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[Eddie Manley]

Subject:  SKYWARN, BPL, SEVERE WEATHER WORKSHOP
Notes from K5EMS ...............
I was going to post this on the ares reflector, too .... but YAHOO will not 
let me do it from a second email location.   I don't get along with YAHOO 
groups very well ... we have given up on YAHOO with the 'governtamental 
affairs' group.   Every time I try to use it, they have dropped my username 
and password.
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I want to take time to say "THANKS" to Mark [N7XYO], Pete [KF5RD] and ALL of 
the Volunteers that are helping, and have helped, during this Ice Storm.
Mark, we all appreciate the pre-warnings, needs and continued emails ... 
keep them coming.  The Channel 6 news clip was great, also.   Guess many are
still without electricity .. I know my good friend K5JLS still has NO 
electricity, N of Tahlequah.
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It's that time again for:  SKYWARN Spotter Training 2007 - Workshops begin 
January 18th
             For complete schedules SEE:
Norman NWS for western OK and northern TX [see PDF file attached]
                http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/skywarn/spotterhelp.php
  Tulsa NWS and NW Arkansas Workshops
             http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/spotter2007.htm
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 ==>BILL SEEKS BPL INTERFERENCE STUDY, REPORT TO CONGRESS
US Rep Mike Ross, WD5DVR (D-AR), has introduced a bill in the 110th Congress 
calling on the FCC to study the interference potential of broadband over
power line (BPL) technology and report its findings back to Congress. One of 
two radio amateurs in the House, Ross submitted the "Emergency Amateur Radio
Interference Protection Act of 2007" (HR 462) on January 12. The bill's 
official text became available this week. ARRL President Joel Harrison,
W5ZN, says the league shares Ross's concern about interference to emergency 
communication networks.

note:  WE WILL BE ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THIS BILL ... THRU CONTACT WITH OUR 
OKLAHOMA REPS AND SENATORS!!  Seems like the FCC is not going to do anything 
about BPL interference, so maybe Congress can force them to apply the Rules 
currently in effect.
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NATIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WORKSHOP - 2007 will be held  -- March 1-3, 2007 --  
at the
National Center for Employee Development, 2801 East State Highway 9, Norman, 
Oklahoma 73071-1104
                        http://www.norman.noaa.gov/nsww2007/
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Eddie - K5EMS