[PHX-Skywarn] [FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency]

[Allen Sklar]

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Subject: ARLB057 FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency
From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
Date: Wed, September 25, 2002 3:18 pm

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ARLB057 FCC expands Gulf Coast communications emergency

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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remain in place until rescinded.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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