[Skywarn] 2016 National Hurricane Conference

[Lloyd Colston]

Amateur Radio will again be represented at the 2016 National Hurricane
Conference which will be held this year in Orlando, Florida. The
conference theme is to improve hurricane preparedness as it has been
in past years. All Ham Radio sessions are free. For 2016, all the
Amateur Radio sessions will be on Tuesday Afternoon March 22nd, 2016
from 130-500 PM EDT. Here is the session breakdown:


NHC Session #1 - 130-300 PM: Presentations from Dr. Rick Knabb,
Director of the National Hurricane Center on the importance of Amateur
Radio surface reporting, Bob Robichaud-VE1MBR of the Canadian
Hurricane Centre will present on Hurricane Meteorological topics and a
brief overview of Canadian Hurricane Centre Operations and Julio
Ripoll-WD4R will present WX4NHC Operations.


NHC Session #2: 315-500 PM: Presentations from Bobby Graves-KB5HAV on
the Hurricane Watch Net Overview, Personal Weather Stations and Backup
Power and Antenna Overview, Rob Macedo-KD1CY on the VoIP Hurricane Net
and a best practices in SKYWARN Tropical Systems presentation and Ken
Bailey-K1FUG on an ARRL Beginner’s Course in Ham Radio Hurricane
Preparedness. Finally, a Q & A session and door raffle prizes will be
offered.


Amateur Radio presentations will be recorded and live streamed. The
livestream for 2016 will utilize Youtube for livestreaming purposes.
The livestream links will be as follows:

http://www.nsradio.org/stream

http://www.voipwx.net/files/stream.htm


2016 National Hurricane Conference Presenters:

Special guest speaker Dr Richard Knabb, Director, National Hurricane Center

Special guest speaker Bob Robichaud, VE1MBR, Canadian Hurricane Center

Julio Ripoll, WD4R, WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Station Coordinator

Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, Hurricane Watch Net Manager

Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Director of Operations, VoIP Hurricane Net and ARRL
ARES Eastern Massachusetts Assistant SEC

Ken Bailey, K1FUG, ARRL Assistant Manager of Preparedness and Response


Detailed Schedule Outline – All Times (Eastern Daylight Time – EDT):

115-130 PM: Meet and Greet with Dr. Rick Knabb and presenters

130-135 PM: Opening Remarks

135-200 PM: Importance of Amateur Radio / Spotter Surface Reports with
Q & A (Dr. Rick Knabb)

200-230 PM: Canadian Hurricane Centre and Hurricane Meteorological
Topics (VE1MBR-Bob R)

230-300 PM: WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National
Hurricane Center Overview (WD4R)

300-315 PM: Break

315-345 PM: Hurricane Watch Net Overview, Personal Weather Stations
and Backup Power and

Antenna Overview (KB5HAV)

345-415 PM: VoIP Hurricane Net Overview & Best Practices in SKYWARN
for Tropical Systems (KD1CY)

415-445 PM: ARRL Beginner’s Course in Ham Radio Hurricane Preparedness (K1FUG)

445-500 PM: Moderated Q & A and Door Prize Raffle (All)



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Lloyd Colston, KC5FM, Section Manager
Altus, OK 73521-4903
(234-564-2775)
kc5fm at arrl.org

www.arrl.org/sections/view/oklahoma