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1. Info from the ARRL
From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 22:45:58 -0400
From: "Rick Harrison" <[email protected]>
Subject: Info from the ARRL
May 14, 2003
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AMONG NOAA
ENVIRONMENTAL HERO AWARD WINNERS
HAM radio operators were among the 36 winners of the National Oceanic
and
Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Environmental Hero Award winners for
Earth Day 2003. Established in 1995 to commemorate the 25th anniversary
of
Earth Day, the Environmental Hero Award is presented to individuals and
organizations that volunteer their time and energy to help NOAA carry out
its mission.
THIS year's winners included Eastern Massachusetts District Emergency
Coordinator for SKYWARN Rob Macedo, KD1CY, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Macedo has been the Skywarn Coordinator for NWS Taunton office since
1994.
He has helped the program grow from 800 weather spotters to 3500. Also
recognized was the Alabama Emergency Response Team (ALERT). The group of
mostly Amateur Radio volunteers has put in hundreds of hours of time over
the past eight years in support of severe-weather operations in central
Alabama.
ALERT members staff radio equipment in the NWS Birmingham office to
maintain
direct contact with storm spotters and emergency management officials in
the
field. Its president is Chuck Arthur, KF4SSX.
ANOTHER award winner was Don McFarland, W5WD, of the Alamo Area Council
of
Governments in San Antonio, Texas. He was cited for contributing
significant
improvement to public safety for south-central Texas over the past decade
by
obtaining funds for a NOAA Weather Radio, expanding Amateur Radio SKYWARN
spotter capabilities, receiving and retransmitting warnings through
EMWIN,
and acting in numerous life-threatening situations as a SKYWARN spotter
and
net control.
NOAA also honored Carl Ojala of Eastern Michigan University for
volunteering
his time to conduct NWS SKYWARN spotter training seminars every spring
since
1994, training some 400 volunteers each year. He also has maintained the
National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Station at Eastern Michigan
University since 1986. While not a ham, Ojala has trained many amateur
SKYWARN volunteers in his classes.
MISSISSIPPI HAMS HAVE BUSY APRIL
IT was a busy couple of weeks in April for the Jackson Amateur Radio Club
in
Mississippi. With tornado conditions looming, JARC opened SKYWARN
operations
April 6 at the Jackson Forecast Office of the National Weather Service,
continuing throughout the day and into the next morning. Ninety-one
operators checked into HF and VHF/UHF weather nets.
AS tornadoes touched down in Hinds County, members of Metro-Jackson ARES
accompanied Red Cross personnel on preliminary damage assessments and
investigation of a possible F1 tornado in Hinds, Madison and Rankin
counties.
UNPRECEDENTED flash flooding occurred in Jackson and Meridian counties
after
10 inches of rain fell in 10 hours, affecting almost 1000 homeowners and
apartment dwellers. Working with members of the Mississippi State Guard,
ARES teams in Jackson conducted street-by-street and
apartment-by-apartment
damage assessments.
HINDS-MADISON-RANKIN Emergency Coordinator Ben Jones, AC5SU, said the
disaster was a big mess. "It seems we had it all in just one day," Jones
said. Terry
Drake, KD5JPB, who coordinated the local damage assessment effort, called
the effort monumental. "Just when you think you've got it done, another
report comes in from a different area," he said.
ON April 24, another storm system moved across Mississippi, leaving the
Jackson area with even more destruction. JARC once again staffed SKYWARN
positions. On the strength of ham radio storm-spotter reports, the
National
Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Hinds and Madison Counties.
AN F0 tornado damaged a few homes in the Jackson suburb of Clinton; later
that evening, an F3 tornado struck the suburb of Brandon, damaging or
destroying more than 400 houses. More than 70 participated in an
emergency
net. Drake again coordinated damage assessment activities with local hams
working with Red Cross volunteers.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER'S WX4NHC
ANNOUNCES 2003 ON-THE-AIR TEST
THE National Hurricane Center's Amateur Radio station, WX4NHC (formerly
W4EHW), will conduct its 2003 hurricane season on-the-air station test
Sunday, June 1, 1300-2200 UTC. The event will mark the first time the NHC
uses its new WX4NHC call sign.
WX4NHC Amateur Radio Coordinator John McHugh, KU4GY, says the purpose of
the
annual station test is to check out all of the WX4NHC radio, computer and
antenna equipment using as many modes and frequencies as possible. Some
RFI
monitoring also will be done.
"WE will also be testing some new antennas and equipment that are being
installed for this coming season," McHugh said. "A few new operators will
receive hands-on training."
WX4NHC will operate on HF, VHF and UHF. HF operation will use this
schedule:
1300 UTC--3.911 and 7.268 SSB and VHF/UHF FM; 1400 UTC--14.325 MHz SSB,
VHF
147.000 repeater/UHF 442.350 repeater; 1500 UTC--144.200 MHz SSB, 14.070
MHz
PSK31; 1700 UTC--14.325 and 21.325 MHz SSB, VHF/UHF IRLP Node 9210; 1800
UTC--21.325 and 28.525 MHz SSB; 2000 UTC--14.325 and 144.200 MHz SSB. CW
operation will be on 14.035, 21.035 and 28.035 MHz (times will vary).
STATIONS working WX4NHC are asked to provide a signal report, location
and
brief weather report. Non-hams are invited to submit their actual weather
using the On-Line Hurricane Report Form. QSL cards are available via
W4VBQ.
Include an SASE with all requests.
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