[RVRC] Fwd: Amateur Radio/Hurricane Dorian Resources

[drew moore]

FYI
Forgive typos

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From: N0TAZ LEON <n0tazradio at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 5:47 PM
To: Leon Grauer
Subject: Amateur Radio/Hurricane Dorian Resources

     Here are resources for monitoring or or participating in various hurricane nets.  These organizations run emergency nets.  Operators should NOT check in to ask about weather conditions, forecasts or damage reports.  Operators also should NOT transmit to provide forecast information that is online, on The Weather Channel, etc.  If you are not in an affected area, you can play a valuable role by monitoring and, if necessary, relaying information between a weak-signal station and the Net Control Station or to another relay station.  All Nets have pre-selected Net Control Operators, but relay stations are a valuable asset, especially those who, like those on this list, are close to the coast.

https://www.hwn.org/

 http://voipwx.net/

https://stormcarib.com/

 https://www.mmsn.org/

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

     If you have the Scanner Radio app on your smartphone or tablet (you can also access it on the Broadcastify website), some of these Nets are sometimes simulcast via Scanner Radio.

     It is too early to determine if Dorian will affect our area directly or indirectly.  For now, I would encourage all operators to monitor one or more of these Nets to become familiar with Net protocols and to serve as a relay station, if needed.

N0TAZ  -  LEON GRAUER

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