo are asked to join the net to provide surface reports.
For the latest advisory information including watches and warnings, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site and click Atlantic Tropical Products and click on the advisory information for Hurricane Gonzalo under the Atlantic Tropical Products section. The voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds also contain information on Hurricane Arthur. You can also gather the advisory information from the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:
The reporting criteria and activation policy for our net during hurricane net activations can be found on our web site at http://www.voipwx.net and any reports received via relays or directly from Amateurs in the path of Hurricane Gonzalo would be much appreciated.
Listen Only IRLP/EchoLink capability include the following systems (We ask that listen-only folks please provide this capability and connect by formal activation time if possible):
IRLP:
Reflector 9508 Sydney Australia Reflector channel 8.
Reflector 9129 New England Reflector channel 9.
EchoLink:
*KC4QLP-C* Node: 290251
*VKEMCOMM* Node: 270177
*N5API* Node: 77433
*KA1AAA* Node: 269929
A streaming audio feed has been setup thanks to the assistance of David McAnally-WD5M. The links are listed below:
http://live.wx5fwd.net/
http://live.wx5fwd.net/voipwx.ogg.m3u
http://live.wx5fwd.net/voipwx.ogg.m3u
Links to the WD5M streaming audio feeds have also been provided in the Main Menu of the VoIPWXNet web site.
Bob Carter-KC4QLP has also setup an online stream for up to 100 listeners at the following link:
http://kc4qlp.dyndns.org:8082/
Lu Vencl-KA4EPS has also set up streaming audio capability.
See links below:
http://colostreaming.com:8010/listen.pls
http://colostreaming.com:8088/listen.pls
Radioreference is also carrying a feed via the following
link:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=9559
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net