[K3PZN-List] Fw: ARLB057 FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency

[Al Bisasky]

This just in from the ARRL regarding Hurricane Isadore...

Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: ARLB057 FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB057
> ARLB057 FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency
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> ZCZC AG57
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 57  ARLB057
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  September 25, 2002
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB057
> ARLB057 FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency
> 
> The FCC has expanded a general communications emergency to include
> Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, which are
> threatened by Tropical Storm Isidore. Invoking Section 97.401, the
> FCC issued a revised declaration that requires amateurs to refrain
> from using 3873 and 3965 kHz during hours of darkness and 7247 and
> 7285 kHz during hours of daylight.
> 
> All frequencies are to be protected plus or minus 3 kHz unless
> amateurs are taking part in the handling of emergency traffic. The
> FCC said the communications emergency is effective immediately and
> will remain in place until rescinded. The declaration could be in
> place for as long as 14 days, the FCC said.
> 
> Mississippi Section Manager Malcolm Keown, W5XX, and Alabama SM Bill
> Cleveland, KR4TZ, requested that the FCC protect the net frequencies
> from interference in the event severe weather strikes.
> 
> After passing over the western tip of Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula
> of Mexico, Isidore--now a tropical storm--is headed for the US Gulf
> Coast.
> 
> For additional information, see ''Hurricane Watch Net, W4EHW,
> Reactivating'' http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/09/25/1/ .
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