[SFDXA] WX4NHC will be On-The-Air for the Annual Station Test
William Marx
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Mon May 23 16:27:11 EDT 2016
WX4NHC will be On-The-Air for the Annual Station Test
>
> Please direct any questions to the NHC via www.wx4nhc.org.
>
> 73 de Doug, K4AC, and Mike, AA6ML
>
> Announcement from WX4NHC
> Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, Miami Florida
>
> WX4NHC will be On-The-Air for the Annual Station Test
> Saturday, May 28th , 2016 from 9AM- 5 PM EDT ( 1400z- 2200z)
> This will be our 36th year of public service at NHC.
>
> The purpose of this event is to test Amateur Radio Station equipment,
> antennas and computers prior to this year's Hurricane Season, which
> starts June 1st and runs through November 30th.
> This event is good practice for Ham Radio Operators world-wide as well
> as NWS Staff to become familiar with Amateur Radio communications
> available during times of severe weather.
>
> We will be making brief contacts on many frequencies and modes,
> exchanging signal reports and basic weather data exchange ("Sunny", or
> "Rain", etc.) with any station in any location.
>
> WX4NHC will be On-The-Air on HF, VHF, UHF , 2 & 30 meter APRS and
> WinLink wx4nhc at winlink.org subject must contain "//WL2K".
> We will try to stay on the Hurricane Watch Net frequency 14.325 MHz
> most of the time.
>
> Due to space and equipment limitations, we will have 2 operators per
> shift, we can not be everywhere and every mode at the same time.
> You may be able to find us on HF by using one of the DX Spotting
> Networks,
> Such as the DX Summit Web Site: http://www.dxsummit.fi/Search.aspx
>
> We will also be on VoIP Hurricane Net 4pm-5pm EST (2100-2200z)
> (IRLP node 9219 / EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node 7203).
> http://www.voipwx.net/
>
> Florida VHF & UHF Repeaters will be contacted.
>
> QSL Cards are available via WD4R.
> Please send your card with a S.A.S.E.
> Please do NOT send QSLs directly to the Hurricane Center address, as it
> will get delayed.
>
> Due to security measures;
> Please, NO VISITORS will be allowed entry to NHC without prior
> clearance from NHC PIO and Security.
> Only WX4NHC Operators on the pre-approved operating schedule will be
> allowed entry.
>
> For more information about WX4NHC, please visit our website
> www.wx4nhc.org
>
> Thank you for your participation in the WX4NHC Annual Station Test
> event.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ARRL Southeastern Division
> Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC
> k4ac@
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