Just announced by Julio Ripoll, W4DR, of WX4NHC.
The VoIP NET will be coming online at the same time.
ANNOUNCEMENT August 3rd, 2004
WX4NHC Activation for Hurricane Alex
WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center
in Miami will activate operations Tuesday morning, August 3rd at
10am EDT (1400z).
Alex is now a CAT-1 Hurricane with sustained winds of 75 MPH and
is forecast to strengthen before tracking just off the coast of
North Carolina this afternoon.
WX4NHC will be monitoring the Hurricane Watch Net on 14.325 MHz.
Please do not transmit unless you have an emergency or are requested
to do so by Net Control.
EchoLink (WX-TALK Conference) and IRLP (Skywarn Node 9210) Nets will
be active.
Please visit www.voipwx.net for details.
Surface Reports using our Hurricane Report form will be monitored.
Amateur Weather Enthusiasts and ON-NHC Volunteers may report
directly to WX4NHC on-line.
ON-NHC Volunteers are both Ham Radio Operators and Non-Ham weather
observers that use their own weather instruments to submit "Surface
Reports" directly to NHC over the Internet via the WX4NHC on-line
report form.
These "Surface Reports" are very important as they give Hurricane
Specialists at NHC a better idea of what is actually happening on
the ground level during the storm.
The WX4NHC Group continues to expanded its efforts to increase the
quantity and quality of surface reports to include many different
modes of reception and groups of people; including HF, VHF/UHF IRLP
& ECHOlink, VHF & HF APRS, CWOP NOAA Program, CARMEN Program and ON-
NHC Weather Observers Network.
(see our web site for more information on these programs):
WX4NHC is very proud to have maintained an active Amateur Radio
Station at the National Hurricane Center for the past 24 years.
We appreciate all of the volunteers who help with our efforts.
