[Scan-DC] DC area NOAA stations "temporarily off the air"?

[Lawrence Katz]

I was wondering the same thing.  I did report the message via the report an
outage page around 10 minutes before it changed back to normal, but I doubt
that helped.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 4:03 PM Eric Hoehn <eric.hoehn1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if perhaps the transmitter gets disconnected from the office
> (most likely internet these days)  it switches to the audio loop you heard
> as kind of a technical difficulties announcement.  As a tech,  I'd love it
> because if I was called out for a problem, I could have some information
> about the issue as soon as I turned on my receiver.....I'd know the
> transmitter, antenna, power and controller were OK, and I could start by
> calling my ISP.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:54 PM binstockj at comcast.net <
> binstockj at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Working fine now.  162.55, 162.40, 162.500, 162.45, Etc.
> >
> > Jon
> > NK3D
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Feb 8, 2022, at 3:44 PM, dewey3 at gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Yea... what 's really crazy is that they are NOT "off-the-air", just
> not
> > > broadcasting weather information (yet the same robotic voice as
> mentioned
> > > before).  While I doubt it, what are the chances of a hack???
> > >
> > > Dewey
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Lawrence Katz
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 15:36
> > > To: Scott KB3JQQ <kb3jqq at yahoo.com>
> > > Cc: SCAN-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> > > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC area NOAA stations "temporarily off the air"?
> > >
> > > I'm not seeing anything mentioned for the DC area on this status
> page...
> > >
> > > https://www.weather.gov/nwr/outages
> > >
> > > - Lawrence
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 3:26 PM Scott KB3JQQ via Scan-DC <
> > > scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Same for KEC-83 (162.400)
> > >> Went outside with my WX radio
> > >> and Sudlersville is up. (CH 5)
> > >>
> > >>> On 2022-02-08 15:11, Lawrence Katz wrote:
> > >>> I just tuned to 162.550MHz to test a SDR and I'm hearing "This NOAA
> > >> weather
> > >>> radio station is temporarily off the air...".  I'm hearing the same
> > >> message
> > >>> on 162.450MHz.
> > >>>
> > >>> Maybe they're doing maintenance?
> > >>>
> > >>> - Lawrence
> > >
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