[South Florida DX Association] VoIP Hurricane Dean Net Activation Status Update #2A

[Bill Marx]

Hello to all....

....VoIP Hurricane Net Web Site is now back up. The Outage Has Been
Resolved. Remainder Below Unchanged...

At 835 PM, Hurricane Dean has become a potentially catastrophic Category
5 Hurricane and is making its way towards the Coast of Mexico and
Belize. The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 0400 UTC/12 AM EDT
Tuesday as Dean is expected to landfall just north of the Belize/Mexico
border early Tuesday Morning. The National Hurricane Center in Miami
Florida Amateur Radio station, WX4NHC, will be active starting at 6 AM
EDT/1000 UTC. Stations in the affected area or stations with relays into
the affected area can give their reports on EchoLink *WX-TALK*
Conference Node: 7203 and IRLP
reflector 9219. The activation is expected to last through early Tuesday
Evening.

The next activation after Tuesday is expected to be Wednesday Morning
lasting through Wednesday Evening where Dean is expected to make
landfall, potentially as a major hurricane, over mainland Southeast
Mexico. Details on plans for Wednesday's activation will be posted based
on Dean's progress through the day on Tuesday.

The VoIP Hurricane Net has obtained links into the affected area who
will be relaying reports from their area and from other sources.
XE2WCG-Carlos and XE2ZQ-Guillermo will be assisting in these efforts
among others.

Please note that the track, speed and intensity of Dean could cause
changes in activation plans. Updates will be posted whenever time allows.

We now have 2 streaming audio links working as a means to listen to the
net thanks to Tony Langdon-VK3JED, VoIP Hurricane Net Technical
Coordinator and log time net supporter Lu Vencl-KA4EPS. The information
is listed below along with listen only EchoLink and IRLP systems.

The reporting criteria and activation policy for our net during
hurricane net activations as well as National Hurricane Center Advisory
information can be
found on our web site at http://www.voipwx.net <http://www.voipwx.net>

Listen Only IRLP/EchoLink capability include the following systems:

IRLP:
Reflector 9508 Sydney Australia Reflector channel 8.
Reflector 9129 New England Reflector channel 9.
Reflector 9058 Northeast Reflector channel 8.

EchoLink:
*KC4QLP-C* Node: 290251
*VKEMCOMM* Node: 270177
*N5API* Node: 77433
*WASH_DC* Node: 6154
*NC-PENN* Node: 137634

Streaming Audio feeds are now available and links have been added to the web
site:
http://colostreaming.com:8044/listen.pls
<http://colostreaming.com:8044/listen.pls>
http://app1.arlangdon.com.au:8000/listen.pls
<http://app1.arlangdon.com.au:8000/listen.pls>

Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net