VoIP Hurricane Prep Net Report – Saturday November 14th, 2015
The following stations checked into the Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net on Nov.14, 2015. 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 WA2AQQ):
With winter weather awareness week coming up from many National Weather Service offices around the country, are you prepared for upcoming winter storms, considering what El Nino might bring…either snow, ice, or severe weather??
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Voice Checkins:
WX1DER, Daryl, Little Rock, Arkansas (Net Control/SPC Advisories)
KD1CY, Rob, New Bedford, Massachusetts (Backup Net Control/Net Management/Tropics)
KJ4EJH, John, Stella, North Carolina (Skywarn Coordinator)
KJ4JPE, Janice, Stella, North Carolina (Skywarn Coordinator)
WB8YYS, Gregg, Kent, Ohio (Skywarn Coordinator)
VA3WXA, Gord, Toronto, Canada (Weather Radio Listeners Net)
VE9MTB, Rick, New Brunswick, Canada (CanWarn)
N1VXP, Rick, Chilicothe, Ohio
N2HLB, John, Ellenville, New York
KG6FIY, Endaf, Long Beach, California
AE5ME, Jeff, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
AF5JG, Eric, Marrero, Louisiana
Textbox Checkins:
W4CFH, Chuck, Edgewater, Florida
KG5CEN, Glen, Slidell, Louisiana
WA2AQQ, Bob, East Meadow, New York
KC8TCQ, Keith, Napoleon, Ohio (Skywarn Coordinator)
VE1AKT, Al, New Brunswick, Canada (CanWarn)
KA1RSY, Ed, Acushnet, Massachusetts
WB4TNH, Richard, Nashville, Tennessee
KG5HVO, Bryant, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Voice Checkins: 12
Textbox Checkins: 8
Total Checkins: 20
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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:
The following stations checked into the Skywarn Hurricane Prep Net on Nov.14, 2015. 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 WA2AQQ):
With winter weather awareness week coming up from many National Weather Service offices around the country, are you prepared for upcoming winter storms, considering what El Nino might bring…either snow, ice, or severe weather??
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Voice Checkins:
WX1DER, Daryl, Little Rock, Arkansas (Net Control/SPC Advisories)
KD1CY, Rob, New Bedford, Massachusetts (Backup Net Control/Net Management/Tropics)
KJ4EJH, John, Stella, North Carolina (Skywarn Coordinator)
KJ4JPE, Janice, Stella, North Carolina (Skywarn Coordinator)
WB8YYS, Gregg, Kent, Ohio (Skywarn Coordinator)
VA3WXA, Gord, Toronto, Canada (Weather Radio Listeners Net)
VE9MTB, Rick, New Brunswick, Canada (CanWarn)
N1VXP, Rick, Chilicothe, Ohio
N2HLB, John, Ellenville, New York
KG6FIY, Endaf, Long Beach, California
AE5ME, Jeff, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
AF5JG, Eric, Marrero, Louisiana
Textbox Checkins:
W4CFH, Chuck, Edgewater, Florida
KG5CEN, Glen, Slidell, Louisiana
WA2AQQ, Bob, East Meadow, New York
KC8TCQ, Keith, Napoleon, Ohio (Skywarn Coordinator)
VE1AKT, Al, New Brunswick, Canada (CanWarn)
KA1RSY, Ed, Acushnet, Massachusetts
WB4TNH, Richard, Nashville, Tennessee
KG5HVO, Bryant, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Voice Checkins: 12
Textbox Checkins: 8
Total Checkins: 20
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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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Skywarn Recognition Day (0000 to 2400 UTC, Dec. 5, 2015):
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/hamradio/
The net will be ONE HOUR EARLIER that night, at 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST, on December 5, 2015, as soon as Skywarn Recognition Day activities are concluded.
Note that the net will go to the FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH *ONLY*, starting with the December 5, 2015 Net. The regular weekly nets will continue through November…then resume as weekly in June, 2016. Also, with the first Saturday in January being the 2nd, there is a possibility that the January, 2016 Net will be moved to Saturday, January 9. Watch the Yahoo Groups and Facebook page for updates.
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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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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