VOIP INFO> FW: [VOIP-WXNET] VoIPWXNet Email List Information/WX4NHC Communications Test Announced

Wed May 21 08:10:46 PDT 2008

Just wanted to forward this to you all, if you can make it, please by all
means do so!

Evans

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From: VOIP-WXNET at yahoogroups.com [mailto:VOIP-WXNET at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of svrwxrob
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:38 PM
To: VOIP-WXNET at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [VOIP-WXNET] VoIPWXNet Email List Information/WX4NHC Communications
Test Announced

Hello to all....

As we prepare for the 2008 Hurricane Season, I wanted to make a 
couple comments about the VoIPWXNet email list and also announce the 
WX4NHC Communications Test. This has been sent as a special notice to 
those members of the email list who will only receive emails when it 
is sent as a special notice by the moderator.

The VoIPWXNet email list is our main way to push announcements for 
Communications Tests, exercises, VoIP Hurricane Net activation 
notices, announce tropical systems as they form and they're potential 
threat and to discuss the usage of EchoLink/IRLP/VoIP modes for 
hurricanes, weather related incidents and similar disaster related 
incidents. We would like to encourage folks, particularly in 
hurricane prone areas who may just have this list set to no email to 
have it changed to sending email to your accounts so we can reach 
more people this way and reach you. Also, our web site at 
http://www.voipwx. <http://www.voipwx.net> net serves as another way to
monitor our plans for 
activation and tropical systems as they threaten.

I realize that in the past the email list have had some inappropriate 
discussions that caused people to leave the list or go to the no 
email option. We have several moderators and if such inappropriate 
discussions occur again, within 24-48 hours, we will move the email 
list to moderation to prevent that from becoming a distraction. We 
may announce this or do this unannounced at our discretion so that 
the email list and the discussions are reasonable and informative to 
those on this list. We hope that with this assurance folks will take 
in the emails so we can push important messages to folks particularly 
to those in hurricane prone areas that could be affected by 
landfalling systems where we could use their support and reporting 
and we, in turn, can help them as best as we can through the 
situation.

Below is the WX4NHC Communications Test Announcement. We encourage 
all stations to participate particularly those stations in hurricane 
prone areas along the US Coast as well as Central America, Mexico, 
and the Caribbean:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will be supporting the WX4NHC Communications 
Test scheduled for Saturday May 31st from 9 AM-5 PM EDT. WX4NHC will 
be on the VoIP Hurricane Net *WX-TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 reflector 
system from 1-3 PM EDT (1700-1900 UTC) Saturday.

We would like to encourage all licensed Radio Amateurs to participate 
in this Communications Test and attempt to contact WX4NHC on HF and 
also make contact when they are on the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 
reflector system. Below is the announcement just issued by Julio 
Ripoll-WD4R, Assistant WX4NHC Coordinator:

Announcement from WX4NHC
Amateur Radio Station 
at the National Hurricane Center

WX4NHC Hurricane Season 2008 On-The-Air Station Test
Saturday, May 31st, 2008 from 9 AM - 5 PM EST (1300z-2100z)

Our new NHC Director Bill Read, KB5FYA will also be making some 
contacts.

The purpose of this annual Station Test is to test all of our radio 
equipment, computers and antennas using as many modes and frequencies 
as possible. This is not a Contest or simulated Hurricane Exercise. 
New equipment and software will be tested. Some operator training 
will also be conducted.

WX4NHC will be On-The-Air on HF, VHF, UHF and 2 & 30 meter APRS.

We plan on testing on the following voice frequencies +/- QRM 3.950 
MHz, 7.268MHz, 14.325MHz, 21.325MHz, 28.525MHz.

We will mostly stay on 14.325 MHz and announce when we QSY.

Need to find us on HF, try using one of the DX Spotting Networks,

Such as the DX Summit Web Site:
http://oh2aq. <http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/> kolumbus.com/dxs/

Select "DX-Spots" 50, 250 or 1,000 or select "Spot Database Search" 
and enter WX4NHC.

We will also be on VoIP Hurricane Net 1pm-3pm EDT (1700z-1900z) (IRLP 
node 9219 / EchoLink WX-TALK Conference).
http://www.voipwx. <http://www.voipwx.net/> net/

South Florida area VHF & UHF Repeaters & simplex. Report your Call 
sign, Signal Report, Location and Name.

Short Weather Report ("Sunny", or "Rain", etc.)

Non-Hams are invited to submit their actual weather using the On-Line 
Hurricane Report Form at
http://www.wx4nhc. <http://www.wx4nhc.org/WX-form1.html> org/WX-form1.html

QSL Cards are available via WD4R. Please S.A.S.E.
(Please do not send QSLs directly to the Hurricane Center address.)

Due to security measures, NO VISITORS will be allowed at NHC during 
this test.

Thank you for your participation in this Station TEST.

WX4NHC Amateur Radio Station
At the National Hurricane Center
http://www.wx4nhc. <http://www.wx4nhc.org> org

Video Interview of NHC Director, Bill Read on Ham Radio and 
Hurricanes. (courtesy of Danny Musten KD4RAA and the Storm Study Team)
http://www.youtube. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emU95Hsd7WY>
com/watch?v=emU95Hsd7WY

Pictures at the 2008 National Hurricane Conference.
http://www.wx4nhc. <http://www.wx4nhc.org/NHC2008ConfWX4NHC.html>
org/NHC2008ConfWX4NHC.html

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Julio Ripoll Architect WD4R
WX4NHC Amateur Radio Asst. Coordinator
http://www.wx4nhc. <http://www.wx4nhc.org> org

National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc. <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov> noaa.gov
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We hope many folks will participate in the WX4NHC Commuications Test. 
Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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